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When Penn State’s defense is in a 4-2-5, the expectation is the fifth defensive back will be able to do a little bit of ...
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the defending champion of the college football world, but that earned them only so much respect ...
Penn State has made a massive splash by hiring Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to take the same job with the Nittany Lions. He replaces Tom Allen, who left PSU to become Clemson's ...
Cornerbacks and defensive linemen have been the recent focus of Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles in his Defender of the Day updates. But Knowles, in his first year of running the Nittany ...
Penn State cornerbacks Kenny Woseley Jr. and Audavion Collins previously have been singled out by defensive coordinator Jim ...
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Here are our bold predictions for Penn State football in 2025. Christopher Sheppard: Penn State will be the best road team in ...
Knowles, who spent the last three seasons directing Ohio State's defenses, inherits proven Penn State playmakers at every ...
When Jim Knowles was introduced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator in February, he said his main goal was to “have ...
What is usually a nickel corner in most 4-2-5 defenses is a chess piece for Knowles — and should be the key to unlocking the ...
FILE – Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles shouts to his team during an NCAA college spring football game Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Coordinator Kerry Coombs was fired ...
Jim Knowles put his feelings in a letter. It was the summer of 1988 when he wrote to Maxie Baughan, his former coach at Cornell, and told him he was torn about his career path.