Lynch turned down offers from Boston College and Iowa .
Lynch accepted a scholarship offer to attend Penn State under the newly installed Bill O'Brien regime , which succeeded the Joe Paterno era after the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal .
Turning down offers from Boston College and Iowa , Lynch accepted a scholarship offer to attend Penn State under the newly installed Bill O'Brien regime , which succeeded the Joe Paterno era after the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal .