WATCH: Penn State takes 14-0 lead over Michigan State on KeAndre Lambert-Smith double pass
Up 7-0 on senior day and playing for the Land Grant Trophy against Michigan State, Penn State busted out the trickery and torched the Spartan defense. It started out looking like a pretty common screen pass to the boundary.
Except when wideout KeAndre Lambert-Smith caught the backwards pass from quarterback Sean Clifford, he didn’t look to follow his blocks. Looked downfield and dropped his back foot to uncork a throw.
Streaking open down the field the whole time: Tight end Theo Johnson, who easily caught the pass from a fellow pass catcher before hustling his way to the end zone.
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And it remains to be seen if Penn State head coach James Franklin busts out any more funky calls the rest of the way.
Franklin reflect on the seniors ahead of the final Penn State home game
Penn State‘s matchup on Saturday against Michigan State will be their senior’s final home game of their collegiate careers. Head coach James Franklin recently took some time to describe why there are so many emotions with this senior class.
“Yeah, it’s funny; Tig (Ji’Ayir Brown) did his share the other night, and he just talked about his first season was the pandemic,” said Franklin. “Just talked about how bad it was. And then I remember the next year, we were able to kind of get back to our normal routine. And I remember Tig specifically saying, ‘So this is how it is.’
“They’ve kind of been through a bunch. And obviously, everyone in the country went through this to a degree. As we know, different athletic departments and different states handle things differently. But they’ve seen it all; they really have. And specifically, the guys that have been here six years. That’s a lot of time to spend together. It’s somewhat unusual, I’ve been doing this for a long time, but I still struggle with that. The guys moving on have been fortunate; when you’re able to stay at the same school for a long time, that helps because the guys come back. I still have people that come and visit that I coached at Vanderbilt, Maryland, and other places.”
