Penn State offensive coordinator Taylor Mouser had a pretty clear answer Monday when asked who has stood out most through the first stretch of fall camp.
He pointed to offensive lineman Trevor Buhr.
Buhr, an All-Big 12 honorable mention last season at Iowa State, is in his fourth year of college football and is viewed as a locked-in starter up front. Through camp, Mouser said Buhr has separated himself with the kind of steady, physical play that coaches love to see in the trenches.
“I think Trevor Buhr, I mean, might be our MVP through the first three weeks of camp or whatever,” Mouser said. “It’s been 10 days. Feels like a lot longer.
Mouser said Buhr’s biggest strength has been his consistency, especially at left guard, where the position demands constant physical work.
“I think just the consistency that he plays with,” Mouser said. “He plays a very, very physically demanding position (left guard).
Him and (right guard) Cooper Cousins are o-linemen that take pride in how violent and physical they can be. And Trevor has done a good job of that.
And he’s consistent in pass pro every rep, doesn’t lose him in pass pro, and is violent at the point of attack. And we got some really big, stout dudes in there on the defensive line.
So I think just being the same guy in a time period where it’s hard to find.”
Buhr is also part of a familiar group in State College. Twenty-three of his former Iowa State teammates transferred with him to Penn State, and one of them, tight end Ben Brahmer, offered a blunt assessment of what makes Buhr stand out.
“It’s fun to watch him not have to think out there and just be able to sprint off the ball and kill somebody,” tight end Ben Brahmer said via Mark Brennan of Lions247.
Mouser didn’t stop with Buhr. He also singled out Cousins, saying the right guard “plays with his hair on fire.”
“Like if I could switch places with any (player), I might switch places with Cooper Cousins,” Mouser said, “just because (of) how
violent and (the amount of) fun that guy has playing football. He’s awesome.”
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