It’s not often the national media talks about a left tackle, but Trevor Penning has made a name for himself after he was kicked out of practice Wednesday for fighting. Getting kicked out of practice in the NFL is not unusual, but this came after Penning had been involved in three fights in three-consecutive days.
The final straw came as 10 other players had to run in and join the massive brawl.
If anybody had been paying attention to him before, they would know that the 23-year-old seems to love violence.
The 19th overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, who is 6-foot-7, 329 pounds, had a wild quote about violence during a pre draft interview. He was asked about his favorite part of the sport and playing offensive line. He said that his favorite part of football is “legally assaulting the person across from you.”
“We don’t have time for that,” new head coach Dennis Allen said, via ESPN. “I sent two guys in today and we’ve got to get our work done. We’ve got to learn as a team how to compete and how to play and how to practice and push ourselves to the limit but yet not take it over the edge.
“It’s not unusual for something like that to occur in training camp. It’s certainly something we don’t want to see happen. It’ll be addressed and we’ll move forward.”
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The Northern Iowa product doesn’t think he’ll be changing his style of play anytime soon.
“It’s part of my game, I think. It’s just how I am as a player,” Penning said earlier this week. “But I’m obviously out there working technique. I’m trying to get better at the technique of the game, getting the blocks down. The finishing ability, that’s what I pride myself in, and that’s always going to be part of my game.”
Penning was a 2021 finalist for the Walter Payton Award, which is presented to the national offensive player of the year. He was the only offensive lineman to be named as a finalist. Penning was also named 2021 AP FCS All-American First Team, and 2021 MVFC All-Conference First Team.
