Teams Penn State 2012 Roster ← 2011 2013 → 2012 Penn State roster 116 players. From 22 states and 1 other country; the most from Pennsylvania (56) and Maryland (16). The 2012 season .
Quarterbacks 5 Running backs 10 Receivers 13 Tight ends 7 Offensive line 21 Defensive line 17 Linebackers 17 Defensive backs 16 Specialists 9 Athletes and others 1
Running backs 10 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 28 Zach Zwinak RB 6′1″ Frederick, MD 1,000 rushing yards, 6 TD 1 Bill Belton RB 4★ 4-star recruit 5′10″ Sicklerville, NJ 258 rushing yards, 3 TD 24 Derek Day RB 5′9″ Harrisburg, PA 109 rushing yards 22 Akeel Lynch RB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ Toronto, ON 30 Andre Dupree FB 5′10″ Waldorf, MD 33 Colin Bryan RB 6′0″ 192 Windber, PA 35 Pat Zerbe FB 6′1″ West Lawn, PA 36 Deron Thompson RB 5′10″ 204 Lititz, PA 41 J.R. Refice FB 6′0″ 246 Jessup, PA 45 P.J. Byers FB 6′0″ Harrison City, PA
Receivers 13 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 8 WR 6′3″ Southfield, MI 77 catches, 1,018 yards, 11 TD 85 Brandon Felder WR 6′2″ Fort Washington, MD 31 catches, 437 yards, 1 TD 37 Evan Lewis WR 5′9″ Gettysburg, PA 12 returns, 48 yards 15 Alex Kenney WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ State College, PA 17 catches, 172 yards 21 Trevor Williams WR 6′1″ Baltimore, MD 10 catches, 97 yards 81 Shawney Kersey WR 6′1″ Woodbury, NJ 6 catches, 44 yards 80 Matt Zanellato WR 6′3″ Burke, VA 2 catches, 19 yards 2 Jake Kiley WR 6′0″ 183 Plymouth, NH 13 Tyler Lucas WR 6′2″ 191 Bellefonte, PA 16 Eugene Lewis WR 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ 199 Wilkes-Barre, PA 17 Christian Kuntz WR 6′4″ Camp Hill, PA 85 Brandon Moseby-Felder WR 6′2″ 195 Fort Washington, MD 88 Jonathan Warner WR 6′1″ 199 Camas, WA
Tight ends 7 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 87 Kyle Carter TE 6′3″ Bear, DE 36 catches, 453 yards, 2 TD 84 Matt Lehman TE 6′6″ Newport, PA 24 catches, 296 yards, 3 TD 18 TE 6′7″ Glassport, PA 15 catches, 276 yards, 5 TD 11 Brent Wilkerson TE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Clinton, MD 34 Dominic Salomone TE 5′10″ 242 Dillsburg, PA 82 Brian Irvin TE 6′3″ Orrtanna, PA 86 Bryce Wilson TE 6′3″ 248 Camp Hill, PA
Offensive line 21 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 77 OT 6′6″ Carlisle, PA 7 catches, 65 yards 50 Anthony Stanko OG 6′4″ 307 Warren, OH 53 Derek Dowrey OG 6′3″ Winchester, VA 54 Matt Stankiewitch C 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 301 Orwigsburg, PA 55 Wendy Laurent C 6′2″ 297 Hamilton, NJ 56 Anthony Alosi OG 6′4″ 283 Marlton, NJ 58 Adam Gress OT 6′6″ 320 West Mifflin, PA 60 Ty Howle C 6′0″ 293 Wake Forest, NC 62 Frank Figueroa C 6′3″ 298 San Antonio, TX 64 OG 6′3″ 301 Williamsville, NY 65 Miles Dieffenbach OG 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 303 Pittsburgh, PA 66 Angelo Mangiro OG 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 291 Succasunna, NJ 68 Bryan Davie OG 6′3″ 282 Bowie, MD 70 Nate Cadogan OT 6′5″ Portsmouth, OH 71 Albert Hall OT 6′4″ 298 Warwick, NY 72 Brian Gaia OG 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 295 Pasadena, MD 73 Mark Arcidiacono OG 6′4″ 293 Holland, PA 75 Eric Shrive OG 4★ 4-star recruit 6′6″ 323 Scranton, PA 76 OT 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 335 Owings Mills, MD 78 Mike Farrell OT 6′6″ 306 Pittsburgh, PA 79 Kevin Blanchard OT 6′7″ 295 Katy, TX
Defensive line 17 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 47 DL 6′1″ Steelton, PA 1 INT 18 Deion Barnes DE 6′4″ 255 Philadelphia, PA 31 DE 6′3″ Nashville, TN 48 Jordan Kerner DE 6′4″ 239 Fairview, PA 52 Brent Smith DE 6′2″ 240 Hughesville, PA 59 Pete Massaro DE 6′4″ 256 Newtown Square, PA 84 Kyle Baublitz DT 4★ 4-star recruit 6′5″ 281 York, PA 86 C.J. Olaniyan DE 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Warren, MI 88 Tyrone Smith DT 6′4″ Pittsburgh, PA 90 Sean Stanley DE 6′1″ Rockville, MD 91 DT 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ 318 Johnson City, NY 93 James Terry DT 6′3″ 316 New Castle, DE 94 Evan Schwan DE 6′6″ Harrisburg, PA 95 DE 6′7″ West Chester, PA 96 Cody Castor DT 6′3″ 295 Uniontown, PA 98 DT 4★ 4-star recruit 6′4″ West Branch, MI 99 DT 6′4″ 323 Galloway, NJ
Linebackers 17 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 9 Michael Zordich LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′1″ Youngstown, OH 296 rushing yards, 4 TD 42 Michael Mauti LB 6′2″ Mandeville, LA 3 INT 6 Gerald Hodges LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ Paulsboro, NJ 2 INT 43 Mike Hull LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′0″ Canonsburg, PA 1 INT 5 Nyeem Wartman-White LB 6′1″ Philadelphia, PA 1 return, 7 yards 33 Michael Yancich LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′2″ Washington, PA 1 return, 0 yards 40 LB 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Manahawkin, NJ 19 rushing yards 5 Nyeem Wartman LB 6′1″ 236 Philadelphia, PA 8 Gary Wooten Jr. LB 6′2″ 237 Miami, FL 30 Charles Idemudia LB 5′11″ 224 Grosse Pointe, MI 32 Jack Haffner LB 5′10″ State College, PA 38 Ben Kline LB 6′2″ 238 Silver Valley, PA 42 T.J. Rhattigan LB 5′10″ 194 Naperville, IL 46 Adam Cole LB 5′11″ 219 Belle Vernon, PA 49 Brennan Franklin LB 5′11″ 220 Peoria, AZ 51 Drew Boyce LB 6′1″ 203 Olathe, KS 54 James Van Fleet LB 6′0″ Williamsport, PA
Defensive backs 16 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 39 Jesse Della Valle S 6′1″ Pittsburgh, PA 21 returns, 265 yards 4 S 6′0″ Baltimore, MD 2 INT 27 Jacob Fagnano S 6′0″ Wiliamsport, PA 1 INT 1 Malcolm Willis S 5′11″ Marbury, MD 3 Da’Quan Davis CB 5′10″ 171 Baltimore, MD 6 Malik Golden S 6′0″ Hartford, CT 7 Stephen Obeng-Agyapong S 5′10″ Bronx, NY 9 Jordan Lucas S 6′0″ New Rochelle, NY 12 Stephon Morris CB 5′8″ Greenbelt, MD 14 Mike Wallace CB 5′9″ 195 Silver Springs, MD 15 Patrick Flanagan CB 5′8″ 158 State College, PA 16 Devin Pryor CB 5′10″ 181 San Bernardino, CA 17 Steve Stephenson CB 5′10″ 175 Westville, NJ 23 Ryan Keiser S 6′1″ Selinsgrove, PA 24 Jonathan Duckett S 6′1″ 188 Harrisburg, PA 45 Bryant Harper S 5′9″ 211 McKeesport, PA
Specialists 9 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 97 Sam Ficken PK 6′2″ Valparaiso, IN 14 of 21 field goals 45 Alex Butterworth P 5′10″ Indianapolis, IN 51 punts, 37.4 average 19 Matt Marcincin PK 5′11″ 182 Malvern, PA 29 Reynolds Parthemore P 6′4″ 196 New Cumberland, PA 32 Joe Baker P 5′8″ 190 West Chester, PA 44 Michael Fuhrman LS 5′10″ 213 Pittsburgh, PA 48 Kevin DiSanto PK 5′10″ 175 State College, PA 57 Emery Etter LS 6′1″ 221 Chambersburg, PA 63 Joe Marvin LS 6′4″ 247 Potomac, MD
Athletes and others 1 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 26 Curtis Dukes 6′1″ Evans Mills, NY 98 rushing yards
Jesse James, Jesse Della Valle, Michael Fuhrman, Bryant Harper, Adam Gress, Miles Dieffenbach, Mike Farrell, Tyrone Smith Christian Kuntz, Derek Day, Jonathan Duckett, Reynolds Parthemore, Jordan Hill, Bryce Wilson, Evan Schwan Alex Kenney, Patrick Flanagan, Jack Haffner, Kevin DiSanto Da’Quan Davis, Adrian Amos, Trevor Williams Nyeem Wartman, Nyeem Wartman-White, Deion Barnes Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Jordan Lucas Brent Wilkerson, Andre Dupree Matt McGloin, Eric Shrive Steve Stephenson, Shawney Kersey Joe Baker, Carl Nassib Michael Yancich, Mike Hull Dominic Salomone, Garry Gilliam Joe Marvin, Sean Stanley Brandon Felder, Brandon Moseby-Felder Bill Belton Malcolm Willis Jake Kiley Shane McGregor Gerald Hodges Malik Golden Paul Jones Allen Robinson Gary Wooten Jr. Michael Zordich Stephon Morris Steven Bench Tyler Lucas Garrett Venuto Mike Wallace Devin Pryor Eugene Lewis Matt Marcincin Ryan Keiser Curtis Dukes Zach Zwinak Charles Idemudia Brad Bars Colin Bryan Pat Zerbe Deron Thompson Evan Lewis Ben Kline Glenn Carson J.R. Refice Michael Mauti T.J. Rhattigan Alex Butterworth P.J. Byers Adam Cole Jordan Kerner Brennan Franklin Anthony Stanko Drew Boyce Brent Smith Derek Dowrey James Van Fleet Matt Stankiewitch Wendy Laurent Anthony Alosi Emery Etter Pete Massaro Ty Howle Frank Figueroa John Urschel Angelo Mangiro Bryan Davie Nate Cadogan Albert Hall Brian Gaia Mark Arcidiacono Donovan Smith Kevin Blanchard Matt Zanellato Brian Irvin Kyle Baublitz Matt Lehman C.J. Olaniyan Kyle Carter Jonathan Warner DaQuan Jones James Terry Cody Castor Sam Ficken Anthony Zettel Austin Johnson PA 56 MD 16 NJ 9 NY 7 MI 4 Hometowns of the 2012 Penn State roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Pennsylvania 56 Maryland 16 New Jersey 9 New York 7 Michigan 4 Ohio 3 Indiana 2 Virginia 2 Top counties Allegheny County, Pennsylvania pop. 1.2 million 9 Prince George’s County, Maryland pop. 960,000 6 Centre County, Pennsylvania pop. 159,000 5 Dauphin County, Pennsylvania pop. 290,000 4 Cumberland County, Pennsylvania pop. 268,000 4 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2012 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Matt McGloin QB
Allen Robinson WR
Jesse James TE
Garry Gilliam OT
John Urschel OG
Donovan Smith OT4-star recruit
Jordan Hill DL
Brad Bars DE
DaQuan Jones DT4-star recruit
Carl Nassib DE
Anthony Zettel DT4-star recruit
Austin Johnson DT
Glenn Carson LB4-star recruit
Adrian Amos S