When Penn State’s defense is in a 4-2-5, the expectation is the fifth defensive back will be able to do a little bit of ...

Penn State has made a massive splash by hiring Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles to take the same job with the Nittany Lions. He replaces Tom Allen, who left PSU to become Clemson's ...

Knowles’ scheme is known as one of the more complex in college football. He runs a 4-2-5, similar to the system former defensive coordinator Tom Allen ran at Penn State in 2024. The former Ohio State ...

Cornerbacks and defensive linemen have been the recent focus of Penn State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles in his Defender of the Day updates. But Knowles, in his first year of running the Nittany ...

Developing young defensive linemen is one of Penn State’s top priorities in preseason camp. All-American edge rusher Abdul ...

Here are our bold predictions for Penn State football in 2025. Christopher Sheppard: Penn State will be the best road team in ...

Few defensive coordinators in the country have the reputation that Jim Knowles does. The leader of the Nittany Lions’ defense ...

Knowles, who spent the last three seasons directing Ohio State's defenses, inherits proven Penn State playmakers at every ...

When Jim Knowles was introduced as Penn State’s new defensive coordinator in February, he said his main goal was to “have ...

FILE – Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles shouts to his team during an NCAA college spring football game Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. Coordinator Kerry Coombs was fired ...

Jim Knowles studied in the Ivy League and worked on Wall Street. Then he found his true calling: inventing new ways to hammer ...

Penn State coach James Franklin will never go by “Jim,” but he is a big fan of Jim Knowles. Here’s what Franklin had to say about him during a past press conference.