Through two-plus quarters, it’s been like pulling teeth to get Saquon Barkley involved in Penn State’s offense against Rutgers on Saturday. Finally, in the third quarter, James Franklin managed to get Barkley loose on a crazy trick play, which led to a one-yard touchdown.
And, of course the play wouldn’t be complete without Barkley showing off his signature hurdle move.
Penn State getting creative. pic.twitter.com/42gWwiPduO
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) November 11, 2017
To this point in the game, Barkley has managed to gain just 22 yards on 10 touches. Though, he did score to give Penn State a 21-6 lead. The past few weeks it’s been unbelievable how the Nittany Lions have seemingly abandoned their best player.
Hopefully this will be the spark he needs to catch fire.