Penn State football players, and head coach defend Jonathan Sutherland, after Sutherland receiving a

October, 2019

Several Penn State football players, and head coach, James Franklin come to the defense of redshirt sophmore safety, Jonathan Sutherland, after Sutherland received a letter calling his dreadlocks ‘disgusting” and suggesting he adopt a more “clean cut” appearance. The letter came from alumnus, David Petersen (MA Edu 1966), and was shared on Twitter by Sutherland’s teammates in order to bring light to the issue.