Penn State will have All-Americans on all three levels of the defense
Let’s take a brief detour on the Way Back Machine back to the summer of ‘05. Despite the fact that Penn State was coming off a dreadful four-win season, the Nittany Lions had something special to build around with serious All-American candidates at defensive end, linebacker and cornerback. Penn State rode the strength of that defense all the way to a conference crown and Orange Bowl victory, as Tamba Hali went on to become a first-round pick, Paul Posluszny won the first of two Bendarik Awards as the nation’s best defensive player, and Alan Zemaitis went down as one of the top cornerbacks in program history.