Five true freshmen have seen the field during both of Penn State's opening matchups, potentially heading toward burning redshirt statuses.
"Obviously, Illinois plays a lot of teams extremely tough. So it's definitely going to be a challenge for us this week."
Matthews committed to the Nittany Lions in January as the Class of 2025's first recruit.
FanDuel currently has posted a line sitting at just over two touchdowns, or +14.5 points, in favor of Penn State.
It was admittedly a rough week for the Nittany Lions playing professionally.
Our staffers took a trip to spend the morning preparing for gameday with the Blue Band.