Football VIDEOS / NOTES: Penn State vs. West Virginia - Tuesday media availability

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

The media is set to talk to Olu Fashanu, Kalen King, and James Franklin today.

Olu is up first at 11:00 a.m., followed by James Franklin at 12:30 p.m., and Kalen King at 1:30 p.m. Stay tuned for updates.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Olu on Caedan Wallace...

"Caden had a great presason. I mean you, you can tell by the way that he has been competing and working in this camp. You know, clearly, he's put in a lot of work this offseason, and it showed a lot during preseason."

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Olu on Singleton and Allen...

"They're amazing. Through a full complete offseason with the program, seeing the training staff, both of them, alongside all of our running backs are bigger, faster, and stronger. So I mean, that as a running back can only be a good thing."

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Olu says Drew Shelton has taken the positive momentum he had from playing a lot late last season into the offseason and fall camp. "We're extremely proud of the way he's been competing."

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Fashanu says Zuriah Fisher had a great training camp, and he's really excited for him this fall. Mentioned alongside Chop, Dani Dennis-Sutton, and Aidsa Isaac as the toughest guys to face in practice.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Fashanu says he's fully healthy heading into this season.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

On what made him want to return to Penn State...

"It was a combination of both (football and education), you know, with Penn State and how great it's been since I came here in June of 2020. It's been a great three and a half years so far and obviously this semester, I have the opportunity to graduate and then combining that with, you know, another opportunity to just go out and compete with my brothers, makes that decision to come back a lot easier.""

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Fashanu on freshman OL J'Ven Williams...

"I thought he's had a great camp, and now he was able to get the opportunity to get a lot of reps and I think that's really important for a freshman. So you know, for his development, just getting those reps against other college football players, you know, with him being less than a year removed out of high school. So I think that has been great for his development."

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

That's all from Olu. James Franklin is up in about an hour.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin on Drew Allar's performance this camp

"He's been really, really good." Notes his accuracy and decision-making has been especially good this camp.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin on Mike Yurcich moving to the booth...

"There's no better place to call a game from than the booth." Says Danny O'Brien being aligned with Yurcich is a big reason for it.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

No starting quarterback announcement from Franklin today.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Meant to note that King Mack, Zion Tracy, Elliot Washington, and Tony Rojas alll have the green light this season.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin has a ton of respect and is proud of sophomore CB Cam Miller. Thinks he'll be a starter on four special teams unit and will play quite a bit on defense. The Nittany Lions' coaching staff has discussed adding him to their leadership counsel.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin calls Saturday's "helmet stripe" game, a "sneaky white out."

"This will be a really good example on week one why college football is so special."

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin does note that most of the depth chart at this point ahead of this weekend's season opener is set. Just "doesn't see the value" in disclosing that information.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Going back to Cam Miller...

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

James Franklin says it took Drew Allar 13 or 14 practices before he threw an interception this fall camp.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin calls Jordan van den Berg one of he most improved players on the defensive side of the ball. Coziah Izzard had been banged up most of camp but came back last week and has looked great.

 

[Dylan Callaghan-Croley]

Franklin says Hakeem Beamon and Zane Durant are bigger, adding "good weight" this fall.

 

[Obliviax]

Going back to Cam Miller...

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[Richie O]