World News – US – WATCH: Sean Clifford runs 35 yards for touchdown

Penn State’s offense struggled all day until the deadline expired in the third quarter That’s when quarterback Sean Clifford snatched a 35-yard touchdown so that his team faced a 2nd and 16th A successful PAT brought the Nittany Lions within three points at 17-14

Clifford didn’t have the benefit of relying on his top two running backs this game Starter Journey Brown announced this week that he could miss the season due to an underlying medical condition The running back Noah Cain was also injured in the first quarter and did not return So Clifford took the running game himself His touchdown gave him 82 yards on 10 carries

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Clifford is working under a new attack with Kirk Ciarrocca, who arrived from Minnesota to replace Ricky Rahne after accepting the head coach job at Old Dominion Despite the odd offseason due to COVID-19, Clifford said this week he was ready to go

“My confidence level just keeps increasing day by day,” said Clifford “I would say that obviously without the Spring Prom and Summer Prom with Coach Ciarrocca one on one I would mean i was a little nervous to see how it would go But I think this fall camp – or since we honestly had two types of fall camps with the first one and then got canceled and are now coming back – I feel extremely confident and ready to go. I think a lot of the guys on the offense would agree with me « 

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