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Another day, another redshirt freshman lineman. Derek Dowrey comes to Penn State from Winchester, Virginia, where he put up crazy numbers en route to three-peating as NoVa defensive player of the year. Tipping the scales at a massive 6-3, 308-pounds, Dowrey figures to play a big role in Larry Johnson's ever rotating cadre of defensive tackles, just like his classmates Austin Johnson and Brian Gaia. A coaches' son, Dowrey brings more than just size--he's sure to have the requisite awareness and high football IQ that come standard with those in the bloodlines of football intelligentsia.