All-American tight end Pat Freiermuth is not in uniform and will not play for Penn State today against Iowa, yet another in a string of blows that have cost the Nittany Lions their four best players this season.
It’s unclear what the situation is with Freiermuth, and no news came up during the week. But as observers pointed out during pregame at Beaver Stadium, the tight end is not in uniform.
Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth is not in uniform during pregame warmups before the Iowa game. @psufootball @pat_fry5 pic.twitter.com/AyyNJWfIPq
— Joe Hermitt (@JoeHermitt) November 21, 2020
Linebacker Micah Parsons would have been PSU’s best player this season. But he opted out in August to enter the NFL draft.
Freiermuth was probably the Lions’ second-best player, and now he’s having to miss time.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.Running back Journey Brown was PSU’s third-best player entering the season. But he was not able to play because of a heart condition that forced him to retire from football.
Running back Noah Cain was perhaps PSU’s fourth-best player for the season, but he suffered a season-ending leg injury on the first series of the year at Indiana.
Quarterback Sean Clifford might have been considered by some as one of PSU’s four-best players, but he has had a disastrous season and is expected to be benched today in favor of Will Levis.
As we’ve written before, at some point, the “next man up” mentality just simply doesn’t cut it when you’re having to replace star players.
