The Big Ten announced its decision Tuesday to postpone fall sports. Minutes after, the Pac-12 made the decision to postpone its season as well.
With two of the Power Five conferences not playing, the entire college football season is now up in the air. The SEC, ACC and Big 12 still have plans to have their conference-only seasons, but there are a number of players, coaches and teams that college football fans will miss watching dearly.
The No. 9 player we will miss watching most this year from the Big Ten and Pac-12 is Penn State junior tight end Pat Freiermuth.
Freiermuth has caught more touchdown passes (15) than any other tight end in Penn State history, and he’s done that in only two seasons. He has also caught those 15 touchdowns on just 69 passes. This was going to be a big year for Freiermuth to get involved in the Penn State offense much more regularly.
Freiermuth, who stands at 6-foot-5, 259 pounds, is an excellent route runner with great speed, athleticism and blocking ability. His reception average went from two in 2018 to 3.3 in 2019. That number was expected to go up even more in 2020, making Freiermuth one of the top prospects in the 2021 NFL draft.