Center Angelo Mangiro (66), offensive tackle Donovan Smith (76) and wide receiver Matt Zanellato (80) pose during Penn State photo day in August 2014. Mangiro, Smith and Zanellato played together from 2012 to 2014. [Associated Press]
To understand the man who protects Jameis Winston's blind side, you have to start at Joe Paterno's living room.
That's where Donovan Smith, before he became the Bucs' starting left tackle, made a promise. He shook hands with Paterno and told him he would earn his degree at Penn State.
Months later, in the fall of 2011, Paterno was fired amid accusations that he knew longtime defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused children and didn't do enough to stop it.