Penn State football coach James Franklin used a question Monday about tight ends coach Ty Howle to make a thinly veiled recruiting pitch for Southern Lehigh senior Andrew Olesh.

Penn State Nittany Lions coach James Franklin turned a press conference question into a recruiting pitch for one of the nation's top tight ends.

James Franklin was measured Monday, as he usually is with a bigger game on the slate in the upcoming week. His measuredness might’ve taken an extra step forward, too, considering the Purdue game was such a blowout.

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