Penn State football photos: See the Lions in action during the second week of preseason practice
STATE COLLEGE — A couple of passing rain showers did not keep the Penn State football program from working outdoors on Thursday afternoon here between the Lasch Building and Holuba Hall. Head coach James Franklin and his staff led their players through another day of practice during the second week of preseason camp. It started back on July 31 and will eventually lead the Nittany Lions, who are No. 9 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll, to their opener at West Virginia on Aug. 31.
The work conducted Thursday while reporters were present was standard for the early part of training camp. Special teams work led the way. Redshirt junior Sander Sahaydak was perfect on an extra point attempt to close out that portion of the viewing window after he and transfer Chase Meyer rotated through makes from inside of 40 yards. The program’s place kicker battle continues, with redshirt freshman Ryan Barker in the mix, as well.
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“Having three guys there, two of which that have kicked in college games, I think is really important, and a young exciting player that has really done a nice job in practice,” Franklin said back at media day last weekend.
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“But as we all know, I don’t care what position it is, sometimes there’s a difference between practice and games. So the game reps carry a lot of weight for us. I think if it’s close between two guys, at the end of training camp and we are talking about naming a starter, you probably give the edge to the guy that has game experience to go with someone that has no game experience, then the competition, the gap needs to be significant enough to make up for that.”
After the kicking work was done, individual drills on offense and defense broke out. Our latest photo gallery from the practice field gives a glimpse at what we saw.
PSU practice photos: Aug. 8
