On Sept. 1 — for the first time in 1,463 days — Penn State will have a wide receiver not named DaeSean Hamilton donning the No. 5 jersey. But the new guy is making strides in the record-breaker’s absence.
Jahan Dotson, a true freshman who enrolled in late June, has grabbed the attention of his teammates and coaches less than a week into fall camp. The four-star Nazareth prospect turned Nittany Lion is a “very natural, fluid guy,” according to James Franklin. One wideout even compared Dotson to Penn State’s all-time leader in receptions.
“He’s sort of like (Hamilton) in a way,” redshirt junior Juwan Johnson said after Wednesday night’s practice.