List of Penn State Nittany Lions football All-Americans
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The following were named First Team All-America (by either the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, The Sporting News, Walter Camp Football Foundation, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, ESPN, CBS Sports, College Football News, Rivals.com, or Scout.com) while playing American football at Penn State University:
All-Americans
edit- W. T. (Mother) Dunn (1906)
- Bob Higgins (1915, 1919)
- Percy W. (Red) Griffiths (1920)
- Charley Way (1920)
- Glenn Killinger (1921)
- Harry (Light Horse) Wilson (1923)
- Joe Bedenk (1923)
- Leon Gajecki (1940)
- Steve Suhey (1947)
- Sam Tamburo (1948)
- Sam Valentine (1956)
- Richie Lucas (1959)
- Bob Mitinger (1961)
- Dave Robinson (1962)
- Roger Kochman (1962)
- Glenn Ressler (1964)
- Ted Kwalick (1967, 1968)
- Dennis Onkotz (1968, 1969)
- Mike Reid (1969)
- Charlie Pittman (1969)
- Neal Smith (1969)
- Jack Ham (1970)
- Dave Joyner (1971)
- Lydell Mitchell (1971)
- Charlie Zapiec (1971)
- Bruce Bannon (1972)
- John Hufnagel (1972)
- John Skorupan (1972)
- John Cappelletti (1973)
- Randy Crowder (1973)
- Ed O’Neil (1973)
- John Nessel (1974)
- Mike Hartenstine (1974)
- Chris Bahr (1975)
- Greg Buttle (1975)
- Tom Rafferty (1975)
- Kurt Allerman (1976)
- Keith Dorney (1977, 1978)
- Randy Sidler (1977)
- Mickey Shuler (1977)
- Matt Bahr (1978)
- Bruce Clark (1978, 1979)
- Chuck Fusina (1978)
- Pete Harris (1978)
- Matt Millen (1978)
- Lance Mehl (1979)
- Irv Pankey (1979)
- Bill Dugan (1980)
- Sean Farrell (1980, 1981)
- Curt Warner (1981, 1982)
- Walker Lee Ashley (1982)
- Kenny Jackson (1982, 1983)
- Mark Robinson (1982)
- Michael Zordich (1985)
- Shane Conlan (1985, 1986)
- Chris Conlin (1986)
- D. J. Dozier (1986)
- Tim Johnson (1986)
- Steve Wisniewski (1987, 1988)
- Andre Collins (1989)
- Blair Thomas (1989)
- Darren Perry (1991)
- O. J. McDuffie (1992)
- Lou Benfatti (1993)
- Kyle Brady (1994)
- Ki-Jana Carter (1994)
- Kerry Collins (1994)
- Bobby Engram (1994)
- Jeff Hartings (1994, 1995)
- Kim Herring (1996)
- Curtis Enis (1997)
- LaVar Arrington (1998, 1999)
- Courtney Brown (1999)
- Brandon Short (1999)
- Michael Haynes (2002)
- Larry Johnson (2002)
- Jimmy Kennedy (2002)
- Tamba Hali (2005)
- Paul Posluszny (2005, 2006)
- Alan Zemaitis (2005)
- Dan Connor (2006, 2007)[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Sean Lee (2007)[7]
- A. Q. Shipley (2008)[8][9][10][11]
- Aaron Maybin (2008)[8][9][11][12]
- Jared Odrick (2009)[13][14]
- Stefen Wisniewski (2010)[15]
- Devon Still (2011)[16]
- Michael Mauti (2012)[17][18]
- Allen Robinson (2013)[19]
- Carl Nassib (2015)[20]
- Saquon Barkley (2017)[21]
- Micah Parsons (2019)[22][23]
- Jaquan Brisker (2021)[24][25]
- Olu Fashanu (2023)[26]
Academic All-Americans
editThe following were named First Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) while playing at Penn State:
- Joe Bellas (1965)[27]
- John Runnells (1965, 1966)[27]
- Rich Buzin (1967)[27]
- Dennis Onkotz (1969)[27]
- Charlie Pittman (1969)[27]
- Dave Joyner (1971)[27]
- Bruce Bannon (1972)[27]
- Mark Markovich (1973)[27]
- Chuck Benjamin (1976)[27]
- Keith Dorney (1978)[27]
- Todd Blackledge (1982)[27]
- Scott Radecic (1982)[27]
- Harry Hamilton (1982, 1983)[27]
- Lance Hamilton (1984, 1985)[27]
- Carmen Masciantonio (1984)[27]
- John Shaffer (1986)[27]
- Jeff Hartings (1994, 1995)[27]
- Tony Pittman (1994)[27]
- Travis Forney (1999)[27]
- Joe Iorio (2002)[27]
- Andrew Guman (2004)[28]
- Paul Posluszny (2005, 2006)[29]
- Tim Shaw (2006)[29]
- Gerald Cadogan (2007, 2008)[30][31]
- Josh Hull (2008, 2009)[31][32]
- Andrew Pitz (2008, 2009)[31][32]
- Mark Rubin (2008)[31]
- Stefen Wisniewski (2008, 2009, 2010)[32][33]
- Chris Colasanti (2010)[33]
- Pete Massaro (2010, 2012)[33][34]
- John Urschel (2012, 2013)[34][35]
- Tyler Yazujian (2016)[27]
- Blake Gillikin (2018, 2019)[27][36]
- Sean Clifford (2020)[37]
- Eric Wilson (2021)[38]
References
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- ^ "2007 Associated Press All-America Team". Associated Press. December 11, 2007. Archived from the original on December 13, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
- ^ "Tebow, McFadden lead 2007 All-America team". ESPN.com. December 8, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ "Rivals.com All-America First Team". Rivals.com. November 29, 2007. Archived from the original on February 23, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ "2007 CFN All-America Defense". College Football News. December 13, 2007. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ "Scout.com 2007 College All-American Team". Scout.com. December 5, 2007. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ "Connor Selected ESPN.com First Team All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 17, 2007. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
- ^ a b Brennan, Mark (December 11, 2008). "Maybin, Shipley Gain All-America Honors". Fight On State. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2008.
- ^ a b "FWAA Names 2008 All-America Team". Football Writers Association of America. December 13, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2008.
- ^ "ESPN.com's 2008 All-America Team". ESPN. December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ a b "CBSSports.com 2008 All-America Team". CBS Sports. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ "AP All-America Team". Associated Press. December 16, 2008. Archived from the original on December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
- ^ "Odrick Selected AFCA All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 3, 2009.
- ^ "Odrick and Bowman Earn CBSsports.com All-America Honors". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 14, 2009.
- ^ "Wisniewski Selected AFCA All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. November 29, 2010.
- ^ "Still Selected CBSsports.com All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 7, 2011.
- ^ "O'Brien Earns AT&T ESPN National Coach of the Year; Mauti Selected First-Team All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 8, 2012.
- ^ "Mauti Earns First-Team All-America Honors From Phil Steele's College Football". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 14, 2012.
- ^ "Robinson Named First-Team All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 13, 2013. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
- ^ "Nassib an AP All-American". 24/7 Sports. December 14, 2015. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015.
- ^ "Penn State Nittany Lions All-America Selections". Sports Reference.
- ^ "Penn State's Micah Parsons earns more All-American team nods". The Patriot-News. December 12, 2019.
- ^ Donohue, Tyler (December 21, 2019). "Micah Parsons named consensus All-American: 'It's a good start'". 24/7sports. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
- ^ Silverstein, Adam (December 8, 2021). "2021 CBS Sports All-America team: SEC, Big Ten dominate list, combining for half of all selections". CBSsports.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Treash, Anthony (December 13, 2021). "The 2021 PFF College Football All-America Team". Pro Football Focus. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Wogenrich, Mark (December 9, 2023). "Olu Fashanu Becomes Penn State's 102nd First-Team All-American". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "All Time Individual Academic All-Americans by School" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ "Penn State Student-Athletes Prove that Success With Honor is Truly the Penn State Way". Penn State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. January 27, 2005. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
- ^ a b "School record 78 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten honors". Penn State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. December 19, 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
- ^ "Penn State tackle Cadogan gets picked for ESPN Academic All-American team". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. December 3, 2007. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2007.
- ^ a b c d "2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Retrieved November 26, 2008.
- ^ a b c "Big Ten Leads All Conferences with Eight Academic All-Americans in Football". Big Ten Conference. November 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 30, 2009. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Penn State Again Leads Nation With Three First Team ESPN Academic All-Americans". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. November 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "Nittany Lions Massaro and Urschel Selected First Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 6, 2012.
- ^ "Urschel Selected a First Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American for Second Time". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. December 5, 2013.
- ^ "PSU's Blake Gillikin named Academic All-American". Reading Eagle. December 11, 2019.
- ^ "CoSIDA Academic All‐District® Football Team Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. June 10, 2021.
- ^ "CoSIDA Academic All‐District® Football Team Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. November 18, 2021.