The Orange Bowl is underway, and Abdul Carter is out there making plays with a banged-up shoulder. He has plenty of motivation, of course, with a trip to the national title game on the line. But, just in case he needed more, Penn State’s #11 got some added motivation from a couple of Penn State star linebacker who wore his number before him.

Penn State football left fans on pins and needles wondering if star pass rusher Abdul Carter would play against Notre Dame. He created quite the reaction posing with two college legends before the Orange Bowl.

Penn State star defensive end Abdul Carter is more than simply following in the footsteps of some vaunted No. 11 Nittany Lion pass rushers.

Three of those linebackers met up Thursday before Penn State took on Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl. Posing together pregame were LaVarr Arrington (an All-American, the Bednarik winner and a ninth-place Heisman finisher in 1999),