Then we wouldn’t have to worry about Micah converting all the good players on offense to linebacker.
Add Jim Kelly as LB coach
Kelly was offered a scholarship to play
college football at
Penn State University under coach
Joe Paterno, but Paterno wanted Kelly at
linebacker, not quarterback.
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Is it true you wanted to attend Penn State, but they only wanted you as a linebacker?
Kelly grew up dreaming of playing quarterback at Penn State. Instead, he wound up leading Miami past the Nittany Lions in his first collegiate start.
I went to their camp my junior and senior years [in high school]. Where I'm from, you're either Pitt or Penn State, and I'd always been a big Penn State fan. My parents and grandparents wanted me to go to Notre Dame, but I really wanted to play for Penn State. Then, just before national signing day, they called and said they'd already signed two all-state quarterbacks but they'd still give me a full ride if I wanted to come there as a linebacker.
And I was being recruited as a linebacker, too, out of high school. But, mostly, everybody knew that I wanted to play quarterback. So, of course, I said, "Thanks, but no thanks." Then I went down to the University of Miami, and my first start my freshman year was at Penn State, and coach [Howard Schnellenberger] didn't tell me I was starting until about three hours before the game. First thing I did was I threw up. ... But we upset Penn State.
