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2023 Penn State football snapshot profile: No. 36 Zuriah Fisher

Zuriah Fisher’s 2022 season was lost almost entirely due to a knee injury. How do things look for 2023?

Going into the 2023 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Penn State roster. Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season.

Next up is a look at a player many are hoping takes another step forward in becoming a dominant force on the defensive line, redshirt junior [autotag]Zuriah Fisher[/autotag]. Fisher missed nearly the entire 2022 season due to a knee injury suffered in the spring, so hopes are high for a healthy Fisher being able to contribute more on defense in 2023. Here is a snapshot look at Fisher going into the 2023 season.

Penn State snapshot profile: No. 36 Zuriah Fisher

Snapshot profile: Where Zuriah Fisher looks to improve in 2022 for Penn State’s defensive line

Going into the 2022 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Penn State roster.

Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] this season.

The next player is Penn State defensive end [autotag]Zuriah Fisher[/autotag]. The Nittany Lions will have an intriguing room full of defensive ends and some quite big shoes to fill.

Their biggest losses there are [autotag]Arnold Ebiketie[/autotag] and [autotag]Jesse Luketa[/autotag]. Now, Penn State will look to fill those shoes next season, with Fisher hopefully being one of them.

Blue-White Game Report Card: Grading Penn State’s spring football game

The grades are in for Penn State’s performance in the Blue-White Game.

Penn State’s spring game wasn’t exactly lighting up the scoreboard, even in a modified scoring system. And fans wanting to see drastic improvement from the program that has gone .500 over the past two seasons may be left wondering if Penn State is set up for another mediocre season in Happy Valley after watching the Blue-White Game. But Penn State’s final spring practice of the year had some positive developments and some reminders that help is on the way over the summer.

And now the grades are in for Penn State’s performance during the Blue-White Game. Here’s how each position group was graded for the spring game in Beaver Stadium on Saturday.

Quarterback: C

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A recurring theme when it comes to the offensive grades following Penn State’s game is probably chalked up to a simple “Eh, it could have been better.” That was the basic takeaway from the performance of the quarterbacks overall, but any expectation of any passer just lighting up the spring game may have been unreasonable.

We were never likely to see a whole lot out of [autotag]Sean Clifford[/autotag], the sixth-year senior who really has little more to prove at this point. We know pretty much exactly what Clifford is, and if given time to process the field, he can make plays. But he had some overthrown passes at times. He did, however, throw the game’s only touchdown of the game.

The backup competition behind Clifford is the real storyline here, and the future of [autotag]Drew Allar[/autotag] is what fans are eager to witness. But a rough spring debut for the true freshman shows there is still work to be done in the big picture. If based solely on one afternoon, [autotag]Christian Veilleux[/autotag] proved he should be the team’s primary backup option heading into the season, although Allar should improve quickly.

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Penn State Blue-White Game: Stream, injury report, broadcast info

How to watch the Penn State Blue-White Game this Saturday, things to know, injury report, and pregame reading material…

Spring is in the air, which means it is time once again to watch Penn State wrap up its spring football practice schedule with the annual Blue-White Game in Beaver Stadium. [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] and his Nittany Lions will close out their spring practice schedule with the annual spring game event on Saturday before turning the page to the next part of the offseason leading up to the start of a new football season, and they will do so with a lot to look forward to.

  • Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022
  • Time: 2:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Big Ten Network
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch here)

Zuriah Fisher set to miss 2022 with knee injury

Reports have confirmed a knee injury to a promising Penn State defensive lineman is a season-ending injury.

Penn State has been churning out defensive end prospects for the NFL like Willy Wonka does with candy bars. After sending another two to the NFL this year in [autotag]Jesse Luketa[/autotag] and [autotag]Arnold Ebiketie[/autotag] it was expected that [autotag]Zuriah Fisher[/autotag] would earn meaningful reps this fall, but fate had other plans.

It was first reported by Lions 247 that Fisher injured his knee during spring practices. It was followed up with a report from Blue White Illustrated stating it is feared to be a serious knee injury.  While the exact injury has yet to be revealed it is feared that he will miss most if not all of the year. Audrey Snyder of The Athletic later confirmed the injury is a season-ending injury.

 

Knee injuries are very hit and miss in terms of how long recovery can take. We have seen even the worst type like ACL tears have much quicker turnarounds than was ever thought before.

Fisher was entering his third year on campus after committing to Penn State back in 2020, and he was expected to compete for a meaningful, maybe even a starting role. He was an Academic All-Big Ten selection in 2021 and earned significant playing time against a talented Arkansas squad in the Outback Bowl. He would have two tackles and be a part of a defense that was attempting to keep the Razorback offense in check.

This injury will result in more players stepping up, some young ones at that, but this further amplifies how big it was for [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] and his staff to grab Demeioun Robinson from Maryland out of the transfer portal. Robinson was already expected to have a big role on the defensive line, amplifying that even more so now.

This also will have a big impact on next week’s Blue-White Game. [autotag]Manny Diaz[/autotag] will be sure to have a big rotation of guys on the defensive front, so look for someone to separate themselves then.

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Everything James Franklin said in his spring press conference

Here is everything James Franklin had to say in his spring football press conference.

As Penn State hit the football practice fields for the first spring practice of the year, head coach James Franklin spent some time in front of a microphone to answer questions from reporters about the current state of the program for the 2022 season. After two mediocre seasons, a number of departures to the NFL, and some notable changes on the staff and roster, there was no shortage of topics to discuss with the head coach of the Nittany Lions on Monday afternoon.

Franklin covered a lot of ground, including key position battles and concerns, the future of the program under a new athletics director, and how the confidence level is for a program that has struggled the past two years. Franklin also discussed the impact some of the newest additions to the program are having in workouts, whether as an early enrollee or via the transfer portal.

The following quotes from Franklin were provided by Penn State.