CLARK HEADS TO CALGARY

Former Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark worked out this weekend with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League, according to the Calgary Sun. Daryll Clark The Stampeders’ coach and general manager is former Penn State quarterback John Hufnagel.

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“He’s just here on a workout for the immediate future,” Hufnagel said, according to the Sun. “I thought he had a lively arm, and he’s accurate. He showed pretty good feet.”

Clark has not signed with Calgary, the paper reported. The Stampeders are four games into the season and are three-deep at quarterback. The starter is former Temple quarterback Henry Burris.

Clark, a two-year starter at Penn State, went undrafted last spring. The Washington Redskins invited Clark to a minicamp but did not sign him. Penn State quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno said he was surprised at the lack of interest.

“I had a scout say to me, ‘He’s a running quarterback, do you think he can throw the ball?’” Paterno said at the Lift For Life event earlier this month. “I said, ‘What film are you watching?’ He’s a dropback quarterback with great pocket presence and a strong arm. I also had some guys in the NFL say to me, ‘We drafted these other guys because they had bigger reputations, the whole nine yards.’

“I’m really surprised, because here’s a guy who has two degrees, has never been a problem, never had trouble off the field, and if you put him in front of the media he’s fantastic. He’s everything you want in an NFL guy. … The great thing about Daryll is, he’s had to overcome adversity a lot of times in his life and he’s not down about it.”