Penn State head coach James Franklin admitted the 2022 Blue-White Game may not have been the best way to entertain fans and answer questions for the media, but he seemed to be pleased with the development of his team as the spring practices came to a close. Saturday’s Blue-White Game allowed plenty of players on the roster to get some opportunities to shine and, more importantly, just get some playing time in a scrimmage format.
With a roster with some key freshmen just joining the program, the expectations are high. But for a team coming off a pair of mediocre seasons, Penn State’s Blue-White Game may have felt a tad underwhelming for some fans watching.
But there are some takeaways you can have from what was largely a glorified scrimmage with a modified scoring system. Here are five that stood out to me.
Christian Veilleux is the backup
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Heading into the spring, it was unquestionable who the starting quarterback for Penn State will be in the fall. Despite the narrative some will suggest that a quarterback competition was brewing between Sean Clifford and Class of 2022 early enrolee Drew Allar, Clifford was always going to be the starting option for the Penn State offense in the fall. Instead, the bigger question should have been who will be backing him up.
And given the performance in the Blue-White Game, it would seem pretty obvious who it should and will be. Christian Veilleux was the far more comfortable passer in the game, and it should be an easy decision for James Franklin to consider Veilleux the top backup option behind Clifford when the 2022 season officially begins.
Allar is still to be considered Penn State’s quarterback of the future, and odds are he will continue to improve over the summer. But Veilleux was more comfortable option in the spring game, something that should be expected for a player in his second year with the program compared to one who is in his first semester out…
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