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Silas Redd reflects on PSU past

"It's something I can't erase, and something I wouldn't erase."

Originally Published: November 29, 2012
By Kevin Van Valkenburg | ESPN The Magazine

I PLAYED FOOTBALL from the time I was 6 in Norwalk, Conn., where I grew up. I was an aggressive kid, always running around. My pops was a former Marine, so I had a real disciplined childhood. My mom didn't like that my dad put me in football, because my older brother got hurt playing Pop Warner, which is where my connection to Penn State started. A coach of mine went to Penn State, and he'd bring me back jerseys and stuff. I came to like the Nittany Lions, and I went to ...

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