When it comes to getting the skinny on behavior of potential Penn State prospects, coach James Franklin says his staff will go through as many character evaluations as possible.
He said no decision can be made with just one or two pieces of information. So the staff talks to coaches, teammates, teachers, lunch ladies and custodians. They scour a kid’s transcript for courses, tardy marks, absentees and of course the grade-point average. If a kid comes from a single-parent home Franklin said that one parent “better be strong.”
At a time when many people document their lives 140 characters at a time, Franklin said social media gives the staff a window into who a prospect is based on his tweets, retweets, likes and follows.