Penn State football Matt Campbell has bunkered himself in the Lasch Football Building for the past month, building his first Nittany Lions coaching staff, roster and recruiting class. But Campbell emerged Friday night to receive a warm reception at his first public appearance for a Penn State sporting event.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Tennessee football beat out Ohio State for transfer edge rusher Chaz Coleman, giving the Vols one of the top players in the portal. Coleman spent one season at Penn State. With the Nittany Lions, the former four-star prospect collected eight tackles, three tackles for loss, one sack and a forced fumble in nine games.

Penn State football is more active than ever in the transfer portal. Check out the latest on all incoming and outgoing players here.

After spending seven years at UCLA, Siale Taupaki is journeying East to Penn State for his eighth year of college football. He is among 29 players (through Jan. 9) transferring to Penn State to play for Matt Campbell and two assistant coaches with whom he is familiar. Taupaki also has one of the transfer group’s more interesting stories.

Pribula does not appear to be considering a return to Penn State, where he spent his first three seasons in college. New Nittany Lion head coach Matt Campbell has already brought in his two top former quarterbacks from Iowa State ― three-year starter Rocco Becht and redshirt freshman Alex Manske.

Tennessee is racking up transfers from Penn State, this time bringing in a DB who was with the Nittany Lions for two seasons.

Check out this week's Penn State football podcast with York Daily Record's Frank Bodani, PSU writer Mike Gross and former TV anchor Andrew Kalista.

The games that would feature the most Penn State alumni would be a Jacksonville-Pittsburgh matchup in the AFC bracket or a Jacksonville-Philadelphia or Jacksonville-San Francisco Super Bowl. Each potential matchup game would feature seven former Nittany Lions.