On the bye week 
“It was great. I was able to hangout with my fiancé, which was awesome. Able to get my body back. Only had one practice last week. So just able to get my body back and work on my mental stuff last week. Just to regain that, it’s good to do that in the middle of the year. You just get so tied into the season, you just kind of lose that outside life. Your body is just beaten. My legs were just feeling terrible, but after this week at Sunday practice I felt like I was just flying around. It’s been a great week.”

On the Penn State defense
“Everybody in the Big Ten, everybody is so talented. From the top to the bottom of the Big Ten. That’s why you play in a conference like this, to be challenged like that. Penn State is definitely one of those teams. Their record doesn’t really show how talented they are. They’re a good team. It’s going to be a great chance to get better.”

On TJ Lateef 
“It was awesome. You kind of felt that like nervous but also energy from him. We all just instilled belief in him, and he absorbed it. You just saw it shine on the field. Now he’s going to take another step this week. It’s crazy, his first two starts are going to be away games. We’re going to Penn State, and it’s going to be loud, so it’s going to be awesome for us to rally behind him and instill that extra belief.”