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Subject: bench to transfer

Author:
hafer

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Date Posted: 16:40:28 04/24/13 Wed

Penn State's starting quarterback race has gotten a little bit clearer, at least for the time being.

Multiple sources informed Lions247 on Wednesday afternoon that sophomore Steven Bench has been granted his release from the program and will seek a transfer.

The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Bench, of Camilla, Ga., had the most experience of any of the Nittany Lions' four quarterbacks this spring, when he evenly split the first-team practice repetitions with junior-college transfer Tyler Ferguson, also a sophomore. The quarterbacks had nearly equal stats in the Blue-White Game, both completing 9 of 15 passes. Ferguson had two touchdown passes and Bench had one.

Bench played in two games as a true freshman last season, getting the majority of his work early in the loss at Virginia when starter Matt McGloin was temporarily sidelined with a minor injury. He finished 2-of-8 for 12 yards passing and added 18 yards rushing on three attempts.

The Nittany Lions will enter 2013 with two scholarship quarterbacks -- Ferguson and incoming freshman Christian Hackenberg, a Top 247 prospect -- and run-on freshmen Austin Whipple and D.J. Crook, who enrolled in January, and Jack Seymour, who will arrive this summer.

here's a behind the scenes summary...

Bench met with Bill O'Brien on Tuesday to discuss his future with Penn State. There O'Brien basically told him that Tyler Ferguson was his guy coming out of spring and that Ferguson was going to get the reps against Christian Hackenberg when he arrives this summer. O'Brien was apparently pretty up front with him, which Bench respected, but basically said he wasn't going to get much time moving forward.

From what I've been told, there will be no limitations on his impending transfer and Bench will likely go back down South to find a new home. Due to the NCAA sanctions in place, Bench will be eligible to play right away when he arrives at his new school.

There was to be a team meeting at 4:30 to discuss this, among other things, as Bench was a fairly popular figure on the squad.

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