List of Penn State Nittany Lions football All-Americans
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[]
- 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)
- (1991, 1992)
- 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]
Academic All-Americans[]
The 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)[26]
- John Runnells (1965, 1966)[26]
- Rich Buzin (1967)[26]
- Dennis Onkotz (1969)[26]
- Charlie Pittman (1969)[26]
- Dave Joyner (1971)[26]
- Bruce Bannon (1972)[26]
- Mark Markovich (1973)[26]
- Chuck Benjamin (1976)[26]
- Keith Dorney (1978)[26]
- Todd Blackledge (1982)[26]
- Scott Radecic (1982)[26]
- Harry Hamilton (1982, 1983)[26]
- (1984, 1985)[26]
- Carmen Masciantonio (1984)[26]
- (1986)[26]
- Jeff Hartings (1994, 1995)[26]
- Tony Pittman (1994)[26]
- Travis Forney (1999)[26]
- Joe Iorio (2002)[26]
- Andrew Guman (2004)[27]
- Paul Posluszny (2005, 2006)[28]
- Tim Shaw (2006)[28]
- Gerald Cadogan (2007, 2008)[29][30]
- Josh Hull (2008, 2009)[30][31]
- Andrew Pitz (2008, 2009)[30][31]
- Mark Rubin (2008)[30]
- Stefen Wisniewski (2008, 2009, 2010)[31][32]
- Chris Colasanti (2010)[32]
- Pete Massaro (2010, 2012)[32][33]
- John Urschel (2012, 2013)[33][34]
- Tyler Yazujian (2016)[26]
- Blake Gillikin (2018, 2019)[26][35]
- Sean Clifford (2020)[36]
- Eric Wilson (2021)[37]
References[]
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- ^ "2007 Associated Press All-America Team". Associated Press. 2007-12-11. Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
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- ^ "Rivals.com All-America First Team". Rivals.com. 2007-11-29. Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ "2007 CFN All-America Defense". College Football News. 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
- ^ "Scout.com 2007 College All-American Team". Scout.com. 2007-12-05. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
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- ^ a b Brennan, Mark (2008-12-11). "Maybin, Shipley Gain All-America Honors". Fight On State. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
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- ^ "Odrick Selected AFCA All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2009-12-03.
- ^ "Odrick and Bowman Earn CBSsports.com All-America Honors". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2009-12-14.
- ^ "Wisniewski Selected AFCA All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2010-11-29.
- ^ "Still Selected CBSsports.com All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2011-12-07.
- ^ "O'Brien Earns AT&T ESPN National Coach of the Year; Mauti Selected First-Team All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2012-12-08.
- ^ "Mauti Earns First-Team All-America Honors From Phil Steele's College Football". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2012-12-14.
- ^ "Robinson Named First-Team All-American". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2013-12-13. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13.
- ^ "Nassib an AP All-American". 24/7 Sports. 2015-12-14.
- ^ "Penn State Nittany Lions All-America Selections". Sports Reference.
- ^ "Penn State's Micah Parsons earns more All-American team nods". The Patriot-News. 2019-12-12.
- ^ Donohue, Tyler (21 December 2019). "Micah Parsons named consensus All-American: 'It's a good start'". 24/7sports. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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- ^ a b c "Penn State Again Leads Nation With Three First Team ESPN Academic All-Americans". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2010-11-23.
- ^ a b "Nittany Lions Massaro and Urschel Selected First Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2012-12-06.
- ^ "Urschel Selected a First Team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American for Second Time". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2013-12-05.
- ^ "PSU's Blake Gillikin named Academic All-American". Reading Eagle. 2019-12-11.
- ^ "CoSIDA Academic All‐District® Football Team Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. 2021-06-10.
- ^ "CoSIDA Academic All‐District® Football Team Released" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. 2021-11-18.
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