After Penn State greats such as OJ McDuffie and Michael Robinson endorsed Terry Smith to be promoted to full-time head coach, another legend did the same.
Green Bay Packers star Micah Parsons, who played at PSU for two seasons with Smith on the defensive staff, expressed his support for Smith at a media availability Thursday afternoon.
“If we have any common sense, if they ever want me to come back, they better put Terry there. I’ma be honest with you,” Parsons said.
Smith was the defensive recruiting coordinator before becoming the interim coach at Penn State, and Parsons told reporters he’s known Smith since he was 14 years old.
But although Parsons, a former Penn State linebacker, expressed his support of Smith, a current Penn State linebacker made the most headlines with his support.
“We stand with Terry or nobody else,” Tony Rojas wrote at 12:51 p.m. “That simple.”
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.This, of course, pretty much confirms what many Penn State fans have speculated, which is that most of the current roster would enter the transfer portal if Smith were not promoted.
Rojas then pushed back on a fans tweet that accused Smith of “holding Penn State’s football program hostage.”
“Never that😂😂,” Rojas wrote, “theres just no other coach majority of us would wanna play under in this “global search” that Pat kraft said meets all the requirements of this Job when Terry has checked all the boxes and more , plus with all the genuine love he has for this place wont be matched.”
In a deleted tweet, Rojas wrote that “90% of the Penn State roster for next year” feels the same way.
Smith has also received “significant interest” for the UConn and Memphis jobs, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz.
