When Penn State’s run game with clicking, it was one of the best in college football. The running backs Nicholas Singleton (Titans fifth-round pick, who is #10 on this play) and Kaytron Allen (Commanders sixth-round pick) got a lot of the attention, but the Nittany Lions’ offensive line did work up front.
Shelton, who is the left tackle on all of these clips, gets on the move this play with Olaivavega Ioane (14th overall pick by the Ravens). Ioane takes away the defensive end, and Shelton goes up to the second level and takes the linebacker. It looks like he gets popped back a little bit initially, but he does his job of taking the linebacker away from making a tackle, and ultimately pushes him right back and gets a pancake block.
With the left side of the defense taken care of by the remainder of Penn State’s offensive line, Singleton has a cutback lane and hits it, breaks an arm tackle and has nothing but the end zone in front of him. It’s a touchdown that’s sprung by the offensive line doing their work, and Shelton’s part was an important one.
Giving the QB time to launch the deep ball