UNIVERSITY PARK
Saturday may have been a time to bid farewell to Penn State’s seniors — but it also may have been a time to welcome an underclassman into the ranks of the elite.
Sophomore defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos walked off a frozen, muddy field with a clean backside and the most season tackles for loss by a Nittany Lion in a decade. His 3.5 tackles for loss against Maryland on Saturday gave him 20 for the year, the most since former first-rounder Aaron Maybin hit the same mark in 2008.
“It’s a great honor, I guess,” the soft-spoken Gross-Matos said with a smile.