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: 9:30 p.m.
**Penn State has made the top six for one of the nation’s top offensive tackle recruits for the class of 2022. Gunner Givens is a 6-6, 275-pounder from Virginia. The competition will be stiff since PSU is going up against Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State.
Top 6❤️ @Hayesfawcett3 pic.twitter.com/9FT2I7ehRa
— Gunner Givens (@givens_gunner) November 4, 2020
Update: 5 p.m.
**Former Penn State hockey player Kris Myllari has signed a professional deal.
Rookie defenseman Kris Myllari agrees to terms with @UtahGrizzlies https://t.co/n7W3PYj8vT
— ECHL (@ECHL) November 4, 2020
Update: 2:01 p.m.
**Penn State has released its latest COVID testing results for student-athletes, reporting 11 positives out of 1,332 total tests administered for the period from Oct. 24-30.. Three results are still pending.
Update: 10:20 a.m.
**The New York Times wrote this feature obituary on PSU basketball legend Jesse Arnelle.
H. Jesse Arnelle led the Penn State men's basketball team to the Final Four in 1954. Thirty years later, he founded one of the first Black-owned law firms to successfully rope in blue-chip corporate clients. https://t.co/oNytgF2Id1
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) November 4, 2020
Update: 10 a.m.
**We’ll start today with a question about whether backup QB Will Levis should get some snaps, which David Jones of PennLive.com tackles here.
“Hey Jones!”: All-Big Ten football edition includes whether Penn State should give Will Levis some snaps https://t.co/sVSoh3M4Vr
— Penn State Football (@psufootball) November 4, 2020
Speaking of Levis …
Congratulations to Tyler Warren & Will Levis (@will_levis), our Student-Athletes of the Week! 📚#WeAre pic.twitter.com/lh2GTSGsHk
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) November 4, 2020
