List of Penn State Nittany Lions football All-Americans
The following were named First Team
Penn State University
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All-Americans
- W. T. (Mother) Dunn(1906)
- Bob Higgins (1915, 1919)
- Percy W. (Red) Griffiths (1920)
- Charley Way (1920)
- Glenn Killinger (1921)
- Harry (Light Horse) Wilson (1923)
- Joe Bedenk (1923)
- Leon Gajecki (1940)
- Steve Suhey (1947)
- Sam Tamburo (1948)
- Sam Valentine (1956)
- Richie Lucas (1959)
- Bob Mitinger (1961)
- Dave Robinson (1962)
- Roger Kochman (1962)
- Glenn Ressler (1964)
- Ted Kwalick (1967, 1968)
- Dennis Onkotz (1968, 1969)
- Mike Reid (1969)
- Charlie Pittman (1969)
- Neal Smith (1969)
- Jack Ham (1970)
- Dave Joyner(1971)
- Lydell Mitchell (1971)
- Charlie Zapiec (1971)
- Bruce Bannon (1972)
- John Hufnagel (1972)
- John Skorupan (1972)
- John Cappelletti (1973)
- Randy Crowder (1973)
- Ed O’Neil(1973)
- John Nessel (1974)
- Mike Hartenstine (1974)
- Chris Bahr (1975)
- Greg Buttle (1975)
- Tom Rafferty (1975)
- Kurt Allerman (1976)
- Keith Dorney (1977, 1978)
- Randy Sidler (1977)
- Mickey Shuler (1977)
- Matt Bahr (1978)
- Bruce Clark(1978, 1979)
- Chuck Fusina (1978)
- Pete Harris (1978)
- Matt Millen (1978)
- Lance Mehl (1979)
- Irv Pankey (1979)
- Bill Dugan (1980)
- Sean Farrell (1980, 1981)
- Curt Warner (1981, 1982)
- Walker Lee Ashley (1982)
- Kenny Jackson (1982, 1983)
- Mark Robinson (1982)
- Michael Zordich(1985)
- Shane Conlan (1985, 1986)
- Chris Conlin (1986)
- D. J. Dozier (1986)
- Tim Johnson (1986)
- Steve Wisniewski (1987, 1988)
- Andre Collins (1989)
- Blair Thomas (1989)
- Darren Perry (1991)
- O. J. McDuffie (1992)
- Lou Benfatti (1993)
- Kyle Brady (1994)
- Ki-Jana Carter (1994)
- Kerry Collins (1994)
- Bobby Engram (1994)
- Jeff Hartings (1994, 1995)
- Kim Herring (1996)
- Curtis Enis (1997)
- LaVar Arrington (1998, 1999)
- Courtney Brown (1999)
- Brandon Short (1999)
- Michael Haynes (2002)
- Larry Johnson (2002)
- Jimmy Kennedy (2002)
- Tamba Hali (2005)
- Paul Posluszny (2005, 2006)
- Alan Zemaitis (2005)
- Dan Connor (2006, 2007)[1][2][3][4][5][6]
- Sean Lee (2007)[7]
- A. Q. Shipley (2008)[8][9][10][11]
- Aaron Maybin (2008)[8][9][11][12]
- Jared Odrick (2009)[13][14]
- Stefen Wisniewski (2010)[15]
- Devon Still (2011)[16]
- Michael Mauti (2012)[17][18]
- Allen Robinson (2013)[19]
- Carl Nassib (2015)[20]
- Saquon Barkley (2017)[21]
- Micah Parsons (2019)[22][23]
- Jaquan Brisker (2021)[24][25]
- Olu Fashanu (2023)[26]
Academic All-Americans
The following were named First Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) while playing at Penn State:
- Joe Bellas (1965)[27]
- John Runnells (1965, 1966)[27]
- Rich Buzin (1967)[27]
- Dennis Onkotz (1969)[27]
- Charlie Pittman (1969)[27]
- Dave Joyner (1971)[27]
- Bruce Bannon (1972)[27]
- Mark Markovich (1973)[27]
- Chuck Benjamin (1976)[27]
- Keith Dorney (1978)[27]
- Todd Blackledge (1982)[27]
- Scott Radecic (1982)[27]
- Harry Hamilton (1982, 1983)[27]
- Lance Hamilton (1984, 1985)[27]
- Carmen Masciantonio (1984)[27]
- John Shaffer (1986)[27]
- Jeff Hartings (1994, 1995)[27]
- Tony Pittman (1994)[27]
- Travis Forney (1999)[27]
- Joe Iorio (2002)[27]
- Andrew Guman (2004)[28]
- Paul Posluszny (2005, 2006)[29]
- Tim Shaw (2006)[29]
- Gerald Cadogan (2007, 2008)[30][31]
- Josh Hull (2008, 2009)[31][32]
- Andrew Pitz (2008, 2009)[31][32]
- Mark Rubin (2008)[31]
- Stefen Wisniewski (2008, 2009, 2010)[32][33]
- Chris Colasanti (2010)[33]
- Pete Massaro (2010, 2012)[33][34]
- John Urschel (2012, 2013)[34][35]
- Tyler Yazujian (2016)[27]
- Blake Gillikin (2018, 2019)[27][36]
- Sean Clifford (2020)[37]
- Eric Wilson (2021)[38]
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