James Franklin has talked about studying best practices, both within his program and elsewhere, since he arrived at University Park in Jan. 2014.
That includes recruiting.
Penn State has taken up a vastly different recruiting approach under Franklin compared to previous Lions' coaching staffs, and one way it has done so is by morphing what has worked best for it over the years with methods other programs have successfully used.
"You spend a lot of time studying best practice, not necessarily because you're going to do something, but they may do something that makes sense for you," Franklin said.