Will Penn State defensive tackle PJ Mustipher be ready by Week One? BWI Mailbag
Each week the BWI Daily Edition takes your questions and answers them on air. Host Thomas Frank Carr and senior Editor Nate Bauer team up to discuss the thoughts and opinions of Blue White Illustrated subscribers and Penn State fans. Today they’ll tackle Big Ten Media Day, the return of PJ Mustipher, and more.
Media Day reactions
T-Frank and Bauer start with a discussion about the Penn State defensive line. A BWI Message board member wants to know the projected two-deep at the defensive line for the fall. Does the news that Mustipher is cleared for camp change their opinion? The duo discusses the pros and cons of returning from an ACL injury, how players perform when they do and what fans should expect from the senior defensive tackle early in the year.
Next, they take a question regarding the 2022 Big Ten Media Days and Penn State’s performance. Was Penn State successful in weathering the storm of controversy brought earlier in the week? Did head coach James Franklin and his players achieve their goals? T-Frank found himself disappointed in the responses, but Bauer has some different context to bring to the show.
Defensive end and guard battles take center stage in mailbag
They answer questions regarding the defensive end position, and the competition at guard between Sal Wormley and Hunter Nourzad, among others. Finally, the show ends by picking the freshmen in the Class of 2022 that will become fan favorites. Bauer chooses five-star players, Nick Singleton and Drew Allar, while T-Frank picks five-star defensive end Dani Dennis Sutton and receiver Kaden Saunders.
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Is Penn State defensive tackle PJ Mustipher going to be ready for summer camp, Purdue?
Big Ten Media days are a two-day event where 42 athletes and 14 coaches dedicate thousands of words in the purist of saying nothing. Rarely is there any real news that comes out of such events. But every once and a while there’s a morsel of development from a team or player. For Penn State, this year the return of PJ Mustipher took center stage for the Nittany Lions.
Mustipher passes conditioning test, ready for Penn State fall camp
Penn State head coach James Franklin fielded a question from the assembled media to start the day and confirmed that the fifth-year defensive tackle passed his conditioning test and is ready to join the team during training camp on Aug. 1.
Later, the 6-4, 318-pound defensive tackle confirmed that he is ready to go for camp,
“I keep telling everybody on passing the conditioning test, man. So [I’m} really excited about that. I feel like I’m in a good spot strength-wise. Good spot weight wise great spot with my injury. I checked off the box of the conditioning test and checked the box everything else in the past. So now, I gotta check off the box at camp.”
