Penn State practice news and notes; Lions offer 2024 prospect committed elsewhere: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Sept. 14 include intel from the Lions’ latest practice, plus an update on Amani Oruwariye after a scary incident at an NFL practice, a new recruiting offer, and more.
It’s time to dive into Thursday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with Lions alum Amani Oruwariye. The current New York Giants defensive back and practice squad member left the team’s practice in an ambulance on Wednesday after he “was placed on a backboard and carted off the field after a special teams kickoff drill,” according to the New York Post. Fortunately, all tests came back negative and the former Nittany Lion later tweeted that he was doing well.
“[He] suffered a neck injury during practice today,” the Giants said in a statement to NJ.com. “He had movement in all his extremities and was taken to Hackensack Medical Center for further evaluation. The results of the evaluation and testing were negative, and Oruwariye was cleared to return to the team’s facility.”
In other news, Penn State held its latest open practice on Wednesday. You can see our observations from practice in the links section below. Later in the evening, head coach James Franklin addressed reporters for the second time this week before his team takes on Illinois. One of the topics of conversation focused on which members of the roster would be part of the 74-man travel contingent for the road Big Ten contest.
Top 10
- 1New
Saban chirped
Big 12 comes after GOAT
- 2
DJ Lagway
Fan flashes Florida QB to Pope
- 3Hot
Strength of Schedule
CFP Top 25 SOS ranking
- 4
Alabama needs a prayer
Tide can make the CFP but needs help
- 5
3 ACC teams in CFP?
Path for ACC outlined
“Typically, we announce those on Thursday even to the players,” Franklin said. “They don’t even completely know yet, because those last two or three spots are based on practice and how practice goes, and obviously if somebody tweaks something, then we got to make some moves and make some changes. So that’s usually pretty fluid until Thursday morning after the staff meeting, typically.”
Elsewhere, Penn State offered Michigan State Class of 2024 offensive line commit Andrew Dennis. The Mount Pleasant, Mich., native is a four-star in the On3 Industry Rankings. He stands 6-foot-4, 285 pounds.
Headlines of the day
James Franklin takeaways: Injury updates, freshman travel ahead of Penn State’s game at Illinois: McGonigal, PennLive
BWI Penn State practice notes: Offense | Defense
How Penn State Is Equipping Drew Allar for His First Road Start: Wogenrich, SI
Will Penn State have 3 expected contributors make their season debut again Illinois?: Pickel, BWI
History a Mixed Bag for New Penn State Starting Quarterbacks Making Big Ten Road Debut, but Allar Confident: Jones, Statecollege.com
James Franklin cites RB progress, absences, more: Notebook: Bauer, BWI
Penn State WR Liam Clifford motivated to ‘make a name’ for himself: Allen, Daily Collegian
Quote of the day
“I said to Ja’Juan [Seider] today, that it looks like Potts is just getting more comfortable. More comfortable within the offense, more comfortable in terms of just kind of how we do things around here. And, I see him practicing better and better and better. So, we got three guys that we got a lot of confidence in, [and] some young, exciting guys behind them.”
–PSU coach James Franklin on first-year Lions running back Trey Potts ahead of Week 3.
