- Andy Frank is in his 12th year with the Nittany Lions, overseeing all aspects of the program’s recruiting department.
- Penn State's recruiting classes in the last six years have been ranked an average of 12.5 nationally.
- Nine of the 15 highest-ranked 247Sports Composite recruits at Penn State since 2000 have been signed by head coach James Franklin's staff.
- Penn State inked the sixth-ranked recruiting class according to 247Sports in 2022, which featured the Gatorade and Maxwell Football Club National High School Player of the Year (Nicholas Singleton), two No. 1 recruits from their respective states (Singleton and Dani Dennis-Sutton) and six of the top 10 players out of Pennsylvania.
- The 2019 class featured a pair of 247Sports five-star recruits and three No. 1-ranked recruits in their respective states (Brandon Smith, Adisa Issac and Sal Wormley).
- The 3.83 average star ranking for the 2019 class was the highest in program history since the inception of the 247Sports Composite in 2000.
- The 2018 recruiting class was ranked No. 4 by ESPN.com, the highest finish in program history. The class was also ranked No. 5 by Rivals and No. 6 by 247Sports.
- Penn State signed a Rivals No. 1 Pennsylvania recruit in three-straight years (2018 – Micah Parsons; 2017 – Lamont Wade; 2016 – Miles Sanders) for the first time since 2004 (Anthony Morelli), 2005 (Justin King) and 2006 (Jared Odrick).
- Parsons was the No. 5-rated recruit in the 247Sports Composite, which is the highest recruit signed by Penn State since 2005 when Derrick Williams was the No. 4 overall recruit.
- Frank was a member of Franklin’s Vanderbilt staff, serving as the Player Personnel Coordinator for three years.
- In his role at Vanderbilt, Frank oversaw the two highest-ranked recruiting classes in Vanderbilt history (2012 ranked No. 29; 2013 ranked No. 19 nationally by Rivals.com).
- Frank was a member of the Vanderbilt staff from 2005-13, serving in several capacities, including defensive graduate assistant (2005-07), defensive quality control (2008), Assistant Recruiting Coordinator (2009), Assistant Director of Football Operations (2010) and Player Personnel Coordinator (2011-13).
- Before arriving at Vanderbilt, Frank worked four years for an engineering firm while also serving as an assistant football coach at Lincoln High School in Warren, Michigan.
- A native of Sterling Heights, Michigan, he played running back at Stevenson High School. He then went on to play defensive back and special teams at Princeton University.
- He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Princeton in 2001 and a master’s in education from Vanderbilt in 2007.