Penn State Transfer Portal updates and early targets to know; intel on new Lions DC D'Anton Lynn

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4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Penn State player departures and roster retention are in the spotlight as college football's transfer portal window opens, along with key targets for a new Nittany Lions staff. Plus, we take a closer look at PSU defensive coordinator hire D'Anton Lynn with a USC insider.

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0:29.6	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast.
0:36.8	I am Tyler Down to you. Happy New Year to everyone out there. If you're watching on YouTube, we still have the Christmas decorations up in our house for a few more days. But the Christmas tree will be gone pretty soon. We hope the holidays were good to everybody and your loved ones out there. It's been really busy for Penn State. Not much of a holiday break for those of us covering the team or those around the team
0:57.7	trying to build a staff and build a roster for 2026.
1:02.7	Dan Ton Lynn announced as Penn State's defensive coordinator officially on Friday.
1:08.7	We're going to have a nice breakdown of Intel from his time at USC coming up here a little bit later in the show.
1:15.3	One of our Trojans insiders, Connor Morissette from within the 24-7 sports network,
1:20.6	covered Lynn closely during his days with the USC football program.
1:25.0	So we'll get a nice overview of what went right, what were some of the challenges
1:28.4	that he faced out in Los Angeles, and ultimately what is Penn State adding from a
1:32.7	personality from a schematic standpoint and bringing back the former letterman.
1:38.4	We also have a lot to break down from the roster standpoint.
1:40.9	That's really going to be the focal point of today's episode before we get into that
1:44.0	conversation later from Los Angeles. We're going to have Tyler Calvaruso,
1:48.7	our resident recruiting and transfer portal insider on with Justin, on with us in a matter of
1:54.3	seconds to discuss what has gone on so far. A ton of names have gone into the transfer portal.
2:00.2	Several key nitty lines have announced they plan to remain with the program in 2026
2:05.2	as we're getting some of those roster retention answers at rapid pace right now.
2:10.4	Thursday, Friday, the transfer portal officially opening for two weeks on Friday,
2:15.8	college football world and a bit of a frenzy.
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