UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- One year ago, a transfer defensive end made his presence felt immediately in his first game at Penn State. Check that -- in his first play at Penn State.
And he only got better from there, going on to earn first-team all-Big Ten honors and second-team All-America honors.
That guy, of course, was Arnold Ebiketie, who transferred in from Temple and was way, way better than anyone could have imagined,starting off with a memorable 4-yard tackle for loss on the first play last season at Wisconsin. Ebiketie turned himself into a second-round NFL draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons.