Twenty-one Penn State students traveled to Nashville to team up with the NFL Environmental Program during the 2019 NFL Draft. Over three days, students engaged with visitors to help reduce waste through proper recycling and composting methods. The students also met with various NFL leaders for 'fireside chat' sessions to discuss career advice and opportunities.
This month, Penn State's Sustainability Institute continued its partnership with the NFL Environmental Program to create new student engagement opportunities around sustainable events management and to learn about sustainability initiatives that could be incorporated into Penn State Athletics.
Twenty-nine Penn State players were on the rosters of 21 National Football League (NFL) teams as the NFL season opens.
Commitment, connections help Penn State student secure, and succeed in, internship with NFL.
Four Nittany Lions — Brandon Bell, Malik Golden, Evan Schwan and Garrett Sickels — have signed undrafted free agent contracts with NFL clubs. Bell has inked a deal with the Cincinnati Bengals, Golden signed with the San Francisco 49ers, Schwan joined the New York Giants, while Sickels is now an Indianapolis Colt.
Zack Furness, associate professor of communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny, will present “Warring Representations of the NFL, Football Masculinity & Broken Bodies” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, in 276K Rec Hall on Penn State's University Park campus.
A pair of Penn State faculty members co-edited and created content for a special edition of the International Journal of the History of Sport, due out Feb. 2017.
A total of 37 Penn State football alumni are populating the training camp rosters of 23 National Football League teams. The Nittany Lions annually are among the top 20 programs nationally in producing players in the NFL. In addition, six former Nittany Lions are members of NFL coaching staffs, three of whom coach the running backs.
Former Penn State quarterback, NFL veteran and NFL Network analyst Michael Robinson is featured in the NFL Network's Back 2 Campus series that premieres Monday, April 25.
Penn State's Center for Sports Surface Research is collaborating with the National Football League to monitor an online database about turfgrass to help keep professional athletes safe on game day.
Five Penn State football student-athletes -- Christian Hackenberg, Austin Johnson, Jordan Lucas, Carl Nassib, Anthony Zettel -- have been invited to participate in the National Football League's 2016 Scouting Combine, the third-highest total in the Big Ten Conference.
The sports media's positive reaction to the hiring of a female referee in professional football is a good sign, according to a Penn State researcher, but did little to help expose deeper issues that hinder greater acceptance of women in sports.
With 27 Nittany Lions on National Football League rosters, Penn State is well represented in the professional ranks. Top performances from week four of the 2014 season included Tamba Hali's sack, forced fumble and fumble recovery, and Paul Posluszny's game-high 11 tackles.
With 27 Nittany Lions on National Football League rosters, Penn State is well represented in the professional ranks. Top performances from week three of the 2014 season included Tamba Hali's five stops, Gerald Hodges' seven tackles and Andrew Quarless' touchdown catch.
With 27 Nittany Lions on National Football League rosters, Penn State is well represented in the professional ranks. A top performance from week two of the 2014 season included Allen Robinson's four catches for 75 yards for the Jaguars.
