Franklin believes Warren should bring home some hardware this season — and should be invited to New York City for the Heisman Trophy ceremony. “They ought to bring the Mackey Award tonight,” Franklin said. “Put it on a private jet, fly it to Tyler Warren and give it to him on Sunday. And then he should get an invitation to New York.

Penn State's Tyler Warren once wondered whether he was good enough to play tight end for the Nittany Lions. Now, he's having a Heisman-caliber season.

They got it from tailbacks Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen (143 yards rushing combined). They got it from defensive end Abdul Carter (four tackles for loss) and safety Jaylen Reed (third game-turning/saving interception). And, of course, from their do-everything tight end Tyler Warren. Maybe no more than from him.

Penn State coach James Franklin has mentioned tight end Tyler Warren's candidacy for a number of awards this season. After Saturday's win over Purdue, Franklin discussed college football's most prestigious honor.

At halftime of Saturday's Penn State-Purdue game, the CBS broadcast crew spent substantial time comparing Penn State's Tyler Warren with Colorado's Travis Hunter. The terms revolved around team value and versatility. The crew said Warren was at least as valuable to his team, and as versatile, as one of the Heisman Trophy frontrunners.

The unusual tight end numbers and attention keep coming for Penn State football's Tyler Warren. He's a 6-foot-6, 261-pound junior − and a former high school quarterback − from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He's a lefty. And he continues to put up gaudy statistics and break tight end records − doing it all in the most versatile ways possible.