Junior college quarterback Jake Waters (Council Bluffs, Iowa/Iowa Western C.C.) tried to relax at Tuesday's practice.
He knew Penn State assistant Charlie Fisher was watching from the sideline, and he felt as if this was a tryout. The 6-foot-2 quarterback wanted to impress Penn State, to show he was deserving of an offer, so he consciously attempted not to press and just play his game.
Waters felt afterward he succeeded. And he was rewarded when Fisher approached him following practice and finally extended that offer.
He knew Penn State assistant Charlie Fisher was watching from the sideline, and he felt as if this was a tryout. The 6-foot-2 quarterback wanted to impress Penn State, to show he was deserving of an offer, so he consciously attempted not to press and just play his game.
Waters felt afterward he succeeded. And he was rewarded when Fisher approached him following practice and finally extended that offer.
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