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what makes Saquon special is not his physical gifts, it's his work ethic. "There are a lot of guys who have come around, not necessarily at Penn State but throughout the country who have great physical attributes, great talent, but when you work like that, like he does, then you've really got something special. Obviously you've got to watch him. He's a great leader as a kid who's been here for nine months. He's not a loud guy, but he leads by example, leads by encouragement. He'll do anything for anybody. He's a great teammate. Saquon means a lot to this program and a lot more than just Saturdays on the field. He's a special guy." ■ T E S T I N G W E E K T O P M A R K S 40-Yard Dash Saquon Barkley......... 4.38 seconds Saeed Blacknall.....................4.39 Troy Apke............................ 4.41 Koa Farmer...........................4.43 Brandon Polk........................ 4.43 Pro Agility Saquon Barkley......... 4.00 seconds Mark Allen........................... 4.03 Saeed Blacknall.................... 4.04 Ayron Monroe...................... 4.07 Garrett Taylor....................... 4.10 Vertical Leap Gregg Garrity................. 37 inches Mike Gesicki......................... 36.5 Ayron Monroe....................... 36.5 Christian Campbell.................. 36 DeAndre Thompkins................ 36 Broad Jump Mike Gesicki....... 10 feet, 10 inches Nick Scott............................10-7 Ayron Monroe...................... 10-7 Evan Schwan....................... 10-6 Troy Apke........................... 10-6 Bench Press Colin Castagna........... 465 pounds Derek Dowrey........................440 Brian Gaia.............................430 Kevin Givens..........................410 Sterling Jenkins..................... 400 Tyler Yazujian....................... 400 Ryan Monk........................... 400 Tom Devenney...................... 400 Power Clean Saquon Barkley........... 390 pounds Colin Castagna.......................365 Mike Gesicki.......................... 365 Robert Windsor..................... 360 Nick Bowers........................... 355 Squat Kevin Givens...............635 pounds Antoine White...................... 600 Saquon Barkley..................... 600 Kamonte Carter..................... 590 Nick Bowers...........................565 * One-rep max MARCUS ALLEN RESULTS Clean: 315 COMMENT "I think Marcus Allen is doing a great job. He's doing a great job, really working his butt off. He cleaned 315 yesterday, he ran well on Monday. He's doing a really, really nice job of working hard, having an infectious, pos- itive, aggressive attitude and giving good leadership to the young players and backing it up with his hard work. So he's really done a nice job." OTHER STANDOUTS COMMENT "The bookends, John Reid and Grant Haley, continue to just bring the pain. They're not the tallest guys in the world, but they're both just great workers on and off the field. … [Also] Bri- an Gaia, Derek Dowrey, Jason Cabinda, Nick Scott – freak of nature – Saeed Blacknall, DaeSean Hamilton – tremen- dous strength levels, power levels. Von Walker [has] done a tremendous job, fourth-year guy, he ran a 4.5, he's strong as an ox, Chris Godwin's in there, and you know another guy who's sneaky but is a hell of an athlete is Tyler Yazijuan. He does a great job as a long snapper. He's a very, very underrated athlete. Benches 400 pounds, runs a 4.7. You don't really think about it because he's a long snap- per, but we put him on scholarship, so that's a great success story." –N.B. 4 0 - Y A R D D A S H P O W E R C L E A N S Q U A T * P R O A G I L I T Y V E R T I C A L L E A P B R O A D J U M P B E N C H P R E S S SAQUON BARKLEY Bill Anderson

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