Penn State Sports Magazine
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P R E V I E W 41 Parker Cothren DT Jr./So. 6-5 292 Huntsville, Ala. Hazel Green 41 Zach Ladonis KS Jr./So. 6-2 234 Nescopeck, Pa. Berwick Area 42 Troy Reeder LB So./Fr. 6-1 235 Wilmington, Del. Salesianum School 44 Tyler Yazujian KS Sr./Jr. 6-0 251 Royersford, Pa. Spring-Ford 45 Kyler Diehl WR So./Fr. 6-4 191 Loysburg, Pa. Northern Bedford 45 Bryant Harper Saf. Jr./Jr. 5-9 215 McKeesport, Pa. McKeesport 46 Colin Castagna DE Fr./Fr. 6-4 243 Barrington, Ill. Barrington 47 Brandon Smith LB Jr./Sr. 6-0 227 Winfield, Pa. Lewisburg 49 Will Eikenberry DE So./Fr. 6-2 227 Andover, Mass. Andover 49 Brian Tomasetti S Jr./So. 6-1 189 Old Forge, Pa. Old Forge 52 Curtis Cothran DE Jr./So. 6-5 258 Newtown, Pa. Council Rock North 53 Derek Dowrey G/C Sr./Jr. 6-3 315 Winchester, Va. John Handley 54 Sean Corcoran KS Jr./So. 6-0 205 Bourbonnais, Ill. Bishop McNamara 55 Wendy Laurent C/G Sr./Jr. 6-2 292 Hamilton, N.J. The Hun School 58 Chance Sorrell T So./Fr. 6-5 285 Middletown, Ohio Middletown 59 Andrew Nelson T Jr./So. 6-5 310 Hershey, Pa. Hershey 60 Noah Beh T So./Fr. 6-6 282 Moscow, Pa. Scranton Prep 66 Angelo Mangiro C/G Sr./Sr. 6-3 315 Roxbury, N.J. Roxbury 69 Adam DeBoef T So./Fr. 6-5 273 State College, Pa. State College Area 70 Brendan Mahon C/G Jr./So. 6-4 316 Randolph, N.J. Randolph 71 Albert Hall T Sr./Jr. 6-4 296 Warwick, N.Y. Warwick Valley 72 Brian Gaia G/C Sr./Jr. 6-3 301 Pasadena, Md. Gilman School 73 Paris Palmer T Jr./Jr. 6-7 278 Plymouth, N.C. Lackawanna College 74 Evan Galimberti T Jr./So. 6-4 287 State College, Pa. State College Area 75 Brendan Brosnan T So./Fr. 6-6 297 Park Ridge, Ill. Maine South 76 Sterling Jenkins T Fr./Fr. 6-8 321 Pittsburgh, Pa. Baldwin 77 Chasz Wright T So./Fr. 6-7 328 Woodbridge, Va. Milford Academy 78 Tom Devenney G/C Jr./So. 6-1 310 Lititz, Pa. Warwick 79 Charlie Shuman T So./Fr. 6-8 290 Pittsford, N.Y. Mendon-Sutherland 80 Matt Zanellato WR GS/Sr. 6-3 211 Burke, Va. Lake Braddock Secondary 81 Adam Breneman TE/HB Jr./So. 6-4 252 Mechanicsburg, Pa. Cedar CliH 86 Luke Vadas WR Jr./So. 5-11 160 Hunting Valley, Ohio University School 87 Kyle Carter TE/HB GS/Sr. 6-3 240 Bear, Del. William Penn 88 Mike Gesicki TE/HB So./So. 6-6 255 Manahawkin, N.J. Southern Regional 89 Gordon Bentley WR Jr./So. 6-2 199 Ambler, Pa. Wissahickon 89 Tom Pancoast TE/HB Jr./So. 6-2 228 West Chester, Pa. Unionville 90 Garrett Sickels DE Jr./So. 6-4 262 Red Bank, N.J. Red Bank Regional 91 Tarow Barney DT Sr./Sr. 6-1 310 Gainesville, Fla. Bainbridge 91 Nick Boumerhi PK Fr./Fr. 5-9 182 Phillipsburg, Pa. Phillipsburg-Osceola 92 Joe Holmes DT So./Fr. 5-10 265 Clarks Summit, Pa. Scranton Prep 92 Daniel Pasquariello P So./So. 6-0 204 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Xavier College 93 Robby Liebel P So./Fr. 6-2 201 St. Petersburg, Fla. IMG Academy 93 Antoine White DT So./Fr. 6-1 289 Millville, N.J. Millville 94 Evan Schwan DE Sr./Jr. 6-6 258 Harrisburg, Pa. Central Dauphin 95 Tyler Davis P/PK So./Fr. 5-10 185 St. Charles, Ill. Bradley University 95 Yannik Haller PK So./So. 6-1 225 Moehlin, Switzerland Freies Gymnasium Basel 95 Carl Nassib DE Sr./Sr. 6-6 270 West Chester, Pa. Malvern Prep 96 Kyle Vasey KS So./Fr. 6-2 262 Hawley, Pa. Wallenpaupack 98 Troy Stivason PK So./Fr. 5-11 182 Athens, Pa. Athens Area 98 Anthony Zettel DT Sr./Sr. 6-4 278 West Branch, Mich. Ogemaw Heights 99 Austin Johnson DT Sr./Jr. 6-4 325 Galloway, N.J. St. Augustine Prep 99 Joey Julius PK So./Fr. 5-11 244 Hummelstown, Pa. Lower Dauphin S P O T L I G H T OFFENSE PARIS PALMER The juco transfer has a chance to play a big role this fall at offensive tackle, provided he can add some weight to his 6-foot-7, 278-pound frame. "His movements are really good," James Franklin said, "but he looks like a power forward. He looks like he should be playing for [Patrick] Chambers right now." DEFENSE JORDAN LUCAS Lucas has been a starter at corner- back the past two years, but with the Lions having lost three safeties to graduation, a position switch is in the offing. Said Franklin, "You need to have pretty good depth at safety with the types of things you're asking those guys to do." SPECIAL TEAMS DeANDRE THOMPKINS Franklin has been impressed with Thompkins' performance at wide receiver this spring, but he may have an even bigger impact in the return game. The Lions could use a jolt after finishing seventh in the Big Ten in kickoff returns and 10th in punt returns in 2014.