";s:4:"text";s:5455:" With three-year starter Trace McSorley and veteran ball carrier Miles Sanders both off to the NFL, Penn State’s backfield will need to rely on plenty of fresh faces in 2019. Katshir, a Cumberland Valley grad, is listed at 6-3, 230. August 20, 2019 1:04 pm ET When it comes to running backs from Penn State in the NFL, it’s a common belief that they come with some kind of curse. In the opener, a 79-7 annihilation of FCS foe Idaho, Penn State running backs rushed for 242 yards (7.8 per carry) and five of them reached the end zone, including walk-on Nick Eury. We've got you linked here.Pennsylvania Gov. She is a graduate of Penn State University and Penn State Law and covers the Penn State Nittany Lion football team. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.comThe 6-1, 241-pound Brooks appeared in all 13 games a year ago, finishing with 39 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks.Luketa, Parsons’ friend and a fellow 2018 class member, is listed at 6-3, 241 on Penn State’s updated roster.
With the recent success of Penn State running backs, the surge in four-star recruits becoming Nittany Lions is no surprise. "He was trying to hit the home run. In 2019, Penn State’s strongest position group on offense was unquestionably their running backs, and in 2020, they return all but one contributor and … Penn State is among his finalists.Miss any Penn State news this week? So if you don’t have to, why do it?Parsons doesn’t have to. Now, he'll have a former Penn State running back on the field as well. ... You get in that situation and you start thinking that the staff is down on you. There is a lot of uncertainty and worry about playing football during the coronavirus pandemic. I got on him, because he hasn't run that long in a while. He won the starting job in training camp and started the first two games against Idaho and Buffalo.But the emergence of Journey Brown and Noah Cain in the backfield began reducing Slade's playing time. After all, … Slade, who has two seasons of eligibility, began 2019 with great promise. That is a historically long list and not even half of the talented running backs in Penn State Football history. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com Even with all of this preseason hype, Penn State fans are well aware that the offense is extremely young, especially at the quarterback and running back positions. It's good to see how he responded against Rutgers, and even today he busted a long one. I got on him, because he hasn't run that long in a while.
Redshirt sophomore It is more than likely that two true freshmen will get playing time at running back in 2019. Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons tackles Indiana running back Stevie Scott III for a loss during the fourth quarter on Nov. 16, 2019.
(Saquon Barkley came up 29 yards short last season of matching the feat.)
I still believe that. He also had high praise for Slade, saying he expected the back to rebound from his "rollercoaster season. Cain got a head-start over Ford by enrolling early. Pry and Franklin played him as a true freshman and he would have played plenty of meaningful snaps had it not been for the presence of Parsons and Brown. He won the starting job in training camp and started the first two games against Idaho and Buffalo.But the emergence of Journey Brown and Noah Cain in the backfield began reducing Slade's playing time. Tom Wolf recommended sports be paused until Jan. 1. It is also likely that Slade will start the game, but Brown and Cain will finish it off.
Maggie grew up a mere 40 miles from Beaver Stadium, home of Penn State Football. The No. Pennsylvania, and COVID-19, have other plans.Penn State cornerback Donovan Johnson will miss the 2020 season because of an injury.Rocco Spindler, a 4-star offensive lineman from Michigan, will announce his commitment Saturday. Fans may even see Ford enter the contest if the Nittany Lions start to run away with it. Slade did not make the November trip to Ohio State because of a violation of team rules, coach James Franklin said then.After the Cotton Bowl, in which Slade had a 44-yard carry, running backs coach Ja'Juan Seider said he expected all four of his primary backs to return this season.
To this day, Thomas is the only Penn State running back to finish with two 1,300-yard rushing seasons. He stole the show at the Blue-White game with 45 rushing yards and two scores on 12 carries. The top contender for several major awards, notably the Butkus, Parsons was Penn State’s lone returning starter at the linebacker position before he opted out. While Brown and Slade will be the leaders to this running back-by-committee approach, freshmen Noah Cain and Devyn Ford are both poised to add value to Penn State’s offense in 2019. The PIAA, the state's athletic association, wants to know why.
It's good to see how he responded against Rutgers, and even today he busted a long one.