The beginning of the 2019 summer season was tough for the Penn State football program. At the time, it felt like just about anything that could go wrong — went wrong. It all started in the spring when now-former Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens decided to enter the transfer portal suddenly after failing to get a starting nod from James Franklin.
Eventually, the Nittany Lions got over that loss, but more and more setbacks continued to occur over time. After losing one of their own enrollees, the committed players started to drop like flies as well.