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James Franklin addresses status of WR Juwan Johnson — and other Penn State highlights

UNIVERSITY PARK

Here are the highlights from Penn State head coach James Franklin’s weekly press conference Tuesday, which came ahead of Saturday’s noon contest against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights:

WR Juwan Johnson remains injured

Franklin normally doesn’t discuss injuries, but he did acknowledge Tuesday that Johnson is still not at 100 percent.

“Juwan is obviously fighting through some things,” he said. “Juwan’s been through things like this throughout his career and his life, and our team has been awesome with him. ... But we got to get him healthy and, once he’s healthy, he’ll be able to go out there and contribute at a very high level.