One of the biggest question marks for Penn State as the 2021 season turned into the 2022 was: “How will they replace Arnold Ebiketie and Jesse Luketa?” While there were some candidates on the roster — we’ll get to those in a second — it seemed obvious that Penn State was going to try to land a starting-caliber defensive end from the transfer portal. James Franklin said as much just last week.
James Franklin last Wednesday: “We got to find somebody that can come in and help us with edge pressure and affecting the quarterback.