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NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

The latest news, insight, and analysis of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, and Penn State Basketball, including schedules, game results, analysis of breaking news, rumors, speculation, and recruiting coverage of future Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home to the latest Penn State Nittany Lions news, updates, insight, and analysis, including in-depth coverage of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball, and much more

Saquon Barkley Pulls Down Incredible Touchdown Catch (VIDEO)

Saquon Barkley

Penn State fans, stop me if you’ve heard this one before, Saquon Barkley scores an incredible touchdown on a wheel route. In a flashback to the 2016 Big Ten championship game when Barkley caught a wheel route touchdown over TJ Watt to help lift the Nittany Lions to their first, and currently only, Big Ten … Read more

Giants Get Encouraging Update on Saquon Barkley MRI | How Long Will He Be Out?

Saquon Barkley

The New York Giants received the best possible news on how much time Saquon Barkley will miss, after the running back suffered an ankle injury in Week 2 against the Arizona Cardinals. According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Barkley‘s MRI avoided a high-ankle sprain, and merely sprained his ankle. The expectation is that … Read more

Saquon Barkley Injury a Dark Cloud Over Dominant Performance

Saquon Barkley

The New York Giants were down 20-0 at halftime and were outscored 60-0 through the first six quarters of the season. That’s when Saquon Barkley put the Giants on his back, against the Arizona Cardinals. New York scored four touchdowns in the second half and a field goal to pull out a 31-28 win over … Read more

Saquon Barkley Now Has More Motivation Than Ever | Takeaways from Giants’ 1-Year Contract

Saquon Barkley

After months of tense negotiations and wide speculation, Saquon Barkley will in fact play football for the New York Giants this year. The Giants tagged the former Nittany Lions star back in March, after several efforts to try to hammer out a new contract extension. The Giants started negotiating with Saquon in the middle of … Read more

Saquon Barkley Agrees to New Contract With New York Giants

Penn State Football, Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants have struck a deal. After the star running back threatened to hold out when the two sides failed to reach an agreement on a long-term contract prior to the deadline for franchise tagged players to, Barkley returns to New York on a one-year contract. Barkley‘s new deal is … Read more

Giants Put Contract Offer Back on Table for Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley doesn’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. Barkley has already been franchise tagged this offseason with the two sides locked in on hardball negotiations that have gone on back and forth for nine months now. Arguably, this has gone even longer, as Saquon has been eligible for an extension for 2 years … Read more

Saquon Barkley Bombshell: RB Doesn’t Rule Out Holding Out 2023 Season

Saquon Barkley

Star running back Saquon Barkley’s contract negotiations with the New York Giants have hit a snag, leading to speculation about the possibility of him sitting out the 2023 NFL season. “For me, it’s like we got until July 17,” told reporters at his annual Youth Football Camp. “They can say what they want. We can … Read more

Brian Daboll Addresses Saquon Barkley Skipping New York Giants OTAs

Saquon Barkley

The New York Giants’ offseason program is underway, with one notable absence; star running back Saquon Barkley. Barkley has not been in attendance during New York’s offseason program, and Thursday was not on the field with the rest of his teammates, in the midst of a contract dispute with the organization. Thursday, the first day … Read more

NFL Draft: Penn State Football CB Joey Porter Jr. Visiting Pair of NFC East Teams

Joey Porter Jr.

Penn State Football cornerback Joey Porter Jr. has the traits and NFL pedigree to be a top-10 selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, and is visiting a pair of NFC East teams this week. According to multiple reports, Porter Jr. will visit the New York Giants on Monday, and the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday, ahead … Read more

Saquon Barkley Takes Strong Contract Stance with Giants

Saquon Barkley

The NFL Draft is approaching, just two weeks away, and while several Penn State Football stars could be joining the NFL ranks, Saquon Barkley is taking a strong stance when it comes to his New York Giants future. According to a report from Newsday’s Kim Jones, Barkley has no plans to sign his franchise tag, … Read more

Saquon Barkley Gets Non-Exclusive Franchise Tag By Giants | What it means

Saquon Barkley

Saquon Barkley isn’t going anywhere … At least not for now. Tuesday, moments before the NFL deadline for teams to apply the franchise tag, the New York Giants used the non-exclusive tag on Barkley. There are some key differences between the exclusive franchise tag, and its non-exclusive counterpart the Giants tagged Barkley with. Barkley is … Read more

Saquon Barkley Explodes for First Career NFL Playoffs Touchdown

Saquon Barkley

On the biggest stage of his career, to date, Saquon Barkley showed the world that he is in fact all the way back. Making his NFL postseason debut, Barkley got the New York Giants on the board with a 28-yard touchdown run with 5:19 remaining in the first quarter. Barkley took the handoff from Giants … Read more

Saquon Barkley primed for explosive rebound in 2022?

Penn State Football, Saquon Barkley

Embed from Getty Images Saquon Barkley sounds — and looks — prepared to reintroduce himself as one of the NFL’s top running backs in 2022. From all accounts, Barkley looked explosive and shifty as he did prior to tearing his ACL in 2020, and battling through a high-ankle sprain during a mediocre 2021 campaign, during … Read more