The Penn State Nittany Lions are supporting safety Jonathan Sutherland after he received a racist letter earlier this week.
Prior to Penn State's game Saturday night at Iowa, safety Lamont Wade wore a T-shirt directly combatting the letter during warm-ups:
Audrey SnyderPSU CB Lamont Wade warming up in a t-shirt that reads: Chains, tattoos, dreads & WE ARE https://t.co/bLzY1C84Kj
Defensive tackle Antonio Shelton shared the letter sent to Sutherland on Twitter on Monday, in which a Penn State alumnus criticized the safety's "awful hair" and called his dreadlocks "disgusting":
Sutherland confirmed he was the recipient and responded with a note of his own on Tuesday.