Press conference takeaways from Pat Kraft and Stan Drayton; Penn State players talk 2025 progress

Lions247: A Penn State athletics Podcast

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4.9 • 921 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Penn State athletics director Pat Kraft and new running backs coach Stan Drayton met with reporters this week, and we're back to break things down on the Lions247 Podcast. Plus, fresh feedback from Nittany Lions players on offseason development. 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	Welcome back into the Lions 24-7 podcast. I am Tyler Donahue. In a moment, you'll hear from my
0:08.9	colleague Mark Brennan kicking off the final week of February. It's a month that tends to fly
0:13.6	by fast, but it has been packed with updates regarding Penn State football and the Penn State
0:18.9	athletic community of late.
0:21.0	We had back-to-back press conferences on Monday here in Happy Valley.
0:24.9	We heard from Athletic Director Pat Kraft for the first time in 2025.
0:29.0	Spent about 40 minutes going over a ton of topics with him, including NIL,
0:33.9	Penn State's staff pickup, some evaluation of coaches here at Penn State, and additionally
0:39.1	some updates on the Beaver Stadium renovation project. Additionally, we heard from Stan Drayton
0:44.7	immediately after Pat Kraft exited. We had Stan Graydon coming in the room, say hello.
0:49.7	New running backs coach here with Penn State football. We've covered his resume quite a bit here
0:53.8	on the podcast lately. If you missed our episode that dropped last Friday, we had Mike Roach on from our 24-7
0:59.9	sports network. He covered the Texas Longhorns very closely during Stan Drayton's tenure down there from
1:05.5	2017 through 2021. That included bringing on board number one overall running back recruit Bijon Robinson,
1:11.6	who left Texas as a top 10 NFL draft pick. So a lot of intel on Drayton from our last episode.
1:17.7	We learned a lot about him as well, getting a chance to ask some questions on Monday.
1:21.0	And before that, we went out, we went over to team facilities on Saturday. One of my
1:25.7	favorite events on the calendar, it involves nothing with the football,
1:29.6	except for maybe a few guys thrown it around in the wait room.
1:32.1	Thon event happening, the Thon Explorers program over at Penn State's Lash Football Building.
1:38.1	A great weekend for all involved.
1:39.6	We'll talk about the impact that we witnessed between these players and some of these childhood cancer patients.
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