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Silas Redd (left) was a known quantity as one of the top backs in the Big Ten. The load now should fall primarily to Bill Belton, a much different type of back.
While some current Penn State players characterized the nine transfers this offseason as a low number, those departures still will have a big impact on the team’s success this year and in the future.
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