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2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): ST Jake Pinegar,...Honorable-mention all-conference by coaches and media...Is 10-for-11 on field goal attempts with a long of 47 yards...Is 50-for-52 on extra point attempts...Hit two field goals, connecting from 28 and 38 yards and converted all 10 extra point attempts against Idaho (8/31)...Tied the Penn State record for extra points and extra point attempts in a game with 10 (Idaho) set by Charles Atherton vs. Gettysburg (1894) and Travis Forney vs. Akron (1999). - Penn State Football

(DS#21 K) rSr/2023

K Jake Pinegar, Penn State
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12/05/19 - *KJ Hamler, rSo/2020, Penn State, 5-09, 178 (DS#11 WR) + More +

2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): ST KJ Hamler,...Honorable-mention all-conference by coaches and media...Collects his second all-conference honor after being named honorable mention by the coaches and media as both a kick returner and wide receiver in 2018...Ranks No. 4 in the Big Ten and No. 27 in the FBS with 125.17 all-purpose yards...Sits No. 22 in the nation and No. 2 in the conference with 615 combined kick return yards...Is No. 5 in the Big Ten and No. 49 in the country with 21.3 kickoff return yards per game. - Penn State Football

(DS#11 WR) rSo/2020

WR *KJ Hamler, Penn State
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12/05/19 - Blake Gillikin, Sr/2020, Penn State, 6-2, 200 (DS#13 P) + More +

2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): ST Blake Gillikin,...Honorable-mention all-conference by coaches and media....Collects his second all-conference honor after being named honorable mention by the coaches and media in 2017...Is Penn State's Sportsmanship honoree...Named a Pop Warner Award finalist...Selected CoSIDA Academic All-District. - Penn State Football

(DS#13 P) Sr/2020

P Blake Gillikin, Penn State
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12/05/19 - Lamont Wade, Sr/2021, Penn State, 5-09, 190 (DS#12 FS) + More +

2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Lamont Wade,...Honorable-mention all-conference by coaches and media...Is fourth on the team with a career-high 64 tackles...Ranks No. 21 in FBS and No. 6 in the Big Ten in forced fumbles with 0.25 per game (3 total)...Has five pass break ups and one fumble recovery. - Penn State Football

(DS#12 FS) Sr/2021

FS Lamont Wade, Penn State
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12/05/19 - Garrett Taylor, rSr/2020, Penn State, 6-0, 198 (DS#27 SS) + More +

2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): Garrett Taylor,...Honorable-mention all-conference by coaches and media...Collects his second all-conference honor after being named honorable mention by the coaches and media in 2018...Is tied for the team lead and ranks No. 6 in the Big Ten with three interceptions...Ranks third on the team with 61 tackles...Is tied for third on the team with seven pass breakups. - Penn State Football

(DS#27 SS) rSr/2020

SS Garrett Taylor, Penn State
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12/05/19 - John Reid, rSr/2020, Penn State, 5-10, 187 (DS#26 CB) + More +

2019 ALL-BIG TEN HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): John Reid,...All-Big Ten honorable mention selection by coaches and media...Collects his third all-conference honor after being named honorable mention by the coaches and media in 2016 and 2018...Has 34 tackles to go along with two interceptions...Is second on the team with seven pass breakups. - Penn State Football

(DS#26 CB) rSr/2020

CB John Reid, Penn State
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12/03/19 - *Micah Parsons, Jr/2021, Penn State, 6-3, 246 (DS#1 OLB) + More +

2019 BIG TEN BUTKUS-FITZGERALD LINEBACKER OF THE YEAR (COACHES/MEDIA): Micah Parsons, Penn State,...Is the third Nittany Lion to earn Big Ten Linebacker of the Year, joining Michael Mauti (2012) and Mike Hull (2014)...Is the first sophomore to win Big Ten Linebacker of the Year...First-team all-conference selection by the coaches and media...Earns second All-Big Ten honor of his career with an appearance on the coaches' and media's honorable mention team in 2018...Is the first Nittany Lion linebacker to earn All-Big Ten first team accolades since Mike Hull in 2014...Ranks No. 70 in FBS and No. 8 in the Big Ten in tackles per game (7.9)...Leads the team with 95 tackles...Ranks second on the team with 11.0 tackles for loss...Is the seventh Nittany Lion to have 95 tackles and 10 tackles for loss in a season...Named a finalist for the Butkus Award. - Penn State Football

(DS#1 OLB) Jr/2021

OLB *Micah Parsons, Penn State
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12/03/19 - *Yetur Gross-Matos, Jr/2020, Penn State, 6-5, 266 (DS#2 DE) + More +

Penn State will be losing one lineman early to the NFL but keeping another. A few hours after center Michal Menet announced that he will be returning to the Nittany Lions for his senior season in 2020, defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos said he will be leaving. Menet is a redshirt junior. Gross-Matos is a true junior - and a potential first-round NFL Draft choice in the spring. "After careful consideration, countless discussions with my coaches, family, and other advisors, I have decided to forego my final year of eligibility," Gross-Matos wrote in a a message posted on Twitter. "Even though I am leaving, I have promised my family and Coach Franklin that I will continue to pursue my Penn State degree." - Penn Live

(DS#2 DE) Jr/2020

DE *Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State
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12/01/19 - *Pat Freiermuth, Jr/2021, Penn State, 6-5, 251 (DS#2 TE) + More +

Today's Penn State football news is headlined by the latest look at the state of the Lions as the final month of 2019 begins. It starts with head coach James Franklin, as he spent part of his postgame news conference on Saturday discussing rumors that claim he is interested in other jobs after PSU completed a 10-2 regular season by beating Rutgers 26-7. "I'm hoping this is going to be over very quickly," Franklin told reporters.

"Like I told you, I love Penn State, I love our players, and I don't see that changing any time soon. [Job rumors are] a little bit the nature of college football, but I love what we're doing here. I don't see that changing any time soon. Hopefully all this conversation will be over very shortly." In other team news, the Lions learned that star tight end Pat Freiermuth will be returning for his junior season instead of entering the 2020 NFL Draft. There's no word on a few other draft-eligible players, however, such as receiver KJ Hamler or end Yetur Gross-Matos. - PennLive.com

(DS#2 TE) Jr/2021

TE *Pat Freiermuth, Penn State
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11/30/19 - Journey Brown, rSr/2022, Penn State, 5-11, 215 (DS#999 RB) + More +

Journey Brown ran for 103 yards with three touchdowns and No. 12 Penn State pulled away from Rutgers 27-6 on Saturday. Will Levis played quarterback for the Nittany Lions (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 10 CFP) in place of injured started Sean Clifford and added 108 rushing yards on 17 carries and a 42-yard touchdown pass to Jahan Dotson in the fourth quarter. Isaih Pacheco led Rutgers (2-10, 0-9 Big Ten) with 102 yards rushing on 18 carries and Johnny Langan completed 12 of 24 passes for 164 yards with 58 rushing yards. Penn State led 7-3 after a sleepy first half that featured six combined punts. The Nittany Lions took control of the game early in the third quarter.

Levis ripped off a 49-yard run on Penn State's first play of the half to set up an 18-yard touchdown run from Brown, who bounced off defenders for his second score of the day. Penn State led 13-3 after Rutgers blocked Jake Pinegar's extra point try. After Rutgers' Justin Davidovicz made a 38-yard field goal, Levis hooked up with Dotson, who spun around three defenders near the goal line to make it 20-6. Brown capped an 8-play drive with a 1-yard touchdown run on Penn State's next possession. Penn State wasn't nearly as efficient in the first half when Rutgers jumped out to a 3-0 lead on a 29-yard field goal from Davidovicz. Penn State responded with a six-play, 76-yard scoring drive fueled by Levis' running. He racked up 48 yards before Brown plunged in from 2 to give Penn State a 7-3 lead. - Penn State/AP College Football

(DS#999 RB) rSr/2022

RB Journey Brown, Penn State
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11/19/19 - *Yetur Gross-Matos, Jr/2020, Penn State, 6-5, 266 (DS#2 DE) + More +

Penn State DE Yetur Gross-Matos was a second-team preseason AP All-American and is a possible first-round draft pick. But he hasn't been the force coming off the edge that the Nittany Lions need him to be in recent weeks. He has one sack over his last five games, and the last two weeks Penn State has been burned for more than 300 yards passing by both No. 11 Minnesota and Indiana. - AP College Football

(DS#2 DE) Jr/2020

DE *Yetur Gross-Matos, Penn State
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11/16/19 - Sean Clifford, rSr/2023, Penn State, 6-2, 218 (DS#20 QB) + More +

Quarterback Sean Clifford scored three touchdowns Saturday, leading No. 9 Penn State past No. 24 Indiana 34-27 to keep its playoff hopes alive. Penn State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 9 CFP) next week plays at No. 2 Ohio State, where the top spot in the Big Ten East will be on the line. Clifford also completed 11 of 23 passes for 179 yards and ran for 55 yards. Journey Brown rushed 21 times for 100 yards and added a score. With Penn State ahead by a field goal with 10:45 to play, Clifford led an 18-play, 75-yard drive that ate 9:01 and ended when he plunged in from a yard out to put the game out of reach.

Tight end Nick Bowers caught a 12-yard touchdown pass for the Nittany Lions Peyton Ramsey completed 31 of 41 passes for 371 yards and a touchdown and ran for two more for the Hoosiers (7-3, 4-3) who outgained Penn State 462 to 371. After going three-and-out to start the game, the Nittany Lions recovered a muffed punt and scored on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Clifford to Bowers. Ramsey took advantage of a safety blitz on Indiana's next possession and hit an open Ty Fryfogle for 38 yards to make it 7-7. Jake Pinegar kicked a 47-yard field goal to put Penn State up 10-7, but Indiana took the lead when Ramsey capped a 63-yard drive with a 1-yard run less than three minutes later. Clifford put Penn State up 17-14 with 1:03 left in the first quarter when he sprinted up the middle for a 38-yard score. Pinegar added a 27-yard field goal to give Penn State a 20-14 halftime lead. - AP College Football

(DS#20 QB) rSr/2023

QB Sean Clifford, Penn State
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11/15/19 - Jan Johnson, Sr/2020, Penn State, 6-3, 232 (DS#38 ILB) + More +

2019 BURLSWORTH TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Jan Johnson, Penn State University, Linebacker, SR - Johnson, who began his Penn State career as a preferred walk-on, has recorded 42 tackles this season. He earned his first career start as a junior in 2018 and has been in the starting lineup since. Johnson was named a team captain to begin the season and has been recognized as a Pro Football Focus Midseason All-American honorable-mention. He recorded a career-high 14 tackles in a week two game against Buffalo. - Burlsworth Trophy

(DS#38 ILB) Sr/2020

ILB Jan Johnson, Penn State
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10/28/19 - Blake Gillikin, Sr/2020, Penn State, 6-2, 200 (DS#13 P) + More +

OCT 28/WEEK 9 BIG TEN SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Blake Gillikin, Penn State, Sr., P, Smyrna, Ga./The Westminster Schools...Punted eight times for 354 yards in Penn State's victory at Michigan State...Landed five punts inside the 20-yard line, including three punts inside the 10...Hit a 58-yard punt in the first quarter, his 50th career punt over 50 yards...Claims his second career Special Teams Player of the Week honor and second of the season...Last Penn State Special Teams Player of the Week: Blake Gillikin (Oct. 14, 2019). - Big Ten Football

(DS#13 P) Sr/2020

P Blake Gillikin, Penn State
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10/28/19 - *Jayson Oweh, rSo/2021, Penn State, 6-5, 257 (DS#2 DE) + More +

OCT 28/WEEK 9 BIG TEN CO-FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Jayson Oweh, Penn State, DE, Howell, N.J./Blair Academy...Notched two strip-sacks in the Nittany Lions' win against Michigan State...Tied career bests with two tackles for loss and two sacks...Finished the game with three total tackles...Earns his first career Freshman of the Week award...Last Penn State Freshman of the Week: KJ Hamler (Oct. 1, 2018). - Big Ten Football

(DS#2 DE) rSo/2021

DE *Jayson Oweh, Penn State
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