STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Linebacker U finds itself in a nightmare situation at linebacker.
All three Penn State starters are nursing injuries -- Nyeem Wartman-White is out for the season with a torn ACL -- and all three could be gone for an extended period. Although James Franklin doesn't discuss injuries unless they're season-ending, outside linebacker Brandon Bell was on crutches Saturday and middle linebacker Jason Cabinda missed the last two games with a cast on his left hand.
Maybe no position was thinner this season. On Aug. 4, Franklin essentially admitted as much: "That's going to be an important position from a depth perspective, but we feel good about the first-line guys.