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SPRING FEVER
McSorley hands off
to
Saquon Barkley
during
a practice
session
earlier this
month. The Lions
will wrap up their
off-season drills
Saturday in the
Blue-White
Game.
Photo
by Steve
Manuel
SEASON
CHANGE
of
Offensive evolution continues
as Penn State gets ready
to wrap up spring drills
in the Blue-White Game
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Penn State may still be closer to the be-
ginning than to the end of its quarterback
battle, but that doesn't mean this week-
end's Blue-White Game won't provide
an entertaining window into the coach-
ing staff's selection process.
Redshirt sophomore Trace McSorley
and redshirt freshman Tommy Stevens
are expected to square off in the annual
spring game, which will kick off at 2 p.m.
Saturday at Beaver Stadium. January en-
rollee Jake Zembiec is also expected to
see action, but the battle for the starting
spot – the most urgent matter on coach
James Franklin's off-season to-do list –
is primarily between the older of the
team's three scholarship quarterbacks.
Franklin and his staff, which includes
new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead,
have been evaluating the quarterbacks'
performances throughout the spring. As
of early April, the race was still a statis-
tical dead heat. If McSorley had a slight
edge, it was because he spent a season as
Christian Hackenberg's backup; Stevens
ran the scout team in 2015.
"Trace and Tommy's numbers have