Going into the 2023 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season.
Continuing this effort is a look at one of Penn State’s projected starters for the upcoming season, redshirt senior [autotag]Daequan Hardy[/autotag]. With so much focus on the defensive backfield with a couple of starting jobs to sort out, Hardy helps provide some stability at the nickel position going into 2023.