Penn State Football: 3 Walk-0ns Who Will Become Household Names

Jul 10, 2013

We all saw how the Penn State football team was led in part by quarterback Matt McGloin.

What made McGloin’s rise to a starting quarterback and leader of the offense so special was where the quarterback began his college career. He started from the bottom and worked his way from walk-on playing on the practice squad to starter.

With the scholarship restrictions placed on head coach Bill O’Brien’s team, he will need to rely heavily on what he calls “run-ons.”

This season will be the beginning of Penn State’s adventure that will rely on these walk-on players.

So let’s check out which freshman walk-ons will become household names.