TOMMY SHUMAN quarterback 1971,72 ? starter .chased away a 5 star quarter back most valueable player in the ORANGE and COTTON bowl psu victories lost ONE game over the two year as a starter played with our only heisman winner P.S. cappy did not get the most valueable player award , tommy did did not get along with joe
Name the most underrated/forgotten Penn State football starter you can think of.
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Gary Brown, played defense when needed, played offense when needed. I might add played very well at both. He also had a very good Pro career. I will never forget the Ty Detmar strip!!
Derek Bochna- A 4 yr starter who made some darn good plays on some darn good teams.
Good pick with Shuman. His 2 years as the starting QB were 1973-74, following All American John Hufnagel who started last half of 1970 and all of 71-72.
Shuman went 22-2 as a starter, while Hufnagel went 26-3 (although Oklahoma forfeited its Sugar Bowl win, so maybe Huffy should get credit for 27-2 ... jk).
Great call.
I was going through the thread to see if someone was thinking the same as me.
When talking about the best RBs ever, Larry Johnson is usually an afterthought. He was a one man wrecking crew, particularly later in the season. He eclipsed 2K and had no All BIG O-linemen in front of him. Didn’t show for the bowl game though. Miserable day.
Mac Morrison
David Macklin
Rodney Kinlaw
David Macklin
Rodney Kinlaw
He was the cousin of a former co-worker....
Former walk-on Joe Iorio is...
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Found this. Been a great read so far.
The first that comes to mind is Daryl Clark then...
Rodney Kindlaw
Josh Hull
Brandon Bell
I'll add that he was a True Freshman Walk-on starter.
Aric Heffelfinger...92 yards on 5 carries plus 1 reception for 9 yards. 2004 Blue/White Game
Mac Morrison, LB who played the TE side, allowing Lavar to improvise. It was, IMO, why the Redskins sort-of wasted Lavar by playing him on the TE side (strong side) thus he was always fighting off a block as opposed to roaming the field.
Sam Gash, great player.
The thing I remember about Royster was that he always fell forward. He'd get tackled after 2 yds but he fell forward for 4.
Gary Brown had a lot of success running back kicks and to be honest I didn't understand why. It's not that he wasn't talented. It was just surprising how holes seemed to open up for him.
I felt bad for him. For some reason he was overlooked in favor of Derek Day until Day got injured. When he got his chance he did great except for a couple of fumbles. He was benched and seldom heard from again.
Darren Perry, Michael Timpson, Brian Milne
Brian Milne, complete stud in two sports. If he came along today, he would be an edge rusher or an Olympic discus thrower. He overcame a hell of a lot to make it to his freshman year.
I heard it was
Silas Fledd
Aaron Harris - guy was so hard to take down, will never forget his TD run against Ohio State. Blew a knee and was never the same.
More obscure- Bruce Branch. Thought he was the best punt returner I've seen at PSU.
More obscure- Bruce Branch. Thought he was the best punt returner I've seen at PSU.
One of the hardest hitters ever to play DB... one of the smurfs from 1986, Duffy Cobbs
The way he neutralized Katzenmoyer during his recovery year at TE was awesome.
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