Linebacker, Penn State, 2003–06
Paul Posluszny
- Born
- Oct 10, 1984
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Paul Posluszny played linebacker at Penn State (2003–06). He won the 2005 Butkus Award and the 2005 and 2006 Chuck Bednarik Awards. He was a consensus All‑American in 2005 and 2006. The Buffalo Bills took Posluszny in round 2, No. 34 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
At a glance
- Best season
- 2006
- Chuck Bednarik Award, Academic All-America Team Member of the Year and 2 more
Honors
- Inducted 2024College Football Hall of Fame
- 2004Second-team All-Big Ten
- 2005Butkus Award
- 2005, 2006Chuck Bednarik Award
- 2005, 2006Consensus All‑American
- 2005, 2006First-team All-Big Ten
- 2006Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2004‡ | Penn State | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). ‡ Short by one game in 2004 (Nov 13 at Indiana): the source has no box score for it. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.
Game by game
2004 Penn State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | vs. Michigan State | W 37–13 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Nov 13 at Indiana, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 | Combine or pro day 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅝″ | |
| Weight | 238 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.70 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 s | |
| Vertical jump | 37″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 22 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.94 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 142 games with a stat; latest team: Jacksonville Jaguars.
Pro Bowl: 2013
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Buffalo Bills | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 83 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | Buffalo Bills | 12 | 74 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | Buffalo Bills | 14 | 114 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2011 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 113 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 137 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 15 | 159 | 3 | 2 |
| 2014 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7 | 66 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 14 | 132 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 128 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2017 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 13 | 60 | 1.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 142 | 1,085 | 16.5 | 15 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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