Penn State running back updates and a position-by-position look at transfer portal's defensive impact

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🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 82 minutes

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We're back to break down the latest Penn State football updates from a very busy week. Focus lands on an evolving Nittany Lions running back room, ranging from a coaching hire to new talent. Plus we take a position-by-position look at how the transfer portal has impacted PSU defensive plans.

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0:38.0	They are Daniel Gowan and Tyler Cavaruso.
0:40.5	And as promised, we've got part two of our roster breakdown that we started this week for you, folks, at Lines247.com here on the podcast.
0:48.6	On Tuesday, if you missed our episode that dropped then, we went position by position on defense looking at the
0:55.7	transfer portal's impact in terms of guys who are coming on board for penn state i'm sorry offense
1:00.6	last episode in terms of guys who are coming on board guys who are leaving campus and players who are
1:05.2	staying on campus which is a really important piece of this puzzle as well this time around we're
1:09.9	flipping the script we're going to talk about defense.
1:12.1	We're going to go through the defensive end, defensive tackle,
1:14.6	linebackers, safeties, cornerbacks.
1:16.7	A lot is happening.
1:18.1	There are 30 or so moves so far, players coming in.
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