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WHAT HE DID Tengwall won four varsity letters in high school, the 9rst at St. Vin- cent Pallotti in Laurel, Md., and the last three at Our Lady of Good Counsel in nearby Olney. Good Counsel wasn't able to play this past fall due to COVID-19 re- strictions, but as a junior he totaled 77 pancake blocks, helping the Falcons go 9- 3 for the second consecutive year and win the Washington Catholic Athletic Con- ference. Tengwall had 70 pancakes during his sophomore season and 64 as a fresh- man at Pallotti. He only allowed only one sack during his entire high school football career. WHAT HE WON The highest-rated prospect in Penn State's 2021 recruiting class, Tengwall placed 38th in the Ri- vals100 and was the No. 8 o;ensive tackle nationally and the No. 2 player in Mary- land. He was a preseason USA Today All- American heading into what would have been his senior year, having earned 9rst- team All-America honors from that pub- lication as a junior and second-team All-State notice as a sophomore. Teng- wall was also a MaxPreps All-American, a two-time All-Metro choice by The Washington Post and a three-time All- Conference selection. He was chosen to play in the Adidas All-American Bowl, Under Armour All-American Game and Polynesian Bowl. WHERE HE VISITED Tengwall, whose grandfather David Tengwall played foot- ball at Tennessee from 1966-68, was on Penn State's radar screen even before he began his high school career. Of course, he was on a lot of radar screens from the very beginning; one of his main recruiters at Penn State, tight ends coach Tyler Bowen, was still at Maryland when he began chas- ing the young o;ensive line prospect, hop- ing to lure him to College Park. Tengwall made his 9rst visit to PSU in November 2017 and quickly narrowed his list down to Penn State, Michigan and Notre Dame. Nine additional visits to Penn State fol- lowed, and in March 2020 he announced for the Lions. Last month, he arrived in University Park as an early enrollee. QUOTABLE Tengwall: "I love working out. I'm always going to be the guy who's in the weight room a=er practice or whenever. I'll always be putting in that extra work. I'm de9nitely a guy who likes to push people. I credit that to my time at [St. Vincent Pallotti]. We had some tough coaches there who pushed us. I just want to be a leader." LOOKING AHEAD After attracting nationwide inter- est, Tengwall chose the Nit- tany Lions over Notre Dame and Michigan. Photo by Ryan Snyder Rivals.com LANDON TENGWALL RIVALS ★★★★ | POS OL | HT 6-5 | WT 303 | HOME Annapolis, Md. | SCHOOL Good Counsel >>

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