After frustrating year, Hackenberg ready to lead Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — With all Christian Hackenberg's physical gifts, and few college quarterbacks have more, he was still at a loss to fix Penn State's issues last season.

New coaches. New offense. Inexperienced teammates. Hackenberg was not at his best and the players around him did not provide much help. The kid with the arm that screams future franchise quarterback often had Nittany Lions fans screaming something very different.

Hackenberg insists the bumps and bruises to his body and psyche have made him stronger. He enters his third — and possibly final — season at Penn State as the Nittany Lions' trump card. If they can give Hackenberg the support he needs, he could become a hero…