The lone blue stripe on Penn State's helmet is an iconic look. However, from now on Nittany Lion freshmen will have to earn that stripe on their practice helmet. The stripe will be only for incoming freshmen and each player's respective position group will decide when they've earned it. James Franklin talked a bit about what it takes for a freshman to earn their stripe:

"It's how they are in meetings, it's how respectful they are of the senior players, how coachable, are they going to class consitently?, are they working hard in the weight room?, it's everything. It's basically the veteran leadership players that we have, basically are saying you're doing a really good job and I'm comofrtable with the direction you're headed in terms of how we do things here at Penn State."

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From what we saw at practice tonight, the following freshmen have earned their stripes: