While much of the focus heading into the season is on starters like Brandon Smith or Adisa Isaac and the potential strides they’ll make, just as important for the Nittany Lions will be the play of some key reserves. It’s easy to look back on seasons like 2016 and remember the likes of Saquon Barkley or Brandon Bell, but that magical season doesn’t happen if players like Chasz Wright or Jordan Smith don’t step up in big ways when their number was called.
No season will go perfectly to plan, so with that being the case, at some point Penn State is going to have to depend upon non-starters for major snaps.