The Penn State Nittany Lions are in need of a new coach after firing James Franklin in the middle of the season.

As the search for Franklin's replacement began to heat up just a few weeks ago a surprise candidate started to emerge: Alabama 's Kalen DeBoer. Jon Sauber of The Centre Daily Times, reported DeBoer is a leading candidate for the Nittany Lions

“He’s been one of Penn State’s top targets from the beginning,” Sauber said via Tide 100.9. “I think it was, early on, a little bit pie in the sky, of course, Alabama’s close game with South Carolina, there was a chance it could have picked up there. It didn’t, and then the loss to Oklahoma nudged the door open a little bit."

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