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After his big performance in last week's win over Michigan State, Dotson picked up right where he left off on Saturday evening. The 5-foot-11, 182-pound Nazareth native opened the contest by taking a short catch from Clifford to the house for a 75-yard touchdown. Dotson had a couple other big plays in the opening half, too, including a 50-yard punt-return to start the second half and a 70-yard touchdown catch with 3:49 left in the second quarter.

By halftime, Dotson had 183 receiving yards - just 33 yards shy of tying the program record for most receiving yards in a game. He couldn't break the record, only adding six receiving yards in the second half. But Dotson's performance still ranks sixth all-time for receiving yards in a single game for a Nittany Lion. After being Penn State's third receiving option in 2019, Dotson took quite the leap forward this season - which likely earned him millions if he decides to enter the NFL Draft this offseason instead of returning for his senior year. - Centre Times

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WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State
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12/20/20 - Jahan Dotson, Sr/2022, Penn State, 5-11, 181 (DS#6 WR) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL SPECIAL TEAMS HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): KR Jahan Dotson,...Dotson returned a punt 81 yards for a touchdown against Michigan State, marking the first Nittany Lion punt return for a touchdown since DeAndre Thompkins scored on a 39-yard return against Pittsburgh in 2018. The 81-yard punt return is tied for the eighth-longest in program history, tying Bryant Johnson's return against Michigan State in 2002. He became one of three Big Ten players to have 100 receiving yards and a punt return for a touchdown in the same game since 2000. Michigan's Steve Breaston (2006; vs. Indiana) and Wisconsin's Brandon Williams (2005; vs. Indiana) were the others to accomplish the feat. Dotson is averaging 21.0 yards per punt return this season, ranking second all-time at Penn State. Since 2000, Dotson is one of six FBS players (seven occasions) to total at least 695 receiving yards and average 21.0 yards per punt return. Dotson has an 18.4 career punt return average on 10 returns. - Penn State Football

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WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State
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12/20/20 - *Pat Freiermuth, Jr/2021, Penn State, 6-5, 251 (DS#2 TE) + More +

Penn State junior tight end Pat Freiermuth has decided to forgo his fourth season and has declared for the 2021 NFL Draft. "It has been an absolute honor representing the Blue and White these past three seasons," said Freiermuth. "When I received my offer from Penn State, I knew right away it was the place I wanted to be. Obviously, the way my career ended wasn't what I wished for, needing season-ending surgery on my shoulder. Nittany Nation, I can promise you, I gave you everything I had."

Freiermuth's 16 career touchdown receptions are the most all-time by a PSU tight end and rank eighth overall in program history. His 1,185 career receiving yards rank 26th in program history and third among tight ends. He became the 34th Nittany Lion and seventh Penn State tight end to accumulate 1,000 career receiving yards. A native of Merrimac, Mass., Freiermuth was selected as the 2020 Kwalick-Clark Big Ten Tight End of the Year, marking Penn State's first tight end to win the award. The junior started the first four games of the season before a season-ending injury. Prior to his injury, Freiermuth led all FBS tight ends with 5.8 receptions per game and ranked fifth averaging 77.5 receiving yards per game. - Penn State Football

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TE *Pat Freiermuth, Penn State
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12/19/20 - Jahan Dotson, Sr/2022, Penn State, 5-11, 181 (DS#6 WR) + More +

Jahan Dotson caught six passes, scored twice and racked up 239 all-purpose yards to lead Penn State to a 56-21 win over Illinois on Saturday. The junior wideout opened the game with a 75-yard touchdown catch, added a 70-yarder in the second quarter and returned a punt 50 yards, taking it deep into Illinois territory to set up Penn State's go-ahead touchdown before halftime.

Sean Clifford tossed both touchdowns and added 285 yards on 16-for-22 passing. Will Levis threw a touchdown pass to Brenton Strange and ran for one while Caziah Holmes and Keyvone Lee combined for three rushing scores in the Nittany Lions' (4-5) fourth straight win. This one came in the latest game ever played at Beaver Stadium with the sprawling, 107,000-seat facility blanketed in more than a foot of snow from lower decks to upper grandstands. - AP College Football

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WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State
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12/17/20 - Arnold Ebiketie, rSr/2022, Penn State, 6-3, 247 (DS#8 DE) + More +

2020 ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): DL Arnold Ebiketie, Temple,...Ebiketie was a welcome installment for the Temple defense this season. Early in the season, he won AAC defensive player of the week for his performance against USF. Ebiketie registered a scoop and score touchdown, forced a fumble, and recorded 3.5 tackles for loss in the contest. In the road matchup against Tulane, Ebiketie notched one sack to go along with two tackles for loss. Against UCF, he tallied another sack and a forced fumble to his season total while also leading the team in tackles. The redshirt junior recorded a sack in four out of six games this season. - Temple Football

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DE Arnold Ebiketie, Penn State
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12/17/20 - Shaka Toney, rSr/2021, Penn State, 6-3, 242 (DS#8 DE) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Shaka Toney, Penn State,...Toney, a member of the Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List, had two sacks in each game against Indiana and Iowa, registering both of his sacks against the Hoosiers in the fourth quarter. He also forced a fumble on a strip-sack against Iowa. Toney has recorded two or more tackles for loss seven times in his career and five career games with two or more sacks. He sits 10th all-time at Penn State with 19.5 career sacks and owns 28.5 career tackles for loss. Toney was an All-Big Ten second team selection by the coaches in 2019. Toney has served as a team captain for the 2020 season. He has accepted an invitation to play in the 2021 Senior Bowl. - Penn State Football

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DE Shaka Toney, Penn State
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12/17/20 - Lamont Wade, Sr/2021, Penn State, 5-09, 190 (DS#12 FS) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Lamont Wade,...Wade, a member of the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List, ranks fifth on the team with 36 tackles. He added two fumble recoveries and an interception in 2020. His two fumble recoveries rank third in the Big Ten and ninth in the nation. Wade recorded 10 tackles against Iowa, his third career game with double-digit tackles, and recovered a fumble. He scooped up a fumble and picked off a pass at Indiana. Wade was voted to be a team captain in 2020. He was selected for the 2021 East-West Shrine Bowl. - Penn State Football

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FS Lamont Wade, Penn State
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12/17/20 - *Joey Porter Jr., Jr/2023, Penn State, 6-3, 198 (DS#3 CB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Joey Porter,...Porter has impressed in his first year as a starting cornerback for the Nittany Lions. He leads PSU cornerbacks with 33 tackles, including two for loss and a sack. He also has four pass breakups. Porter registered his first career sack in the season opener at Indiana. Porter earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors following his performance at Rutgers where he collected a career-high six tackles, four solo, and a tackle for loss. - Penn State Football

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CB *Joey Porter Jr., Penn State
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12/17/20 - PJ Mustipher, rSr/2023, Penn State, 6-4, 320 (DS#28 DT) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): PJ Mustipher,...Mustipher owns 32 tackles, including 11 solo this season, and a pass breakup. The junior registered a career-high eight tackles against Ohio State. He was tabbed as the Coaching Staff's Defensive Player ofthe Week following his performance against Maryland where he recorded four tackles, a pass breakup and a QB hurry. Mustipher also had seven tackles against Iowa. - Penn State Football

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DT PJ Mustipher, Penn State
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12/17/20 - Jaquan Brisker, rSr/2022, Penn State, 6-1, 206 (DS#2 SS) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): DB Jaquan Brisker, Penn State,...Brisker sits third on the Nittany Lions with 50 tackles, including a team-best 29 solo. Brisker exceled in his role as a starting safety, compiling three tackles for loss, a team-high five pass breakups and an interception. Against Michigan State, Brisker notched career highs with nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss, while recording his third career interception. Brisker has made at least four tackles in each of the last seven games. - Penn State Football

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SS Jaquan Brisker, Penn State
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12/17/20 - Tariq Castro-Fields, rSr/2022, Penn State, 6-1, 197 (DS#17 CB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Tariq Castro-Fields,...Castro-Fields has 12 tackles and a pass breakup in six starts this season. He collected five tackles, including four solo, and a pass breakup at Indiana. Castro-Fields notched six tackles against Maryland. In his Nittany Lion career, Castro-Fields has tallied 106 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, a sack, a forced fumble, three interceptions and 19 pass breakups. He was voted All-Big Ten third team by the media in 2019. - Penn State Football

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CB Tariq Castro-Fields, Penn State
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12/17/20 - *Brandon Smith, Jr/2022, Penn State, 6-4, 244 (DS#6 OLB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Brandon Smith,...Smith has posted 29 tackles, five tackles for loss, two sacks, an interception and a pass breakup in his first season as a starting linebacker. At Nebraska, Smith recorded a career-best six tackles and his first career interception. He collected five tackles, including a career-high 1.5 for loss, against Ohio State. Smith contributed five tackles and a solo sack against Maryland. - Penn State Football

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OLB *Brandon Smith, Penn State
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12/17/20 - *Jayson Oweh, rSo/2021, Penn State, 6-5, 257 (DS#2 DE) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DL Jayson Oweh, Penn State,...Oweh is averaging 5.4 tackles per game, which ranks eighth nationally among defensive linemen who have played at least seven games. His 38 tackles through the first seven games were the most by a Penn State defensive lineman since Daquan Jones and Austin Johnson had 40 tackles in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Oweh posted a career-high 10 tackles against Maryland. Oweh recorded two tackles for loss against the Terrapins and 1.5 tackles for loss in each game against Nebraska and Iowa. - Penn State Football

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DE *Jayson Oweh, Penn State
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12/16/20 - Jahan Dotson, Sr/2022, Penn State, 5-11, 181 (DS#6 WR) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State,...Dotson's 695 yards rank 27th nationally and his six touchdowns rank tied for 25th among teams who have played at least eight games. His 46 receptions rank 38th and he is averaging 15.4 yards per reception (minimum 45 catches) through his first eight games of 2020, which ranks ninth nationally and fourth in the Power Five for a player's first eight games of the 2020 season. Dotson is one of five Power Five receivers to total at least 46 receptions, 695 yards receiving and six receiving touchdowns in their first eight games this season, joining Ole Miss' Elijah Moore (86 rec, 1,193 yards, 8 TD), Alabama's Devonta Smith (72 rec, 1074 yards, 12 TD), LSU's Terrace Marshall Jr. (48 rec, 731 yards, 10 TD) and Clemson's Amari Rodgers (48 rec, 720 yards, 6 TD) and one of 10 in FBS. Since 2000, Dotson is the only Penn State receiver to total at least 46 receptions, 695 yards receiving and six receiving touchdowns in the first eight games of a season. - Penn State Football

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WR Jahan Dotson, Penn State
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12/16/20 - *Rasheed Walker, rJr/2022, Penn State, 6-6, 324 (DS#16 OT) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Rasheed Walker,...Will Fries (41 career starts), Michal Menet (33), Walker (21) and Miranda (17) have started all eight games on the Nittany Lion offensive line this season. The unit helped the Nittany Lion offense to gain 488 yards, including 250 on the ground, in the season opener at Indiana. At Nebraska, the offensive line paved the way for the Nittany Lions to gain 501 yards, including 245 on the ground. Penn State then toped that mark the following week at Rutgers, as the line led the way for the Nittany Lions to rush for 248 yards, their fourth 245-plus yard rushing game of the season. - Penn State Football

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OT *Rasheed Walker, Penn State
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