If you want to see a respectable lineage, just look at the history of linebackers making their way from Happy Valley to the NFL mountaintop. From Dave Robinson to Jack Ham to LaVar Arrington to NaVarro Bowman, Penn State University has manufactured a crop of ball-chasing linebackers that come to the league with the intention to deliver the pain.
With the Atlanta Falcons sitting within the top-5 of the upcoming 2021 NFL Draft and a new regime with a new sense of direction, they can very well have an opportunity to add the latest impactful linebacker from the Nittany Lions tree.