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What Penn State football’s last remaining 2018 captain said about transfer-filled offseason

Trace McSorley competed in a skills competition in Dallas, and safety Nick Scott trained at XPE Sports in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Meanwhile, Blake Gillikin — the only 2018 captain left on campus — spent his Monday addressing the state of Penn State’s program.

Gillikin, James Franklin’s starting punter, was on-hand at the Morgan Academic Center on Monday night, taking part in Penn State’s annual academic celebration. The Academic All-American rode a fork lift up the wall and revealed a 90 percent graduate success rate for student-athletes through the 2018 fall semester. He was there, along with Penn State president Eric Barron and athletic director Sandy Barbour, to recognize the university’s 204 Academic All-Americans and 6,329 Academic All-Big Ten honorees.