Senior center Angelo Mangiro is a candidate for the Rimington Trophy for the Most Outstanding Center in Division I, while his teammate and fellow redshirt senior, Kyle Carter, is a contender for the Mackey Award for the Most Outstanding Tight End.
The buttons, distributed by Citizens Bank each year, are going retro. Eleven of the best slogans from past seasons of Penn State football are making a comeback in 2015.
Quarterback Christian Hackenberg and wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton are both candidates for the Maxwell Award for the National Player of the Year, while defensive tackle Anthony Zettel is a nominee for the Bednarik Award for the National Defensive Player of the Year.
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Christian Hackenberg returns to the place that cemented his status as an elite blue-chip quarterback recruit, except this time, he'll be instructing rather than competing.
James Franklin and his staff have been on a hot streak with recruiting recently, and it doesn't look like that trend will stop any time soon, as they just picked up a commitment from four-star defensive end Daniel Joseph, from Lake Forest, Illinois. Joseph is the class' second defensive end recruit, along with Shane Simmons, one of the classes first, and most touted recruits.