UNIVERSITY PARK
Mac Hippenhammer leaned back in a silver metal bench on Beaver Stadium’s east sideline, laughing with fellow redshirt freshman KJ Hamler as the final seconds ticked away. Moments after capturing the Blue-White Game’s unofficial MVP title, the wide receiver couldn’t have been more relaxed.
But his mood was a little different earlier in the afternoon.
“You could kind of see it in his eyes,” Penn State offensive coordinator Ricky Rahne said with a grin. “I could tell that he was focused and locked in and was doing everything exact. And when he does that, he’s hard to deal with.