BWI Daily: Resetting Penn State's Class of 2023 following Ejani Shakir commitment

This week, Penn State football hit the halfway mark with the Class of 2023 when four-star receiver Ejani Shakir committed to the program. With Shakir on board, the Nittany Lions now have 12 members in the class heading into the critical official visit portion of the recruiting calendar. So today on the BWI Daily Edition, host Thomas Frank Carr and recruiting insider Ryan Snyder to discuss Shakir's commitment and then recap the class before the summer months. Penn State Lands Ejani ShakirT-Frank and Snyder start by discussing Shakir's decision to join Penn State. Snyder recaps the four-star receiver's journey and explains where he fits on Penn State's priority list this year. Next, he and T-Frank discuss what school Shakir transferred to this winter and how that can help his relationship with the program. Next, T-Frank assesses Shakir's skills from his film evaluation. Finally, they discuss where Shakir fits in the offense. Afterward, they recap the rest of the class as of the episode's airing. Snyder and T-Frank start on offense and discuss which positions are now closed and which ones still have work to do. T-Frank spends some extra time and attention on the offensive line group, which is the strength of the class.Finally, they discuss the defense, which has fewer commitments. Instead, they focus on names to know at positions with no commitments so that fans can keep an eye out for news. JOIN Blue White Illustrated: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-state-nittany-lions/join/?plan=annualSUBSCRIBE to Blue White Illustrated on YouTube and enable alerts - new highlights and videos uploaded regularly: https://www.youtube.com/c/bluewhiteillustratedvideo?sub_confirmationBookmark our homepage: https://www.on3.com/teams/penn-state-nittany-lions/Subscribe to BWI Magazine and Newsletters: http://bluewhiteonline.comDownload our podcasts: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/LRL3155877513?selected=DSVV2664982394Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BlueWhiteIllustrated/Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/PennStateOn3Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.