With North Carolina, Duck earned second-team All-ACC honors after the 2022 season.
Copeland will leave the Nittany Lions to join the Monsters immediately.
Strange, a redshirt junior, will still play in the 2023 Rose Bowl on January 2.
Pickett is the first Nittany Lion to win the award since Lamar Stevens nearly three years ago.
All eyes were on Trace McSorley as he highlighted another busy weekend for Penn Staters in the NFL.
Former Penn State defensive back Nick Scott orchestrated a similar prank on his LA Rams teammates.