Former Penn State star joins staff, a veteran lineman leaves and early feedback from winter workouts

Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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We focus on a couple of Penn State football staff moves, as the Nittany Lions hired former star QB Trace McSorley and promoted former All-American LB Dan Connor. Then we focus on defensive end plans as Smith Vilbert explores transfer options. Winter workout standouts and PSU's NFL Scouting Combine participants are also in the spotlight. Enjoy complete Penn State coverage anytime at Lions247.com. Follow the team on X: @Lions247 @TDsTake @danieljtgallen @tyler_calvaruso @MarkXBrennan. Follow or subscribe to the Lions247 Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. And watch every episode on YouTube. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I found my great-grandma Annie in the 1921 census on Ancestry.
0:04.5	I discovered she was widowed in the First World War, living in York, raising six children all by herself.
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0:33.7	Welcome back in to the Lions 24-7 podcast. I am Tyler Downeyhew.
0:38.2	We are closing out the month of February.
0:40.5	It has come and gone and giving us plenty to talk about here on the Penn State football beat, Penn State Athletics beat.
0:45.8	We did a lot of that on our first episode this week, joined by colleague Mark Brennan, fresh out of a couple of press conferences here on campus with new running backs
0:54.2	coach Dan Drayton with athletics director Pat Kraft, our first chance hearing from Kraft since
0:59.2	24. So we had a lot to break down there. We also broke down some of our time in Penn State football
1:04.9	facilities last weekend during the Thon weekend. If you want to go back, we rehash a lot of cool moments that we observed,
1:13.0	some football-related takeaways as well from our trip to team facilities. That's all waiting
1:17.2	for you back in the episode that dropped on Tuesday. We're closing out this week, closing out this
1:21.6	month, and just to let you know, heading into a vacation period with this episode. You're going
1:26.6	to hear from my colleagues, Daniel Gallen and Tyler Calvallu.
1:29.3	So right now we have some roster movement.
1:31.9	We have some coaching staff moving to get to.
1:34.0	We also have some winter workout updates as Penn State players take their next step toward
1:38.5	what will ultimately be 2025 kickoff.
1:41.5	We're going to get into that in just a second.
1:43.2	But I am heading out,
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