Penn State coach James Franklin assessed the Nittany Lions as they prepare for a Big Ten road trip to play the Purdue Boilermakers.
Penn State football coach James Franklin held his weekly news conference Monday ahead of the team's trip to Purdue, where the Nittany Lions seek to win their fourth road game of the season. Franklin covered a variety of topics regarding his team, including the running back situation, depth at linebacker and some promising freshmen.Ihink a really good example, Drew is a morning guy, right, so he's in there watching film this morning at 6:30 a.m.
And the long run, it's probably what everybody is excited about, although he took hell for it in the team meeting yesterday and with his teammates. The run that was probably most impressive to us is his first run, his first play as a college football player. The patience he showed, his ability, and a little bit of a dirty read to get vertical. He's still got to put on some size and do a great job in the weight room, but he stuck it up in there and had a really, really efficient run.
Whether it's high school guys that we have developed or whether that's going out to the transfer portal — as you guys know we're not a big transfer portal team — but look a little bit at junior college recruiting used to be, go out and fill an immediate need, or just bring some veteran leadership into the room. AJ is a little bit different because you're talking about bringing a guy in as a redshirt freshman, which is unusual, typically, from the transfer portal.
So they are three veteran players that have played a ton of football for us. We are going to need them to continue to play well as these other guys continue to grow. But I would also view Alonzo as a
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