Penn State Head Coach James Franklin Says Ohio State Possesses "As Talented of a Roster As Anybody in the Country," Expects Star Quarterback Drew Allar to Be a Game-Time Decision
"Offensively, Chip Kelly there, I think Chip kind of has a reputation of a guy with a spread background and throwing the ball around, and I get that. But if you really study Chip, he's always had a strong running game, and you see that this year. It's a big part of what they're doing, 11 personnel and 12 personnel."
"TreVeyon Henderson is explosive, one of the most explosive running backs in the country, who we recruited out of high school and are very, very familiar (with). Quinshon Judkins, who we're also familiar with as well, two really good running backs."
"Their quarterback, Will Howard, who transferred from Kansas State, is a big guy and playing really good football for them. Touchdown to interception ratio, QBR, all those things, doing some really good things. Obviously a young man from Pennsylvania, so he'll have a bunch of support here from his family and friends."
"Obviously there's a bunch of receivers you could talk about. The guy that's getting a lot of buzz right now is Jeremiah Smith, the freshman. But there's a number of receivers that we could be talking about."
"Defensively, Jim Knowles, who's also a PA guy, is doing a really good job with their defense and has now for the last couple years. Multiple, multiple scheme defense. Really probably the thing that gets talked about the most is their three safeties that they play with, how they do it. He's been doing that in some form all the way back to his time at Oklahoma State, but he's really doing a nice job."
"Their safety, Caleb Downs, who they got out of the transfer portal, is playing very well. Cornerback Denzel Burke, number 10. And then obviously two defensive ends that are challenging in Jack Sawyer as well as Tuimoloau."
"And then on special teams, we think they do it by committee, which some programs do do that. Their kickoff coverage team has been really impressive. They've only allowed five returns this year. Lorenzo Styles really stands out on that unit. And then when you talk about their punt coverage team, that's another thing that kind of stood out to us. They've only had three returns on the year, doing a really good job."
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