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a more pronounced role with the re- ceivers. "Cam is probably one of the smarter football players in our room, to be honest with you," Dotson said. "Every play, he knows what he's doing. But he also knows what coverage he's going against or what the guy in front of him, what the guy in- side of him, what the guy outside of him, is doing." A second beneficial side effect is that Sullivan-Brown has developed into more of a team leader over the past year. By his own admission, it's not a role that comes naturally to him, but while sitting out during the final three months of the 2019 season, he wanted to "be a crutch" to his teammates, and so he worked at it. Now, with Hamler's exit having de- prived the receiver corps of its primary pass catcher the past two seasons, Sulli- van-Brown is the longest-tenured schol- arship receiver in the room. So even though he went into the season with lim- ited on-field experience, he has consis- tently looked for ways to make an impact on his younger teammates. Those efforts have not gone unnoticed. "Cam is just like me," Dotson said. "He's kind of like a soft-spoken guy, and he leads with his actions. But recently, he's been very communicative to not only me but the group as a whole. He's just being a leader for the young guys in the room, and even a leader for me. I'm con- sidered an old guy in the room, but I still have things to learn, and he's older than me, so he's been a very good leader for us, and I just can't wait to play alongside him." Sullivan-Brown impressed teammates with his work ethic throughout the set- backs of the past year, and now he has his sights set on becoming the player he was poised to be before the injury, if not better. Excited by the potential he sees in the new offense that has been implemented by first-year coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca, and by the return of a mature, experienced quarterback in Sean Clifford, Sullivan- Brown has lofty goals and expectations. "I'm planning to make plays," he said. "The way Ciarrocca's offense is set up is explosive. And I just have the opportunity to step in there and catch the ball and make plays, score touchdowns, and hope- fully push us to that championship." ■ >> A?er a few weeks of speculation, Penn State made it o>cial on Oct. 7, acknowledging that redshirt freshman wide receiver John Dunmore was no longer enrolled at the university. "John Dunmore has withdrawn from Penn State this semester for personal reasons," a team spokesper- son said. Sources informed Blue White Illus- trated that Dunmore had not entered the NCAA's transfer portal as of mid- October. James Franklin declined to elaborate on whether he could still re- turn to PSU. "We'll just take it one day at a time," Franklin said. A former four-star prospect, Dun- more was a member of the Rivals100 coming out of Chaminade-Madonna College Prep in Hollywood, Fla., in 2019. The 6-foot-1, 179-pound wide- out was the cial visit the weekend before signing day. But he ended up following through on his commitment to Penn State. Other notable schools that extended o=ers to Dunmore included Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oregon and Texas A&M. –RYAN SNYDER Freshman WR Dunmore withdraws from Penn State JOHN DUNMORE Ryan Snyder

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