STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- There are perks for a veteran approaching an all-time record at a blue-blooded college football program.
At Penn State, wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton made a request in the offseason. He wanted a way to practice his craft right up until game time. So he asked if a JUGS machine -- a practice device that fires footballs at varying velocities -- could be brought over from the practice facility and placed in the wide hallway outside the stadium locker room.
"We do it every game," Hamilton said. "We probably catch anywhere from like 50 to 100 balls before we go stretch.