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Video: A Fired-Up James Franklin Awarded Penn State Walk-On LB Von Walker A Scholarship

Tuesday, Apr 28, 2015 4:32 pm

Dan Lyons

Back in 2012, then-Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin awarded walk-on Marc Panu a scholarship, and the video quickly went viral in college football circles. Franklin is now at Penn State, but he still values his walk-ons, and yesterday he awarded junior linebacker Von Walker with a full ride. Here is the video, in a tweet from Franklin.

Really proud of @VTW21 -your attitude & hard work earned this. Great representation of the blue & white. #PSUnrivaled http://t.co/6OfW2MDEaZ

— James Franklin (@coachjfranklin) April 28, 2015

Franklin spoke more about Walker in a Penn State press release about the move.