Football Franklin presser updates - 11/15
- Thread starter Dylan Callaghan-Croley
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Rutgers standouts:
RB Kyle Monangai
WR Aaron Cruischank
TE Johnny Langan
DL Aaron Lewis
S Avery Young
LB Dion Jennings
RB Kyle Monangai
WR Aaron Cruischank
TE Johnny Langan
DL Aaron Lewis
S Avery Young
LB Dion Jennings
He believes Ji’Ayir Brown isn’t getting enough recognition for his play this season. “He’s been phenomenal, him and PJ have been two of the better leaders in our program.”
Franklin once again talks highly of Jake Pinegar and how proud he is him and how well he’s kicked recently.
Franklin says that the defense doesn’t have to do anything different without JPJ. Also notes he believes that Johnny Dixon is someone he believes has grown as much as anyone in the program has this season.
Christian Driver is practicing on both sides of the ball for Penn State, both in the secondary and at WR.
Asked about going for it on fourth downs - Franklin notes that going for it on fourth is a lot less taboo at this point due to analytics. A lot of the Big Ten uses the same company for their analytics notably.
Franklin believes and hopes it’s the case that it’s the vocal minority of those who have been overly critical of Sean Clifford.
“He makes us go,” Franklin says of Juice Scruggs. Says he’d allow Scruggs to babysit his kids, work for him, and he’d even work under Scruggs. Calls him a great Penn Stater.
On the impact of rule changes and it’s impact on discussions with players in terms of the NFL, playing time, etc. Says they use to not discuss playing time with families, that has changed since the transfer portal.
