Penn State's Andrew Rappleyea is ‘Terry Smith tough’ and has turned into an overlooked X

If there was an award for using the most positive coachspeak anecdotes in one press conference answer, Terry Smith might have won it Monday.

And Penn State redshirt sophomore tight end Andrew Rappleyea would have won the respective award for receiving those anecdotes.

Smith was asked Monday why Rappleyea — who scored his first career touchdown in Saturday’s 37-10 win over Nebraska — has been coming on so strong lately.

“Rapp is a rare talent. Big, strong, tough,” Smith said. “You guys ask the question about what’s different about our offensive line. He’s one of the difference-makers, too.

“We run those 12 personnel sets with the two tight ends, sometimes three tight ends. He’s a road grader. He’s the definition of tough. He’s not the guy you want to meet in the alley because he doesn