Penn State’s Alex Manske is this week’s nominee for the 2026 Capital One Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award. Manske, a redshirt freshman quarterback, underwent open-heart surgery this past spring but returned to the playing field for the Nittany Lions, with a nine-inch scar across his chest. "I don't really notice it too much anymore," Manske told the York Daily Record in August. "When I look at it, though, I just think of it was tough going through it, but I'm just thankful (doctors were) able to find it. I'm thankful for Penn State to be able to do the testing. If I didn't find it, you never know what could’ve happened.”