It’s not often that the special team players get the spotlight put onto them, but Penn State football senior safety John Petrishen has given four years to the program, the last two of which were spent as a special teamer. He’s a former three-star prospect in the Class of 2015 that was offered by 34 schools.
Coming to Happy Valley, he was a three-year letterman at Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School. According to Penn State’s profile on Petrishen, it said he recorded 118 total tackles and seven interceptions over his final two seasons.
He is a pure football player in terms of his play.