With Penn State's season opener less than two weeks away, a former four-star prospect has made a position switch on Penn State's defense.

Recently, former Rivals four-star prospect DaKarri Nelson, a native of Livingston, Alabama made the switch from safety to linebacker for the Nittany Lions. The 6-foot-3, 217-pound Nelson makes the move after spending his first year on campus at the safety position. He appeared in one game last year as a true freshman while being named the program's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week once.

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But what does the move mean for Penn State's linebacker room following his positional change?