Penn State Sports Magazine
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verbally communicate. So you have to use signals. That's where we had a cou- ple breakdowns [against Temple]. Through practice, we've overempha- sized it. We have it fixed and we are ready to go. ON RELATING TO PLAYERS I played on Joe Paterno's first losing team. I ex- perienced one of maybe the lower points in Penn State football. You al- ways draw on your experiences as a player and try to teach your players cer- tain things and certain aspects of how to handle it. No one wants to go out and lose a game. But those things happen. That's the beauty of sports. The life les- sons that are taught here are so valuable as you go from being a young man to be- ing a man by the time you leave college. You draw on your experiences and try to help our guys. ■ P E N N S T A T E F O O T B A L L >> T H E 2 0 1 5 S E A S O N O F F E N S E D E F E N S E S P E C I A L T E A M S D E P T H C H A R T KICKER 99 Joe Julius (5-10, 259, R-Fr.) 95 Tyler Davis (5-11, 186, R-Fr.) PUNTER 37 Chris Gulla (6-1, 199, R-So.) 92 Daniel Pasquariello (6-1, 200, So.) HOLDER 37 Chris Gulla (6-1, 199, R-So.) 93 Robby Liebel (6-2, 194, R-Fr.) 16 Billy Fessler (5-11, 184, R-Fr.) KICKOFF RETURNER 7 Koa Farmer (6-1, 222, R-Fr.) 24 Nick Scott (5-11, 198, R-Fr.) 26 Saquon Barkley (5-11, 222, Fr.) PUNT RETURNER 3 DeAndre Thompkins (5-11, 185, R-Fr.) 8 Mark Allen (5-6, 181, R-Fr.) 10 Brandon Polk (5-9, 170, Fr.) QUARTERBACK 14 Christian Hackenberg (6-4, 228, Jr.) 9 Trace McSorley (6-0, 200, R-Fr.) 4 Tommy Stevens (6-4, 211, Fr.) RUNNING BACK 22 Akeel Lynch (5-11, 220, R-Jr.) 26 Saquon Barkley (5-11, 222, Fr.) 8 Mark Allen (5-6, 181, R-Fr.) WIDE RECEIVER-X 12 Chris Godwin (6-1, 208, So.) 13 Saeed Blacknall (6-3, 211, So.) 84 Juwan Johnson (6-4, 213, Fr.) WIDE RECEIVER-Z 5 DaeSean Hamilton (6-1, 206, R-So.) 7 Geno Lewis (6-1, 205, R-Jr.) WIDE RECEIVER-F 3 DeAndre Thompkins (5-11, 185, R-Fr.) 10 Brandon Polk (5-9, 170, Fr.) TIGHT END/H-BACK 88 Mike Gesicki (6-6, 252, So.) 11 Brent Wilkerson (6-3, 250, R-Jr.) 87 Kyle Carter (6-3, 247, Sr.) LEFT TACKLE 59 Andrew Nelson (6-6, 302, R-So.) 73 Paris Palmer (6-7, 302, Jr.) 58 Chance Sorrell (6-5, 295, R-Fr.) LEFT GUARD 53 Derek Dowrey (6-3, 321, R-Jr.) 71 Albert Hall (6-4, 298, R-Jr.) CENTER 66 Angelo Mangiro (6-3, 321, R-Sr.) 55 Wendy Laurent (6-2, 294, R-Jr.) RIGHT GUARD 72 Brian Gaia (6-3, 298, R-Jr.) 68 Kevin Reihner (6-3, 313, Sr.) RIGHT TACKLE 70 Brendan Mahon (6-4, 318, R-So.) 60 Noah Beh (6-6, 294, R-Fr.) END 95 Carl Nassib (6-7, 272, R-Sr.) 52 Curtis Cothran (6-5, 261, R-So.) 19 Torrence Brown (6-3, 250, R-Fr.) TACKLE 98 Anthony Zettel (6-4, 284, Sr.) 91 Tarow Barney (6-2, 306, Sr.) 93 Antoine White (6-2, 292, R-Fr.) TACKLE 99 Austin Johnson (6-4, 323, R-Jr.) 41 Parker Cothren (6-4, 302, R-So.) END 90 Garrett Sickels (6-4, 258, R-So.) 94 Evan Schwan (6-6, 256, R-Jr.) OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 42 Troy Reeder (6-1, 241, R-Fr.) 35 Matthew Baney (6-0, 225, Sr.) INSIDE LINEBACKER 40 Jason Cabinda (6-1, 245, So.) 8 Gary Wooten (6-2, 237, R-Jr.) 33 Jake Cooper (6-1, 226, Fr.) OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 11 Brandon Bell (6-1, 231, Jr.) 25 Von Walker (5-11, 219, Jr.) 43 Manny Bowen (6-1, 200, Fr.) CORNERBACK 10 Trevor Williams (6-0, 200, Sr.) 1 Christian Campbell (6-1, 186, So.) 4 Daquan Worley (5-9, 180, R-Fr.) FREE SAFETY 2 Marcus Allen (6-2, 209, So.) 28 Troy Apke (6-1, 198, So.) STRONG SAFETY 5 Jordan Lucas (6-0, 193, Sr.) 6 Malik Golden (6-0, 205, R-Jr.) 7 Koa Farmer (6-1, 222, R-Fr.) CORNERBACK 15 Grant Haley (5-9, 189, So.) 24 John Reid (5-10, 186, Fr.) 21 Amani Oruwariye (6-1, 205, R-Fr.) OR MIKE GESICKI Bill Anderson