In the last weekend before the dead period starts, Penn State hosted a few prospects for official visits.

This week’s visitors included a 247Sports composite 4-star tight end who included the Nittany Lions in his top-two schools and two other prospects who will announce their college commitments soon.

Here’s a rundown on the last batch of official visitors.

TE Pierce Petersohn

Four-star tight end Pierce Petersohn recently announced his finalists as Penn State and Minnesota. He took a visit to the Golden Gophers earlier this month.

Petersohn is listed as an athlete in the composite, but he’s being recruited as a tight end by Penn State. The Triton High School product is the No. 341 player in the country and No. 3 player in Minnesota.

The blue and white has yet to land a tight end in its 2026 class, but it did also host 4-star Brayden Fogle last weekend. Fogle’s recruitment is wide open, so if the team wants a 2026 tight end soon, Petersohn might be its best shot.

CB Danny Odem

The Nittany Lions are the last official visit 4-star cornerback Danny Odem took this cycle. Nebraska, Clemson, Oklahoma and Ohio State are also in the mix for Odem, and he’s taken official visits with each of his finalists, except the Cornhuskers.

The First Academy prospect is the No. 253 player nationally, No. 22 cornerback and No. 40 player in Florida. He’s slated to make his pledge at 5 p.m. Monday.

Penn State already has three other 2026 cornerback commits in 3-stars Julian Peterson, Jaziel Hart and Amauri Polydor.

DL Cameron Brickle

It’s a four-team race to land 3-star Cameron Brickle between Penn State, Florida State, Ohio State and Maryland. His commitment date is scheduled for June 28.

Brickle, who plays at Florida powerhouse IMG Academy, is the No. 531 player nationally, No. 61 defensive lineman and No. 76 player in his home state.

Three-stars Alexander Haskell and Isaac Chukwurah already make up defensive line coach Deion Barnes’ 2026 class, so Brickle has the chance to be the third commit in the room.

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According to an NCAA statement, Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall will be suspended for the next two games after today — so he’s out for the remainder of this championship series.

NCAA Playing Rule 5-15 a-4 states that an additional two-game suspension is added to any other penalties for any team personnel who continues to “argue or excessively express themselves with prolonged actions or offensive language after an ejection.”

Matt Schilling, the Chanticleers’ first-base coach, per rule, will face a three-game suspension for his actions.

The former Ohio State head coach has reignited the controversy amid the NCAA’s ongoing investigation, claiming that the Wolverines a had a ‘tremendous’ competitive advantage

Urban Meyer has reaffirmed his stance that the Michigan Wolverines had an unfair advantage on the field as a result of their sign-stealing scandal.

The Big Ten Conference program became embroiled in one of the biggest controversies in college football back in 2023 when it was alleged that assistant coach Connor Stalions was stealing upcoming opponents’ signs – an investigation that is still ongoing more than two years later. The accusations came shortly after Michigan, then coached by Jim Harbaugh, had won that year’s national championship.

In more recent times, the Wolverines have been dealt a crushing blow by Notre Dame after the program swooped to secure the commitment of a top prospect in the 2026 class. It comes five months after the Fighting Irish fell to Ohio State in the 2024 CFP final, yet Meyer has since laid out how difficult it will be for the Buckeyes to win a second consecutive national championship.

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The former college football coach, however, has now reignited Michigan’s sign-stealing controversy, in which the NCAA alleges that Stalions was sending friends and family to opponent’s games to record future opponents’ signs.

When the allegations were made, the Wolverines had not long wrapped up a perfect 15–0 record for the 2022 college football campaign, winning their third consecutive Big Ten championship and 12th national championship in program history.

Stalions was subsequently fired and Harbaugh, who now coaches the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL, remains under investigation. While the NCAA has never directly banned sign stealing in football, Meyer believes Michigan’s alleged form of advanced scouting was illegal.

Speaking on the Triple Option Podcast, he said: “Everybody needs to understand that when you say signals, there are only a couple signals you can get that fast in real time. Is it a run or a pass? Is that significant? Hell yeah it is — it’s a tremendous advantage.

“It changes the entire technique of your defensive front, linebackers. The second everybody knows it’s a pass, that’s a completely different story. And then the whole right or left, if they know it’s a run to the right or run to the left. And that’s why I understand what the advantages are.”

Meyer added: “Whether other coaches have done that before in the past … I’ve never heard of this before. A lot of this is to be determined on the surface, but is it a competitive advantage to know the signals of your opponents illegally? You got them illegally. Of course it is.”

In response to the allegations, Harbaugh was suspended for three games during the 2023 regular season. Linebackers coach Chris Partridge was also let go once the allegations surfaced, becoming the second to leave after Stalions.

Although the NCAA’s investigation into the alleged sign-stealing is still ongoing, Michigan has already begun planning for any potential outcome by self-imposing a two-game suspension on second-year head coach Sherrone Moore.

The suspension will be handed down during Weeks 3 and 4 as opposed to the first two games of the 2025 season, meaning he will miss the clashes with Central Michigan and Nebraska, rather than New Mexico and Oklahoma.

This is the benefit of a self-imposed ban, with the Wolverines able to choose when their head coach serves the suspension. Judging by their decision, it is clear who the program appears to fancy its chances against without Moore in charge.

By: Justin Lafleur

HANOVER, N.H. — Following a sensational season, five members of Dartmouth men’s heavyweight rowing’s varsity eight have been named Empacher-IRCA All-Americans. Leading the way was Billy Bender, who was named an All-American for the fourth time in his career, earning first-team honors for a third time. Miles Hudgins was also named a first teamer, with Isaiah Harrison, Julian Thomas and Munroe Robinson all garnering second team All-America recognition. The five All-Americans are tied for the most nationally.
 
As members of the Eastern Sprints runner-up boat, all five were also named second team All-Ivy League last month.
 
Bender was named a second team All-American in 2021 then first team in 2022 and 2023. Last season, he was away from campus training for the Olympics. Upon his return to Dartmouth, he was in the stroke seat all year for the varsity eight, which went unbeaten in its spring dual season. The crew went on to finish second at Eastern Sprints and third at the IRA National Championship, only trailing Washington and Harvard at IRAs. Dartmouth’s grand final time of 5:30.900 was only 0.15 seconds behind the Crimson in second and just 1.12 seconds behind the national champion Huskies.
 
Meanwhile, Hudgins sat in the five seat of the varsity eight. He was also named an Academic All-Ivy member this season. Along with his success at Dartmouth, he has been a mainstay in the USRowing pipeline as a member of the Under-19 national team in 2021 and Under-23 teams in 2022 and 2024. Last summer, he won gold in the four.
 
A first-year, Harrison jumped right into the varsity eight and impressed, sitting in the four seat at Eastern Sprints and IRAs. Julian Thomas was in the six seat while Munroe Robinson sat in the seven seat, all playing critical roles in the varsity eight’s success. The spring began with a win at Yale, giving Dartmouth the Olympic Axe for the first time in the Axe’s 21-year history. The crew went on to pick up dual victories over Boston University, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Columbia and Northeastern. Thomas has excelled with USRowing as well, with the Under-19 team in 2021 and Under-23 teams from 2022-24. Last summer, he won silver in the eight.
 
The varsity eight’s third-place finish at IRAs marked its highest national finish since 1992.