PSU getting three for consideration

Jun 6, 2023

From Mirror reports

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Football lettermen Ki-Jana Carter, D.J. Dozier and Paul Posluszny were selected as a part of the national ballot for the National Football Foundation's College Hall of Fame's Class of 2024.

A total of 78 players and nine coaches from FBS are on the 2024 ballot.

The trio of standouts have an opportunity to join 20 former Nittany Lion players and five Penn State coaches who have been inducted into the Hall.

Also on the Hall of Fame ballot is former Nittany Lion student-athlete Glenn Killinger, who is among the candidates for the divisional coach Class of 2024. Killinger was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player in 1966.

The announcement of the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2024, with specific details to be announced in the future.

A native of Westerville, Ohio, Carter was selected a first-team All-American during the 1994 campaign. Carter staked a claim to being one of the most decorated Penn State running backs of all time with a junior season in which he was fourth nationally in rushing (139.9), second in scoring (10.8 ppg) and fifth in all-purpose yardage (158.4). Carter led the Big Ten Conference in all three categories. His 7.8 yards per carry easily was the best among the nation's Top 25 rushers.

A tailback, Dozier arrived from Virginia Beach, Va. and earned first-team All-America honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation in 1986. Dozier is the only Nittany Lion to lead the team in rushing four consecutive seasons, doing so from 1983-86. He ranks No. 5 on the school career rushing yardage list with 3,227 yards, scoring 25 touchdowns and averaging 5.2 yards per attempt. Dozier gained 1,002 yards as a freshman and tallied 811 yards and scored 10 touchdowns as a senior and one of the instrumental players on the Nittany Lions’ 12-0 squad.

Posluszny, an outside linebacker for the Nittany Lions, was a first-team All-American in 2005 and 2006. A native of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, he was selected a first-team honoree by the Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation in 2005 and the Associated Press and Walter Camp Football Foundation in 2006. Posluszny became just the second two-time winner of the Chuck Bednarik Award, presented to the nation's top defensive player, in 2006.

Pitt Panthers

PITTSBURGH — University of Pittsburgh Director of Athletics Heather Lyke announced on Monday the 2023 Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame induction class, a distinguished 12-member group representing seven different sports.

The honorees are:

n Richard Bradshaw (Swimming and diving coach)

n Ruben Brown (Football)

n Matt Cavanaugh (Football)

n Chris Doleman (Football; posthumous)

n Larry Fitzgerald (Football)

n Keith Gavin (Wrestling)

n Bobby Lewis (Baseball coach; posthumous)

n Joe Luxbacher (Men's soccer student-athlete and coach)

n Maureen McCandless (Women's track and field/cross country)

n Suzanne Pulley-Klacik (Women's swimming)

n Clive Vaughan (Men's basketball)

n Allison Williams-Murphy (Women's track and field)

On Monday, Fitzgerald was also named as one of the nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame.

Nominations for the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame were solicited from the general public. Candidates had to be five years removed from their final year of collegiate competition and not currently be playing professional sports.

The 2023 class will receive induction at the Pitt Athletics Hall of Fame dinner on Friday, Sept. 22, at the Petersen Events Center.

On Saturday, Sept. 23, the inductees will be introduced at Acrisure Stadium when the football team takes on North Carolina.

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