Penn State Sports Magazine
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NEWS & NOTES Despite suffering a knee injury in the opener against Temple, one that ended Nyeem Wartman-White's junior season just as it was beginning, the linebacker has been a constant presence in and around the Lasch Building since then. Linebackers coach Brent Pry earlier this month praised Wartman-White's efforts since the setback – not only his perform- ance in the trainers' room and during re- hab, but also his willingness to help Penn State's young group of linebackers. Pry also confirmed that Wartman-White's injury was to the anterior cruciate liga- ment in his left knee and that the recov- ery so far has gone smoothly. "I'm very proud of how Nyeem has handed his situation," Pry said. "He's al- ways got a smile on his face. He has an incredibly positive attitude. He's always around [the facilities]. He's in meetings. Unless he's getting extra treatment or rehab or something, he's in position meetings, he's in team meetings. I mean, he's very much a part of our group. He's still a leader and an inspiration to not just the linebackers, but to everybody on the football team. He's doing tremen- dous with his rehab. Everything is very positive there. He's working like crazy in the weight room. I joke with him that he'll finally be able to bench over 300 coming out of this thing. He's really put the time in there and doubling up rehab. I'm just very proud and pleased, and he's certainly very much still a very big part of this football team." More than how he's handled the injury, though, Pry lauded Wartman-White's overall approach to life in the face of ad- versity. The injury hasn't been the only difficulty Wartman-White has faced re- cently. "Nyeem is somebody who has always had to deal with some personal things and some family things," Pry said. "I think that's where he draws his strength from. He's been through a lot as a young F O O T B A L L Injured linebacker making steady progress Lions' LB coach says Wartman-White 'incredibly positive ' BIG LOSS Wartman- White was in- jured while covering a punt in Penn State's sea- son-opening defeat at Temple. Pho- to by Steve Manuel |