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Penn State football: Backfield situation isn’t as clear as some believe

There’s quite a strange situation going on in Happy Valley in 2019. Penn State football has decided this season that instead of featuring a single running back on their offense, they are going to utilize all four running backs on their depth chart.

Ricky Slade, Journey Brown, Noah Cain, and Devyn Ford are all highly-touted prospects who don’t exactly have to wait a while for their turn. As James Franklin stated throughout the summer, each running back will get a fair share of carries. Here we are, five weeks into the season and the head coach has stood by his word.