practice in 2014 due to a knee injury, and
he sat out the second half of the game
against the Bulls, with juco transfer
Paris Palmer replacing him at left tackle.
Franklin called the injury "a nagging
deal." Penn State was able to get its run-
ning game untracked even without Nel-
son in the lineup against the Bulls,
and it didn't give up any sacks after sur-
rendering 10 in the opener. But Nelson's
health is of paramount importance to
Penn State. Without him manning one
of the tackle spots – he played right
tackle vs. Temple and left tackle vs. Buf-
falo – the team's offensive production is
likely to suffer.
Still, of all the injuries Penn State has
sustained recently, the most devastating
has been Wartman-White's. He was
stepping into a high-profile role that had
been filled more than ably by his prede-
cessor, Mike Hull, who led the Big Ten as
a senior with 140 tackles and was re-
cently signed to the Miami Dolphins'
Like any school that has played the
game for more than a century, Penn
State has su
