Penn State head coach James Franklin recaps win over Purdue: 'That was the best game we played overall'
Penn State was expected to beat Purdue Saturday and the Nittany Lions did just that, dominating the Boilermakers for a 49-10 win on the road.
Although it wasn’t the 17-catch performance we saw earlier this year, Saturday’s game will go down as another standout performance from tight end Tyler Warren. In addition to eight catches for 127 yards and a touchdown, Warren also had three carries for 63 yards and a touchdown. Those numbers led the team in both categories.
“I got a list here of about 35 records that Tyler Warren has broken,” head coach James Franklin said this past Monday. “I’m not going to get into all of them, but he’s a really good football player.
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“I can’t see how this guy doesn’t win the Mackey Award and the Paul Hornung Award. I don’t see how he doesn’t. And they’d be proud of that guy representing their award because he does everything right, both on and off the field. He’s done it that way since the day he stepped on campus.”
Franklin once again commented on his tight end after the game.
“I think all of these things that he can do makes him valuable,” Franklin said. “A lot of times, when you use a guy like that, they can’t throw. But the fact that he can throw keeps the defense honest….So, all these little things you can do with him, it is a headache. It is a headache. That’s where putting all this stuff on film is really valuable.”
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Quarterback Drew Allar was also excellent, completing 17 of 19 attempts for 247 yards and three touchdowns.
“I don’t think he gets talked about enough,” Franklin said. “He’s the same guy; that’s one of the things I love about him. His process doesn’t change. He works as hard as any quarterback I’ve been around. He’s a morning guy, so he’s in there all the time early in the morning. The consistency that he’s played with over the last two years is impressive.”
Penn State’s first-team defense allowed Purdue to move the ball in the second quarter but was otherwise excellent, holding the Boilermakers to just 16 yards in the first quarter and 35 yards in the third. The Nittany Lions rotated their starters late in the third which eventually led to Purdue’s only touchdown of the game. The Nittany Lions also outgained Purdue by more than 200 yards, 539 to 302.
