Anthony Morelli may not wind up being Penn State's most-decorated signal caller, but that didn't stop quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno from coming up with an interesting comparison.
Morelli and Kerry Collins.
Paterno initially hesitated when asked who Morelli reminded him of but went into an interesting explanation nonetheless.
"I don't know because I don't know if we had a guy with that quick of a release and that strong an arm," he said. "Kerry [Collins] had that kind of arm but not that kind of release."
Collins, a current NFL journeyman, guided the Nittany Lions to a 12-0 record in 1994 while picking up the Maxwell and Davey O'Brien Awards along the way.
Morelli, on the other hand, has only 200 passing yards to his name but is clearly Penn State's unquestioned starter. He has an arm and release that the wideouts have had to adjust to -- even rising redshirt freshman James McDonald.
"Last fall, Morelli dislocated my pinky -- so it was a bit of an adjustment, but I'm making it," he said. "A quarterback is a quarterback."
Maybe so, but Morelli is no Mike Rob when it comes to scrambling out of the pocket. Even Joe Paterno acknowledged that prior to the Blue-White game, adding that he's not the slowest guy you'll ever meet either.
"Anthony is a decent runner, he's not a big fat kid running in there -- he's no newspaper reporter," Paterno said with a laugh.
Morelli finished Saturday's annual intrasquad scrimmage by going 13-of-16 for 191 yards -- and running four times for minus-14 yards -- while playing mostly against second-string players.
