STATE COLLEGE -- When Penn State cornerback and punt returner John Reid was in high school, he once spent a recruiting barbecue with his eyes transfixed to a monitor.
He blocked out the noise. He didn't want his head to be inflated. He watched film instead, and wanted to know exactly what the Penn State Nittany Lions were all about as a football team. He wanted to know what he would be doing on the field every snap if he committed to Penn State.
For Reid, knowledge is power. A computer science major, Reid spends his free time building computers and gaining all the knowledge he can that applies to not just football, but his life in general.