The Nittany Lions open spring practice with high expectations, and some questions, for the 2025 season. Penn State football coach James Franklin previewed spring practice this week, and his most revealing insight was about his head. Specifically, scalp care. Franklin shaves his six days a week at 4:45 a.m.

To really judge a wide receiver before you’ve seen them at practice and running routes and creating separation and one-on-ones and making contested catch es and catch percentage and radius and those things,