It’s quite possibly taken Julian Fleming four years seasons, two bad shoulders and one dramatic change of working scenery.
The Penn State football wide receiver from Catawissa, Pa. − via Ohio State − has proclaimed himself healthier than ever, seemingly perfect-placed news, for all involved.
It is exquisite timing for a Nittany Lion team in the midst of breaking in a new offensive coordinator and new scheme during the second half of spring workouts. For a receiver room in desperate need of a motivated, reliable leader with a different “style.”
And for a young quarterback who needs someone, more than ever, to help him stabilize a pass game in makeover mold.
Julian Fleming, once an Ohio State Buckeye, is already helping to re-shape his new, home-state Nittany Lions.
Fleming, the senior wideout transfer, officially met the Penn State media for the first time Wednesday evening and proclaimed himself ” healthy as can be. This is probably the healthiest offseason I’ve had so far,” he told reporters in State College.
“Shoulders are both good. I got those all fixed up. Been under the (surgical knife) a couple of times with stuff, just having to get this done and bumps and bruises. But right now I’m healthy, and I’m happy about it.”
So is, it seems, his new quarterback, Penn State junior Drew Allar − he of the wondrous first-year starting stats against everyone except those three elite opponents who beat him, including Fleming’s former Buckeyes.
On Thursday, Allar talked about Fleming, the guy with the locker across from his − the teammate he said he’s conversed with daily, and with apparent great effect, during these spring workouts that lead up to the annual Blue-White Game in Beaver Stadium on April 13.
Fleming, of course, earned national recognition as arguably the top receiver prospect in the nation while first picking…
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