two-time all-american linebackers Paul Posluszny (2005 & 2006) & Dan Connor (2006 & 2007)
FIFTEEN FIRST-TEAM ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS ON DEFENSE SINCE 1999 (NINE IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS) EIGHT PLAYERS SELECTED BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR OR LINEMAN-OF-THE YEAR SINCE 1998 (DEVON STILL HONORED WITH BOTH IN 2011)
2009 2nd team All-american Navorro bowman
THE MOST TOTAL FIRST & SECOND-TEAM ALL-BIG TEN DEFENSIVE SELECTIONS THE LAST EIGHT SEASONS (36 TOTAL SELECTIONS)
2012 butkus semifinalist gerald hodges
LINEBACKER U: honors since 2005 and 19 overall, including michael mauti in 2012. Penn state players have earned five first-team all-america linebacker
20 NFL DRAFT PICKS ON DEFENSE IN LAST EIGHT YEARS (THREE IN 2013)
PENN STATE FOOTBALL 2013 2012 PENN STATE FOOTBALL
BIG TEN LEADERS IN TACKLES IN 2007 (DAN CONNOR, 11.2 TPG & SEAN LEE, 10.6 TPG)
WE ARE PENN STATE | DOMINATING DEFENSE
THREE STRAIGHT BEDNARIK AWARD WINNERS (2005-07) (NATION’S TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYER)
17