Penn State football photos: See the Nittany Lions in action on day one of spring practice
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State football was back on the practice field Tuesday to start spring practice.
“Obviously we have some new and moving parts that we’re working through, so these 15 practices will be very, very important,” head coach James Franklin said earlier in the day. “We had a really good winter workout period. I think the guys are in a really good place. Been very, very pleased how the staff has handled some of the adjustments. It’s been a grind, as you know. Just like on offense, the time we have to spend on defense get everybody on the same page, staff first, players second, has been good.
“There is still a ton of work that has to be done during spring ball and over to summer the training period before we open the season up against Nevada. So look forward to answering your questions and open up for questions.”
Check out our first photo gallery from the opening day of drills below.
Penn State coach James Franklin. (Pickel/BWI)
New Penn State receiver Devonte Ross. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions receiver Matt Outten. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions receiver Lyrick Samuel. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State safety Braz Thomas. (Pickel/BWI)
New Nittany Lions receiver Kyron Hudson. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions receiver Devonte Ross. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State defensive tackle Liam Andrews. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions linebackers coach Dan Connor. (Pickel/BWI)
Keon Wylie. (Pickel/BWI)
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Penn State freshman linebacker LaVar Arrington II. (Pickel/BWI)
James Franklin and Andy Kotelnicki. (Pickel/BWI)
James Franklin. (Pickel/BWI)
Andy Kotelnicki. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State quarterback Drew Allar. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State running backs coach Stan Drayton. (PIckel/BWI)
Drew Allar. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions center Nick Dawkins. (Pickel/BWI)
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Penn State freshman offensive lineman Mike Troutman. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions defensive tackle Xavier Gilliam. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State defensive end Zuriah Fisher. (Pickel/BWI)
Defensive lineman Enai White. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jim Knowles.
Jim Knowles. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions cornerback Elliot Washington II. (Pickel/BWI)
Penn State safety King Mack. (Pickel/BWI)
Nittany Lions safety Dejuan Lane. (Pickel/BWI)
Cornerback Antoine Belgrave-Shorter. (Pickel/BWI)
Be sure to check back to Blue-White Illustrated for practice notes and more insider insight as practice continues. Penn State will play the Blue-White game to conclude drills until preseason camp on April 26. It starts at 2 p.m. And, it will not be televised.
“I could see it being maybe a little bit shorter,” Franklin said. “One of the things I don’t think we’ll do is a halftime. There has been years where we’ll have 75,000 people out there. Halftime for 20 minutes and the parking lot becomes more attractive than the second half and the tailgateing. So we will probably condense it down, maybe a little bit shorter quarters, maybe no halftime. But also I know we have some real, real football people in our fan base that want to watch and evaluate our roster, get excited, and have discussion at the barber shop, at the water jug discussing what Penn State football will look like next year.
“I also think it’s valuable for you guys. So for all those reasons, we’ll still do it, but it’ll probably be a little bit less plays and probably be a little bit shorter amount of time.”
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