Penn State receiver Harrison Wallace suffered a shoulder injury in the first half of the Nittany Lions’ 33-24 victory over Indiana on Saturday afternoon. Wallace would exit the field, aided by Penn State’s training staff, and proceed to the locker room. Wallace would be able to return to the field with his right arm in a sling.
Penn State coach James Franklin, as usual, did not discuss the extent of Wallace’s injury during the game [and was not questioned about it], but he may provide an update during his weekly Tuesday press conference. Typically, Franklin only discloses season-ending injuries, but with only four games remaining in the regular season, Wallace could be done for the year.
In either case Wallace appears to be set to miss some amount of time moving forward meaning he would be sidelined with injury for the second time this season. Wallace was originally injured against Delaware in the second week of the season and did not make his return until Penn State’s blowout clash with UMass just two weeks ago. Wallace was targeted twice on Saturday but did not record a catch while last week against Ohio State in Columbus he registered two catches for 19 yards. Despite the injury Wallace has 161-yards receiving, the second-most on the team among active wide receivers behind KeAndre Lambert-Smith.
Heading into the year Wallace was seen as a 1a/1b option alongside Lambert-Smith but aforementioned injuries have kept Wallace from making good on that potential.
“I think getting Trey back is a huge piece of that puzzle,” Franklin said prior to the UMass game. “I think it helps KeAndre, I think it helps Drew [Allar], I think it helps our team, I think it helps our offense, I think it helps Coach [Mike] Yurcich in calling the game. But I think that will really help us having those two guys both on the field at the same time.”
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