Devon Still Injured
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Devon Still Injured
Penn State's defensive line suffered another loss when tackle Devon Still broke his leg yesterday during a scrimmage. According to a team source, the redshirt freshman landed awkwardly on his leg during a pile up. It's not certain how long he'll be out, although the source estimated that it could be 6-8 weeks.
Still was trying to rebound from a torn ACL during last year's preseason practice. His bad luck continued yesterday, as did the Lions' as far as the defensive line is concerned. Still was expected to pitch in after the recent departures of tackles Chris Baker and Phil Taylor. Both were dismissed two weeks ago for violating team rules. Baker is enrolled at Hampton and Taylor is headed to Baylor.
Still started at Penn State as an end but was moved to tackle to add some depth to that position. The Lions still have a solid four-man rotation at tackle with Ollie Ogbu, Abe Koroma, Jared Odrick and Tom McEowen.
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
Emily Kaplan is the Inquirer’s fall intern covering the Nittany Lions. She is a senior at Penn State and has covered a variety of sports for the university’s student-run paper, The Daily Collegian. Over the last two years, she has reported for The Associated Press from State College.
A Montclair, N.J. native, she has also interned at MLB Network, NHL.com and covered the 2012 Olympics in London. Follow her on Twitter here @EKaplan24.
