December 29, 2024

Penn State’s Sean Clifford on his injury, the Ohio State game, and Justin Shorter’s departure from the team


Penn State superfans: Get exclusive, in-depth Nittany Lions news, analysis and recruiting updates every day. Become a PennLive Football Insider. Only $5.99 a month. Learn more. Save for roughly four minutes of play in the third quarter last Saturday in the Horseshoe, Penn State’s offense struggled mightily to move the football on unbeaten Ohio State. Ryan Day’s Buckeyes, featuring an athletic defense keyed by rush man Chase Young’s brilliance, are that good. But the 9-2 Nittany Lions were not quite themselves on that side of the football. Starting quarterback Clifford was not 100 percent healthy going into the game and he suffered an undisclosed injury early in the third quarter that prompted James Franklin to go with redshirt freshman backup Will Levis. Levis did what he could and the offense, set up by a defense that forced a pair of fumbles, did score 17 points in the third quarter to…

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