A day after Penn State checked in at No. 6 in the AP Poll, Saquon Barkley and Mike Gesicki garnered preseason First Team All-American nods.
The new "Madden NFL" video game will be released to the public August 25, and with that, every NFL player's Madden ratings are as well.
Having sat out his true freshman season in 2016, his only appearance on the field at Beaver Stadium came in the Blue-White Game where he was one of the top producers on the defensive end -- picking off a pass and recording five total tackles.
The Nittany Lions reached their highest preseason ranking since 1999 on Monday when the AP released its first Top 25 of the 2017 season.
Saquon Barkley, Grant Haley, Marcus Allen, DaeSean Hamilton, and Tyler Davis join the previously announced trio of Trace McSorley, Jason Cabinda, and Nick Scott.
In 2019, Franklin's contract surges to $5,350,000 in guaranteed compensation ($2,650,000 paid by the school in base salary). He receives an additional $300,000 in base salary in each of the years for the remainder of the contract, which will max out at $6,250,000 (before potential bonuses) in 2022.