The offensive and defensive MVPs of the 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic both made the cut for the AP's all-bowl team ahead of Monday's national title game.
Four Nittany Lions cracked ESPN's list of the top 150 college football players of all time.
The former Penn Stater is the first first-round draft pick out of Happy Valley in the last eight years.
Wednesday's news is just the latest chapter in what's already turned out to be an eventfully weird season for Penn State wrestling.
"In the second half [Rutgers] had another gear. Sometimes when shots don't fall, you fall prey on the defensive end."
The Nittany Lions sputtered offensively in an ugly showing in Piscataway on Tuesday night.