“I can’t wait to see what we’re gonna do.”Īccording to Lee, the Lions have been running the ball in many different down-and-distance situations and have been effective despite having thin depth on the offensive line. “Hearing that from the head coach who has control over everything just gets me fired up and gets all of us in the running back room, tight ends and even the receivers motivated,” Lee said Tuesday. Penn State coach James Franklin made it clear immediately after last season and this spring that he wants to see the Lions commit more to the run, which is music to Lee’s ears. They went without a 100-yard rusher for the first time since 1978. They rushed for just 11 touchdowns, tied for the fewest in school history since records have been kept. They averaged 3.21 yards per carry and 107.8 yards per game, which ranked 118th out of 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. That wasn’t the case last year when the Nittany Lions struggled mightily to run the ball. I can’t wait to see what they do in the fall. “Even when I have to sit down and teach them the offense and the schemes, I’m learning myself from teaching them. They’ve been getting better and making us better. “They added a lot of competition,” said Keyvone Lee, who led Penn State in rushing the last two seasons. before playing three seasons at IMG Academy in Florida, where he rushed for more than 3,000 yards and scored more than 50 touchdowns. The 5-11, 216-pound Allen grew up in Norfolk, Va. Singleton was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year and the Maxwell Football Club’s National Offensive Player of the Year, among many awards. He rushed for 2,059 yards last season, scored 44 touchdowns and led the Mustangs (10-1) to the Berks Football League Section 1 title and the District 3 Class 5A final. The 6-0, 219-pound Singleton owns Berks County career records with 6,326 rushing yards and 116 touchdowns. Singleton and fellow highly-rated freshman Kaytron Allen are dazzling their teammates and coaches in their first Penn State spring practice, which concludes with Saturday’s Blue-White Game at Beaver Stadium.
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