MADISON, WI— The Big Ten’s weekly availability report is out, and Penn State will be without one of its running backs against Wisconsin.
Quinton Martin Jr., a true freshman who is Penn State’s third-string running back behind Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen, will not play Saturday night.
That’s the bad news.
The good news is that, after some uncertainty, starter Singleton will play. Singleton missed The team’s 27-11 win over UCLA Oct. 5 but did play against USC the next week. When Singleton is at his best, there aren’t many in college football that are better. Through five games, he has 434 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 6.9 yards per carry.
WHO IS THE NEW RB3?
Photo by Penn State Athletics: Corey Smith
With Martin out against Wisconsin, another true freshman, Corey Smith, is in as Penn State’s third string tailback. Smith, a 5-foot-10, 189 pounder, is from Milwaukee, so this could be an interesting experience for him. But realistically, Penn State would prefer to keep its carries to Singleton and Allen. For one, if those two are healthy, there’s no reason they shouldn’t be getting the ball. For another, Smith is likely a player coach James Franklin and company would prefer to redshirt. Franklin confirmed in his weekly press conference this Monday that Monday that the team still plans on redshirting Martin, as well.
THE FULL REPORT
Kaden Saunders carries the flag for Penn State’s military appreciation game versus Indiana.
Here is Penn State football’s entire injury report.
Out
S KJ Winston
WR Kaden Saunders
RB Quinton Martin
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.RB Cam Wallace
LB Keon Wylie
DE Zuriah Fisher
WR Mehki Flowers
WR Jake Spencer
TE Andrew Rappleyea
Questionable
Nobody
Good to go
Everybody else.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 on NBC.
