As James Franklin walked out of Happy Valley, the 2026 class, which appeared to be the foundation for the future era, suddenly lost 23 of its 28 commits in one moment. The recruitment rating dropped to 135th out of 136 FBS teams. It has shaken the program’s confidence. And that’s where the real story starts, with Matt Campbell rebuilding the program.

“We are unable to gather talent. We can’t collect talent, as Campbell didn’t sugarcoat the situation of Penn State football on the November 9 episode of Josh Pate’s College Football Show.

We’ve got to collect a football team and build a football team through talent acquisition, no matter how that looks and feels.”

After weeks of portal chaos, decommitments, and top prospects flipping to James Franklin at Virginia Tech, Penn State aims for

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