Episode Details

The Blue White Illustrated Daily Edition has brought you interviews with several committed players in the class of 2022, 2023 and other top prospects in Penn State recruiting. Today, host Thomas Frank Carr interviews a special guest in preferred walk-on quarterback AJ Locke. Locke shares his inspirational story with T-Frank about his journey through football with cerebral palsy and how he got the opportunity to walk on at Penn State. 

"I have been playing football since I was five years old, so it's never really stopped me. I always wanted to be that one guy on the team that everyone wanted to be after and to give motivation to the team to show that if I can do it, you should be able to do it too," Lock told T-Frank.

Locke describes his journey to Penn State and how he got connected with the Nittany Lion's staff. He also chronicles his journey as a football player and what he's learned traveling to camps all across the east coast to play football. T-Frank also shares what he saw of Locke at Penn State's last prospect camp on July 29 and how he was impressed with Locke's abilities. 

Finally, Locke tells T-Frank where his motivation and indomitable spirit come from. Locke tells him how family members pushed and inspired him to keep going.  

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