Welcome to our daily Nittany Notebook. This post will be updated frequently throughout the day with news, notes and sometimes entertaining info. So be sure to check back often to stay on top of everything that’s going on with Penn State football and athletics, plus other sports of interest in central PA.
Update: 6:40 p.m.
**Penn State has received a commitment from Division II Shippensburg transfer Winston Eubanks, a wide receiver.
Eubanks is expected to be a walk-on, although that’s not certain yet. He’s 6-foot, 185 pounds and is from Philadelphia. He has one year of eligibility remaining. In his three years at Shippensburg, he put up strong numbers with 148 catches for 2,853 yards and 28 TDs.
Photo by Shippensburg Athletics
He also was (from Shippensburg website):
2-Year Team Captain (2019, 2020)
3-Time All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
2017 PSAC Eastern Division Freshman of the Year
2017 Red Raider “Impact” Player of the Year
2017 Football Gazette All-Region Second Team
Career Statistics
Career Receiving Statistics
| Season | GP | REC | YDS | TD | Long | REC/G | AVG/C | AVG/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12 | 45 | 1202 | 12 | 83 | 3.8 | 26.7 | 100.2 |
| 2018 | 11 | 43 | 755 | 8 | 75 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 68.6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 60 | 896 | 8 | 76 | 5.5 | 14.9 | 81.5 |
| Total | 34 | 148 | 2853 | 28 | 83 | 4.4 | 19.3 | 83.9 |
Found a new home. #WeAre @coachjfranklin @CoachStubbs @DannKabalaPSU pic.twitter.com/oxfDT6IL8D
— Wint (@WinstonEubanks) October 23, 2020
Update: 12:40 p.m.
**Some big news out of Purdue. Moore is fantastic and will be missed.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Purdue WR Rondale Moore out vs Iowa, according to the school. No additional information available
— mike carmin (@carmin_jc) October 23, 2020
Update: 9:45 a.m.
**Could Indiana pull off the upset Saturday? James Franklin said this is the best Hoosiers team the Lions have faced, and it’s a quirky game on all accounts as the season opener against a conference opponent.
Here are some picks from media members for the game, and some in this first story are going with the Hoosiers to win.
Big Ten football Week 1: Our expert predictions for every game against the spread https://t.co/yS5cKTZ5p5 via @AsburyParkPress @TheRecordSports @BurlcoTimes @cpsj @MyCJ_Sports @YDRPennState @ChrisIseman
— APPSportsDesk (@APPSportsDesk) October 22, 2020
PREDICTIONS: Picking the score for No. 8 Penn State vs Indianahttps://t.co/IN45bHeFYf pic.twitter.com/ICBpF759ZJ
— Lions247 (@Lions247) October 23, 2020
Indiana is 1-22 vs. Penn State and hasn’t beaten a top-10 team in 33 years. So the Hoosiers are hungry.
That’s one of several storylines to Saturday’s Penn State-Indiana game. So who’s the pick?https://t.co/7wIdGzMtWj
— Mark Wogenrich (@MarkWogenrich) October 23, 2020
Penn State Friday 5: What’s next in recruiting? A reason for fear against Indiana, prediction, and more https://t.co/dm5UDztLV2
— Penn State Football (@psufootball) October 23, 2020
