Penn State Sports Magazine
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LEARNING TO FLY he catches. The touchdowns. The yards. Geno Lewis found them all mesmerizing. There was nothing about Allen Robinson's game that Lewis didn't think was worth emulating, so for two years he watched as closely as he could, taking mental notes the whole time. And just as remarkable as Robinson's physical ability was his cool demeanor. Nothing fazed the guy. So Lewis studied that, too, hoping to glean anything he could from the Big Ten's best wide receiver. "He's someone I really paid attention to and watched 5lm on," Lewis said. "I just watched how he made plays. I realized that at some point I was going to be in that position. That's what I wanted. I realized how calm you have to be. You can't get rattled. Even when things go wrong, you have to keep playing through it. If you do, things should go well." Lewis enjoyed a few exciting moments of his own last season as a complementary receiver in Penn State's Robinson-centric o7ense. It was his 5rst action a8er redshirting as a true freshman in 2012, and he caught 18 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those scores were in Penn State's 5nal game, a 31-24 upset of Wisconsin. All in all, a pretty good start. But it was only a start. Now comes the next phase. With Robinson o7 to the NFL a8er catching 174 passes the past two seasons and twice winning the Big Ten's Receiver of the Year award, Lewis's time has arrived. Although those 18 catches represent his entire body of work at the college level to date, he's the most experienced player in a youthful 6eet of wideouts that will take the 5eld for the Nittany Lions this fall. In fact, he's virtually the only experienced player in the receiver corps. The only other returning wideout who caught a pass last year is Matt Zanellato, who caught four. All of which raises a rather important question for the Nittany Lions: Is the 6-foot-1, 199-pound redshirt | >> Geno Lewis paid close attention to his predecessor's success. He's eager to put those lessons to good use this fall T