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2016 NFL Draft: Potential Panthers? The Penn State Defensive Line

In 2015 Penn State had one of the best defensive lines in the country. Defensive end Carl Nassib and DTs Austin Johnson and Anthony Zettel combined to wreak havoc on opposing offenses. Could any of them help the Panthers?

Entering the season, there was a buzz about Anthony Zettel, but he quickly became overshadowed by the size and power of Johnson and the stats put up by Nassib.

Nassib is such an amazing story. As the former HS basketball player wasn't even a starter on his high school football team, Nassib walked on at Penn State, as a 218 pounder, but slowly built himself into a 6'7, 272 pound defensive end who is rumored to run a 4.