Top-left to bottom-right: USA Wrestling’s Rich Bender, Head Coach Bill Zaddick, Aaron Brooks, Kyle Snyder, Mason Parris, USA Wrestling’s Joe Russell, USA Wrestling’s President Bruce Baumgartner, Spencer Lee, Zain Retherford, & Kyle Dake | Nathaniel Rasmussen, Black Shoe Diaries A showcase of the nation’s best wrestlers ended with 4 Nittany Lions earning a slot on the Olympic team USA Wrestling’s Olympic Team Trials were hosted at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA on April 19th & 20th, and the three U.S. Olympic Teams have been selected for a week now. I had planned on postin ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Welcome to the Frozen Tundra, Kalen! Cornerback Kalen King was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the seventh round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. King will join one of the youngest rosters in the NFL after being drafted as the No. 255 overall pick. Happy Valley → Green Bay@KalenKing21__ is joining the Packers #WeAre x @Packers x #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/IQMTZCnQH7 — Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 27, 2024 King struggled in the 2023 season but is the eighth and final Penn State player to be selected in this year’s draft. He ..read more

Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hardy is the seventh Nittany Lion drafted so far Cornerback Daequan Hardy was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. Hardy will join the perennial AFC contenders as the No. 219 overall pick. Let’s party, Bills Mafia @DaequanHardy is off to Buffalo!#WeAre x @BuffaloBills x #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/RA2K8srW8T — Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 27, 2024 Hardy played nickelback for the vast majority of his Penn State career, appearing in every game in 2021 and 2022 and the final 11 games of ..read more

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Nourzad joins the defending Super Bowl Champions Penn State center Hunter Nourzad was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday afternoon. Nourzad will join the defending Super Bowl champions after being selected as the No. 159 overall pick in the draft. Hunter is that guy on the Chiefs @NourzadHunter is heading to Kansas City!#WeAre x @Chiefs x #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/ocGhAoKMPe — Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 27, 2024 Nourzad started all 13 games of the 2023 season at center for Penn State after playing eigh ..read more

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Big Theo headed to Big Blue! Earlier this afternoon, Theo Johnson became the fifth Penn State Nittany Lion to get drafted in the 2024 NFL Draft. The former Nittany Lion tight end is headed to the New York Giants after getting selected with the No. 107 pick. Empire State of Mind @Theo_Johnson_ is a NY Giant!#WeAre x @Giants x #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/EsnzI5YLh0 — Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) April 27, 2024 At 6-foot-6, 264 pounds, Johnson was one of the more physically impressive Penn State athletes during James Franklin’s tenure. Johnson was stu ..read more

Photo by Ric Tapia/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Make it four Penn Staters to go in the first three rounds. One of the more underrated defensive ends in the program’s history, Adisa Isaac is off the NFL draft board and is officially headed to Baltimore. .@A1Isaac1, You are a Raven❗ pic.twitter.com/1YF14EVhWb — Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) April 27, 2024 Isaac came into Penn State as a Top 100 prospect and looked like a “high floor” player from the jump. Unfortunately, he had an achilles injury that wiped away his 2021 season and delayed his breakout. That would eventually happen though, wi ..read more

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Wallace gets scooped up in the 3rd round. After starting 40 games over four years for the Nittany Lions, right tackle Caedan Wallace is off to his new home in the NFL with the New England Patriots. Nittany Lion in New England! Let's go, @caedanw pic.twitter.com/vVRvjIhCOn — New England Patriots (@Patriots) April 27, 2024 Wallace had his fair share of up and downs during his career after being thrown into the fire as a redshirt freshman in 2020. But it’s safe to say Wallace finished his Penn State career on a high note, parlaying a strong senior season i ..read more

Sami Reilly- Penn State Athletics Lacrosse begins Big Ten Tournament, softball hosts final home series Men’s Volleyball The men’s volleyball team captured the EIVA tournament championship for the second straight season with a 3-1 win over George Mason. Tournament MVP John Kerr recorded 19 kills in the final, and Toby Ezeonu added 16 kills along with a team-high six blocks. Penn State earned the conference’s automatic berth to the 2024 NCAA Tournament. The Nittany Lions will take on UC Irvine in the quarterfinal on Tuesday. First serve is scheduled for 4:30pm. Men’s Lacrosse Following a 15-9 wi ..read more

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Fashanu is the first Nittany Lion off the board in the 2024 NFL Draft. Olu Fashanu, one of the best Penn State offensive linemen in recent memory, has found his new home. Fashanu continued his journey as a first round draft pick, being selected 11th overall by the New York Jets. Fashanu may not have been perceived as an early pick when he joined Penn State as a three-star recruit out of D.C. However, despite being the 45th-best tackle in his class, Fashanu still had several notable offers from the likes of Georgia, Alabama, Michigan and Ohio State, among oth ..read more

Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A likely Day 3 pick, Nourzad has starter upside while having a relatively safe downside. THE SKINNY A lightly recruited prospect coming out of high school, Nourzad spent the first portion of his college career in the Ivy League playing at Cornell. He was a two-year starter for the Big Red at right tackle in 2019 and 2021 (no 2020 season for the Ivies), earning second-team All-Ivy distinction in 2019 and second-team All-FCS in 2021. Nourzad then made the decision to make the jump to the FBS ranks, picking the Nittany Lions over the likes o ..read more