Penn State All-Americans

Walter Camp First Team All-Americans

This is the oldest collegiate honor dating to 1889—Camp himself selected the team until his death in 1925

Only 11 total players were selected from 1889 through 1964. Separate offensive and defensive 11’s were chosen beginning in 1965 with kicking specialists added in 1975. Only 7 Penn Staters (names in blue) were honored in the pre-1965-era (5 were selected by Camp).

1906—William “Mother” Dunn C (first Penn Stater to receive First Team honors & 2nd named to an All-America team—In 1898, Carlton “Brute” Randolph G was named a 3rd Team All-American)

1919—Bob Higgins E (Penn State Head Coach 1930-48)

1920—Charley Way HB

1921—Glenn Killinger QB

1923—Joe Bedenk G (Penn State Head Coach 1949)

1959—Richie Lucas QB (Heisman Trophy runner-up)

1964—Glenn Ressler C/MG

1968—Ted Kwalick TE & Dennis Onkotz LB

1969—Mike Reid DT & Dennis Onkotz LB (first from PSU to be selected twice)

1970—Jack Ham LB

1971—Dave Joyner OT

1972—John Hufnagel QB & Bruce Bannon DE

1973—John Cappelletti TB & Ed O’Neil LB

1974—John Nessel OG (Former PSU QB Steve Joachim of Temple also selected)

1975—Greg Buttle LB & Chris Bahr PK (first kicking specialist ever selected)

1978—Chuck Fusina QB, Keith Dorney OT, Matt Millen DT, & Matt Bahr PK (first with 4 players selected)

1979—Bruce Clark DT

1981—Curt Warner TB & Sean Farrell OG (oddly, there would be no 1982 selections from PSU National Champs)

1986—DJ Dozier TB, Shane Conlan LB, & Tim Johnson DT

1989—Blair Thomas TB

1992—OJ McDuffie WR

1993—Lou Benfatti DT

1994—Kerry Collins QB, Ki-Jana Carter TB, Bobby Engram WR, & Jeff Hartings OG (most PSU offensive players selected)

1995—Jeff Hartings OG (PSU’s 2nd 2-time selection)

1997—Curtis Enis TB

1999—LaVar Arrington LB, Brandon Short LB, & Courtney Brown DE (most PSU defensive players selected)

2002—Larry Johnson TB & Jimmy Kennedy DT

2005—Tamba Hali DE & Paul Posluszny LB

2006—Paul Posluszny LB (PSU’s 3rd 2-time selection)

2007—Dan Connor LB

2008—AQ Shipley C & Aaron Maybin DE

2011—Devon Still DT

2015—Carl Nassib DE

2017—Saquon Barkley RB

2023—Olu Fashanu OT (was selected to 2nd Team in 2022)

2024—Abdul Carter DE

Notable recent 2nd Team selections—Micah Parsons LB 2019, Joey Porter Jr. CB 2022, & Tyler Warren TE 2024