PSU NFL Alums
by Catcher18 on Jan 4, 2011 12:17 PM EST
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With "the sky falling" on the current PSU football team, it is nice to see that former Nittany Lions performed quite well in the pros this year:
Among the Best:
Tamba Hali - 52 tackles, 14.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles
Cameron Wake - 57 tackles, 14 sacks, 3 ff - Pro Bowl Starter
Paul Posluszny - 151 tackles, 2 sacks
Rookies
NaVorro Bowman - 46 tackles
Sean Lee - 32 tackles, 1 ff, 2 interceptions
Andrew Quarless - 21 receptions, 238 yrds, 1 td, 11.3 ave.
Josh Hull - 1 tackle, 1 ff - *injured
Jared Odrick - 1 tackle - *injured
Mickey Shuler - 2 receptions, 44 yrds, 22 ave.
Making Plays
Anthony Adams - 37 tackles, 2 sacks
Deon Butler - 36 receptions, 385 yrds, 4 tds, 10.7 ave.
Kerry Collins - 160 for 278, 1823 yrds, 82.2 rating, 14 tds, 8 ints
Robby Gould - 25 for 30 fgs / 35 for 35 pats
Contributing
Michael Robinson - 8 receptions, 37 yards, 4.6 ave. 12 carries, 77 yrds, 6.4 ave.
John Gilmore - 13 receptions, 160 yards, 12.3 ave. 1 td
Bryant Johnson - 18 receptiosn, 210 yards, 11.7 ave.
Tim Shaw - 29 tackles, 2 ff
Bryan Scott - 39 tackles, 3 sacks
Ed Johnson - 22 tackles
Justin King - 19 tackles
Dan Connor - 47 tackles, 1 sack *injured
Jeremy Kapinos - 18 punts, 41.9 ave.
Taking up Space
Jimmy Kennedy - 8 tackles, 0.5 sacks
Jordan Norwood - no stats
Busts
Aaron Maybin - 6 tackles
Derrick Williams - 3 receptions, 30 yrds, 10 ave.
O-Linemen
Levi Brown
Kareem McKenzie
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Considering that D-Will is my all-time favorite PSU player, it really sucks to see him underachieving at the pro level.
"Personal Attack"- R. Aceto
Agreed
Wasn’t he injured for a few weeks this season?
by FBuptheMiddle on Jan 4, 2011 12:58 PM EST up reply actions
Deon Butler
Pretty sure he suffered a nasty leg break a few weeks ago.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Prospects for this year's draft?
Obviously Wiz will be drafted, the NFL likes smart OLineman. After that it gets a little shaky.
Ogbu can have a nice career like Anthony Adams as a 4-3 DT in the right situation.
Best case for Royster is a Mewelde Moore type, worst case is another Tony Hunt.
I believe Still is gone and I wish him well. He’s got the size, like Odrick to be a 3-4 DE or 4-3 DT. He’ll be a project but I expect he’ll be getting paid for at least the next 4-5 years.
Eliades may get on as an UDFA, hard to say what his chances will be. If he’s healthy and works out well on pro day he should get a shot.
Wagner doesn’t have the leg strength for the NFL and Bani and Colasanti at least have their education and unburdened by school loans. Brackett (Brent or Brett) needs to find a good GA job somewhere.
Pretty sure he said he's coming back.
I believe Still is gone and I wish him well.
But then again, he does have a kid so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him jump. I think returning for his senior year is to his benefit, though.
@EpicTripod
SBN - Pittsburgh
Success With Honor
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 4, 2011 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Still cannot afford to take plays off in the pros.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
Agree completely
That’s part why I call him a “project” for an NFL team. He’ll need to sack up and improve his game.
by Frank O'Brien on Jan 4, 2011 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
Nice pun
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Nice post
Fairly certain Tamba and Cameron Wake were 2nd and 3rd in the NFL for total sacks in the year, and would’ve finished 1 and 2 if not for Demarcus Ware having 3 sacks against the Eagles back-ups.
"He's a beast. But so am I. So let the beasting begin."
Pos
I think Pos is a free agent – should be interesting to see where he ends up.
I would love Pittsburgh as....
a few of the LBs are getting long in the tooth….however, the Steelers just don’t go for PSU kids as they once did….they mostly use them on the “practice squad”. They had a chance to draft both Poz and Lee, but obviously didn’t.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
While they did draft a bunch of LBs last year,
they all seem to translate to OLB in the 3-4. Farrior can’t last forever and Posluszny would look real good as his replacement.
"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway
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