Penn State football needed a player to solidify an already promising defense, and the Nittany Lions secured a commitment from the top linebacker in the portal, Amare Campbell.

The question marks that surrounded Penn State’s linebacker group at the end of spring practice have settled. Amare Campbell, who announced his transfer to the Nittany Lions on Tuesday after two seasons at North Carolina,

Former UNC linebacker Amare Campbell is transferring to Penn State, less than two weeks after Penn State head coach James Franklin made an open call for linebackers to transfer to Linebacker U. ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported that Campbell,