Penn State’s Mauti shines by letting it fly

CHICAGO — Penn State linebacker Michael Mauti had just come off the field from 7-on-7 work around 8 a.m. Thursday morning when he got a call from head coach Bill O’Brien.

“Hey, Mike,” O’Brien said. “You’ve got to be on a plane at 9:30.”

Mauti was a last-minute addition to Penn State’s player contingent for Big Ten media days, a contingent that very nearly didn’t come to Chicago at all. But Mauti ended up being arguably the best interview subject here, offering an impassioned defense of his team and railing against the NCAA transfer rules.

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