STATE COLLEGE − No one has had a Penn State football start like Max Granville.
Just eight months ago he was training in the Texas heat.
He was 18, had just finished his junior year of high school.
And he was 25 pounds lighter.
Granville certainly has traveled further and farther than most, in terms of his body and in miles, in hopes of becoming the next great Penn State pass rusher. He's the youngest, most anticipated prospect at the position the school has become increasingly famous for, following the NFL successes of Odafe Oweh, Micah Parsons, Chop Robinson and this month's possible No. 1 NFL Draft pick, Abdul Carter.
Few schools own that kind of edge-rushing pedigree, which made it all the more enticing for a national recruit like Granville to decide not only to sign with the Nittany Lions out of Sugar Land, Texas, but to join a year early.
As it turns out, his arrival has come at a most opportune time. The Lions are in need of a new, big-play starting defensive end as a finishing piece to what's expected to be another College Football Playoff-leading defense.
And so Granville's progress, in particular, will be watched closely during these 15 spring practice sessions, ending in the annual
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