Well after three seasons riding the bench the former four-star recruit, Pat Devlin has decided he is moving on to a new home. He informed JoePa earlier this week.Devlin, currently a red-shirt sophomore, has been caught in a bad situation since high school. He originally committed to Miami after a very successful career at East Downingtown outside of Philly. After Larry Coker's firing he decided to withdraw his promise from the 'canes and go a little closer to home and chose Penn State.
Since being at Penn State he has sat behind Anthony Morrelli for two seasons and lost an pre-season battle with Daryll Clark, who still has another year of eligibility after this season. While Daryll Clark has indeed worked well for the Nittany Lions this year, leading them to a 11-1 record, its hard not to feel for Devlin who has basically been screwed by JoePa and Penn State.
Devlin contemplated transferring earlier this year but spent the season with Penn State and provided them with the most important touchdown of the year. A 1-yard touchdown run to beat Ohio State.
Pat Devlin is a pro-style QB, standing at 6'4'' and 222 pounds with a big-time arm. He previously discussed Division 1-AA, and is a likley destination so he can avoid losing a year of eligibility but it is still unclear where he land; whoever does grab him will get a very talented, but overlooked quarterback.
2 comments:
How has he been "screwed" by Joe Paterno and Penn State?
He DIDN'T play better than Clark in preseason practice. So he isn't the starter!
Is transferring really a smart move by him? If he wants to play professionally I would think staying in a FBS school would be in his best interest. And because he already used his redshirt year if he goes to a FBS school he will only get 1 year to be the starter.
Which is the same he WOULD HAVE HAD AT PENN STATE!!
Obviously I am a Penn State fan but honestly I didn't know why Devlin came to PSU in the first place. Paterno (father and son) have serious trouble coaching quarterbacks, especially pro style quarterbacks.
It's just unfortunate for the program because next season the depth chart is hurting now. Clark and some walk on are the only two qbs currently on the roster.
The only person screwed in this situation is Pat Devlin, and by his own doing. He didn't beat out DClark so he didn't EARN the starter's job. It's my understanding that the fine Devlin's went to JoePa's HOME and wanted to talk about their son's situation and how it would effect his NFL stock. Well...the world know's Joe isn't concerned with being a garden for the NFL. He's concerned about the university, turning boys into men (which I guess he didn't do here) and winning football games. So run Pat run, you wanted to be the big fish and couldn't get it done here so you're going to seek a smaller pond. With all that said, good luck!
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