Recruits have a lot of hype built around them each season. The incoming class gets talked about incessantly, and fans get excited about their futures on campus. Obviously, some of these players either are bound to transfer, not play or leave the team in some way. For every game changing prospect, there’s another that is completely forgotten. Still, there are also plenty of players that stay on the team, do all the right things, but they just don’t get the glory. Penn State football has that in fifth-year running back Johnathan Thomas.
Thomas came to the Nittany Lions in the 2014 season and redshirted his first year on campus.