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A look at the 50 former Penn State Nittany Lions who are in the NFL

The Citizens' Voice 25 Dec 2025
Penn State ranks among the top 10 college football programs with 50 former Nittany Lions on NFL rosters this season ... Saquon Barkley, RB (2015-17), Philadelphia Eagles ... He also has 37 catches for 273 yards and two TDs ... (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps ... ....
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Penn State baseball team signs top Japanese pitching prospect

The Citizens' Voice 22 Dec 2025
Penn State signed Japanese pitcher Genei Sato on Monday, reaching agreement with a potential first-round pick in the 2027 Major League Baseball draft ... Sato spent three years at Sendai University in Shibata, Japan ... ....
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Penn State’s Terry Smith tries to navigate bowl game prep with team in flux

The Citizens' Voice 18 Dec 2025
Less than 10 days before the Pinstripe Bowl, interim head coach Terry Smith described the environment around the Penn State football program as different and unorthodox ... The same with the players. It’s my job to bring it all together.”.
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Penn State Notebook: Lions reportedly targeting D’Anton Lynn as next defensive coordinator

The Citizens' Voice 18 Dec 2025
Penn State reportedly is targeting former Nittany Lions defensive back D’Anton Lynn as its next defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports Thursday ... He made 37 starts in his last 38 games ... Honor for Ioane ... “He’s just an amazing young person.
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Penn State football: King Mack blames lack of leadership, buy-in for 6-6 season

The Citizens' Voice 17 Dec 2025
As Penn State safety King Mack described his initial impressions of new Nittany Lions coach Matt Campbell on Wednesday, he took a turn and offered his take about what went wrong this season ... 8 ... Kraft has since apologized for his remarks ... I can’t lie.”.
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Penn State’s Ethan Grunkemeyer likes new coach but ponders whether to stay

The Citizens' Voice 17 Dec 2025
Ethan Grunkemeyer and Matt Campbell didn’t need to introduce themselves to one another upon Campbell’s arrival as the new Penn State head football coach ... The Ohio natives have reconnected in the last week and a half in multiple meetings ... 2.
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Penn State Notebook: Kaytron Allen, Vega Ioane receive more All-America recognition

The Citizens' Voice 16 Dec 2025
Penn State running back Kaytron Allen and guard Vega Ioane have received more All-America honors ... Ioane was selected to the AP second team after he was named to Walter Camp Foundation second team over the weekend ... (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) ... Charles, Ill.
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Matt Campbell is what Penn State football team needs right now [opinion]

The Citizens' Voice 13 Dec 2025
When college and pro coaches are hired in any sport, most of them handle their introductory press conferences with aplomb. Matt Campbell was no different earlier this week when he spoke in front of the Penn State football community for the first time.
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Penn State’s Vega Ioane opts out of bowl, declares for the NFL draft

The Citizens' Voice 13 Dec 2025
Penn State guard Vega Ioane has announced he has opted out of the Pinstripe Bowl and has declared for the 2026 NFL draft. The 6-4, 330-pound Ioane, a fourth-year junior, played in 44 games for the Nittany Lions, including 32 starts ... ....
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Three in custody after home invasion in Homer Glen, armed robbery in Lemont

Chicago Tribune 12 Dec 2025
Three people were taken into custody Thursday after an armed home invasion Wednesday in Homer Glen and a second armed robbery Thursday afternoon in Lemont, the Will County sheriff’s department said. The Lemont robbery occurred shortly before 3 p.m.
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Penn State’s Nick Singleton won’t play in Pinstripe Bowl, his father says

The Citizens' Voice 11 Dec 2025
Former Gov. Mifflin star Nick Singleton will not play for Penn State against Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl, his father told the Reading Eagle on Thursday ... 27 at Yankee Stadium ... He will receive a bachelor’s degree next weekend ... ....
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Terry Smith explains why he decided to stay on Penn State football staff

The Citizens' Voice 09 Dec 2025
Terry Smith wasn’t hesitant about staying on the Penn State football coaching staff, especially after agreeing to a lucrative four-year contract and learning he’d be working for Matt Campbell ... We’re aligned at the point of he’s blue-collar.
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Penn State Notebook: Ty Howle leaving for Virginia Tech staff, report says

The Citizens' Voice 09 Dec 2025
Tight ends coach Ty Howle, a former Penn State offensive lineman, is leaving the Nittany Lions to join the coaching staff at Virginia Tech, ESPN reported Tuesday ... Howle has coached several tight ends who have gone on to the NFL ... Durant opts out ... ....
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Family, relationships are important to new Penn State coach Matt Campbell

The Citizens' Voice 08 Dec 2025
STATE COLLEGE – Shortly after James Franklin was fired as Penn State football coach in October, the thought of filling that opening crossed Matt Campbell’s mind 900 miles away in Ames, Iowa. “Man, what’s going on there?” Campbell said he told himself.
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