Talking Sports And Fitness With Zeke

Michal Menet, the first Berks County football player ever to be named first-team All-State in Class AAA for three straight years en route to becoming a crown jewel of Penn State's 2016 recruiting class, shares with Zeke his offseason and his expectations this fall playing for the Nittany Lions. Menet, 6-5 and now up to 290 pounds, is a five-star recruit who is rated by some recruiting analysts as the top guard offensive guard in the country and the second-best offensive tackle. Menet was thrown a curve when Penn State offensive line coach Herb Hand, who played a primary role in recruiting Menet to Penn State, resigned to take the same job at Auburn. Four days later Menet received a visit from Penn State head coach James Franklin, new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead and new offensive line coach Matt Limegrover. "As soon as he (Hand) left, a lot of other coaches started calling me," Menet tells Zeke. "But I never wavered. I was 100 percent Penn State." Menet tells Zeke that he "gave serious thought" to ear