It's called Happy Valley for a reason, and the sun never seems to stop shining on Penn State's wrestling team.

It's one thing to have a great program and get blue-chip recruits, it's another thing to have just about every little thing work out in your favor for nearly a decade. But that seems to be the case once again, as today's commitment from 2020 prospect Robbie Howard has made abundantly evident.

The verbal from the Youth Olympic Games gold medalist means that the Nittany Lions are now set through the 2021-22 season, with most of their starters seemingly in place through 2023 as well. Let's take a look at how their current roster shakes out by weight and grade, as well as who they've got incoming.

Back in September, before the year started, we examined the long-term depth chart of PSU and several other programs. There have been a few changes, particularly in the lightweights, so let's take a second look now that some things are a bit more clear.

125 Pounds

This Season: With Gavin Teasdale off the roster, there's no reason to pull Teske's redshirt. They don't need him this year and can now bring him along at a slower pace. As for Schnupp, it gives him another year to prove himself and develop, in case they need him down the road.

Long-Term Outlook: Oh boy, lot of stuff has happened since we ran this last. Adam Busiello has now signed to Arizona State, and as stated above there's no need to roll Teske out right away. That also means there's no need to juggle the redshirts of Teske, Teasdale and Roman Bravo-Young to try to get them all in while maybe figuring out a way to leave room for Busiello. The way it's looking, Teske could hold down the spot until 2023 unless he grows out of it before then.

133 Pounds

This Season: There is a long list of guys Penn State has rolled out as true freshmen: Nick Lee, Mark Hall, Nick Suriano, Zain Retherford and Morgan McIntosh. So RBY being the starter isn’t anything usual, especially given that he was considered a blue-chip recruit for basically his entire high school career. So far, so good from the four-time Arizona state champ.

Long-Term Outlook: Just like 125, no Busiello or Teasdale makes this a lot more straightforward. There are now just two options: RBY for three years, then bump him for 2022, bringing in Howard as a redshirt freshman. The other is that Robbie goes right away in 2021, and Bravo-Young spends his last two seasons at 141. The former option sounds like the plan for now, but it also depends on how much Jarod Verkleeren is producing at 149.

141 Pounds

This Season: This is the year where Nick Lee is supposed to make a big jump. After spending two years in Happy Valley (he moved there during his senior year of high school), it feels like a PSU leap is coming, especially after bonusing all eight of his opponents so far. However, Yianni’s a sophomore, Eierman’s a junior and McKenna is a senior, but in Lee’s way twice this year.

Long-Term Outlook: There is no way Brady Berge holds 149 for more than one season, but it remains to be seen if Lee is a career 141 or not. Either way, he can go through 2021 with a redshirt to play with that could extend him through 2022 if need be. At some point, RBY will probably be here, with Verkleeren playing a big role in deciding if that comes sooner or later. Expect this to be an area the coaching staff spends extensive time recruiting from the current group of high school sophomores and juniors.

149 Pounds

This Season: Junior world teamer Brady Berge is likely the guy. It's still difficult to judge where he stacks up in the 149lb pecking order, considering he only wrestled one tournament last year and it was up at 157. The Minnesota native beat Verkleeren on a last second takedown off a danger count in the semis of the Keystone Classic, but has only started one out of Penn State's three duals thus far.

Long-Term Outlook: Berge is moving up to 157 the second Nolf graduates, paving the way for Verkleeren. At this point, the only thing that would knock him out is a massive weight issue from one of the lightweights causing everyone to move up or an immediate impact transfer. Like 141, this will be an area of need in one of the next two recruiting classes.

157 Pounds

This Season: Jason Nolf. The Matrix. The Nolphin. A nickname never quite stuck for him, but he's in his final year in a Penn State singlet and is the co-favorite with Bo Nickal to win the Hodge. He could pretty easily end his career as one of the top-10 point scorers in NCAA tournament history.

Long-Term Outlook: Berge will probably man this for the next three years, so Cael and company are good through 2022.

165 Pounds

This Season: Two-time NCAA champ Vincenzo Joseph has been outstanding this year, with six pins and a tech. He could be emerging as a legitimate Hodge contender, but still has several tests before March even hits.

Long-Term Outlook: This is where the greyshirts start coming into play. Joe Lee spent his senior year living and training in Happy Valley, but is not yet enrolled at Penn State. He is training with the NLWC, competing in open tournaments and should redshirt the 2019-20 season when Cenzo is a senior. He should be the starter for the four years after Cenzo's gone.

174 Pounds

This Season: The prodigy enters his junior year and, to no one's surprise, he can win another national title. Entering this year, Hall had registered pins in nearly 40% of his college wins with sneaky good dominance score of 4.16, averaging better than a major every time he walked on the mat. In the first month of the season, he had close matches with Jordan Kutler and Matt Finesilver, as well as a 5-0 win over Neal Richards.

Long-Term Outlook: Marky finishes out his college career in 2019-20 (unless he decides to take an Olympic redshirt) in his "home" state of Minnesota. Either way, Carter Starocci is slated to be Marky's successor. There's also the possibility Aaron Brooks goes 174, but given his freestyle aspirations, he will likely want to get big and go 184 so he can be an 86kg on the world level.

184 Pounds

This Season: Aside from the three freshmen entering the lineup, the most intriguing change for PSU was switching Shakur Rasheed and Bo Nickal. The results so far: five pins in under 75 seconds each, a second period tech, and an 11-2 major decision, but Rasheed has yet to face any ranked wrestlers.

Long-Term Outlook: It's not set in stone, but seeing Brooks go 184 win two open tournaments leads me to believe he's the guy next year, as I stated above. The plan as of now is that he'll go 184 at Midlands, meaning we'll see him against high-level competition. He is spending this year at the OTC in its Elite Athlete Program.

197 Pounds

This Season: One of my favorite stats from last season's Hodge notes is that Bo Nickal's average time spent on the mat was less than Zain Retherford. He had double-digit pins in the first 90 seconds of a match, and that very well could continue one weight up. Again, he or Nolf are the front-runners for the Hodge.

Long-Term Outlook: With Starocci and Brooks in place at 174 and 184, respectively, it seems to pretty clearly indicate that Michael Beard is the guy at 197. There were some throwing out the possibility that Beard could drop down, but there's probably no need for that now.

285 Pounds

This Season: Penn State does everything for a reason, so there is strong reason to believe that it will be Anthony Cassar all season. First, Seth Nevills is greyshirting; he's not on the roster. Why would that be? Because PSU is looking into a sixth year for Cassar.

Long-Term Outlook: Whether or not Cassar (or Nick Nevills) gets a sixth year, they have four-time California state champ Seth Nevills coming in.