When the NCAA restored Penn State’s 112 football victories from 1998-2011 on Friday, there wasn’t really anything to return.
Penn State had already won those games on the field.
Those victories are most assuredly Penn State’s, its fans, students and alumni.
But even more so, they belong to the following 534 players and 20 full-time coaches who represented Penn State in that 14-year period.
That group is listed below and features every player listed on Penn State’s official rosters from that time, as gleaned from the school’s 1998-2006 media guides and its official online rosters for 2007-2011. (Not every player listed appeared in a game, but their contributions were myriad.)
Anthony Adams, Askari Adams, Tyler Ahrenhold, Chad Albright, Jay Alford, Jesse Alfreno, Anthony Alosi, Craig Ames, Adrian Amos, Dick Anderson, Lance Antolick, Mark Arcidiacono, Tim Argiradi, LaVar Arrington, Drew Astorino, Chris Auletta…
…Mike Baird, Chris Baker, Quinn Barham, Deoin Barnes, Brad Bars, Kyle Baublitz, Greg Bauer, Brandon Beachum, Pat Bedics, Chris Bell, Imani Bell, Bill Belton, Dave Benfatti, Mikel Berry, Jason Bisson, Kevin Blanchard, John Blick, Travis Blomgren, Mick Blosser, Rob Bolden, Rick Bolinsky, Jeremy Boone, Navorro Bowman, Walt Bowman, Drew Boyce, James Boyd, Brett Brackett, Tom Bradley, Bruce Branch, Ryan Breen, Chance Bright, John Bronson, Courtney Brown, Cuncho Brown, Dontey Brown, Justin Brown, Levi Brown, Bruce Brozeski, Randy Buck, Tim Buckley, Kermit Buggs, Dorian Burton, Deon Butler, Alex Butterworth, Mike Buzin, P.J. Byers…
…John Cabot, Gerald Cadogan, Nate Cadogan, Shawn Campbell, Gino Capone, Ryan Caputo, Glenn Carson, Brent Carter, Kenny Carter, Kyle Carter, Jordan Caruso, Rashard Casey, Cody Castor, Mike Cerimele, Richard Cheek, Lavon Chisley, Patrick Christie, Joe Cianciolo, Paul Cianciolo, Daryll Clark, Francis Claude, Anthony Cleary, Brennan Coakley, Chris Colasanti, Eric Cole, Scott Collins, Dan Connor, Dan Corrado, T.C. Cosby, David Costlow, Kevin Cousins, Jack Crawford, Sam Crenshaw, Paul Cronin, Jason Crosby, Jeff Cully…
…Wes Dahlem, Andrew Dailey, Nick Daise, Maurice Daniels, Eric Dare, Kevin Darling, Jeremiah Davis, Scott Davis, Tony Davis, Jim Davitch, Joe Dawkins, Derek Day, Steve Delich, Jesse Della Valle, Nick Delligatti, Pat Devlin, Miles Dieffenbach, Dave Dietrich, Brent Diller, Zack Dillow, Jon Ditto, Horace Dodd, Curtis Drake, Mike Drenning, Eddie Drummond, Curtis Dukes, Jonathan Duckett, Curtis Dukes, Andre Dupree…
…Omar Easy, Chris Eberly, Lou Eliades, Emery Etter, B.J. Evangelista, Maurice Evans, Ryan Fagan, Jacob Fagnano, Brian Fairchild, Tim Falls, Mike Farrell, Mark Farris, Larry Federoff, Gus Felder, Devin Fentress, Anthony Fera, Sam Ficken, Frank Figueroa, Chafie Fields, Shamar Finney, A.J. Firestone, Patrick Flanagan, David Fleischhauer, Ryan Flores, Antwan Floyd, Travis Forney, Khairi Fortt, Derek Fox, Brian Friend, Michael Fuhrman…
…Josh Gaines, Erik Gainor, Chris Ganter, Fran Ganter, Jason Ganter, Dethrell Garcia, Richard Gardner, Mike Gasparato, Aaron Gatten, Bani Gbadyu, T.J. Gholston, Brian Gilmore, Pete Gilmore, Garry Gilliam, Chris Glenn, Vince Gliatta, Terrence Glover, Nate Glunt, Ryan Gmerek, Tom Golarz, Al Golden, Terrell Golden, Andrew Goodman, Robbie Gould, Luke Graham, Ron Graham, Basim Grant, Stephfon Green, Adam Gress, Andrew Guman, Ben Gummo…
…Matt Hahn, Evan Hailes, Tamba Hali, Galen Hall, Patrick Hall, Josh Hannum, Kevin Haplea, Darien Hardy, Chris Harrell, Willie Harriott, Aaron Harris, Greg Harrison, Mike Hart, Joe Hartings, Jerome Hayes, Michael Haynes, Aric Heffelfinger, Jed Hill, Jordan Hill, Austin Hinton, Gerald Hodges, Zack Hoffman, Joel Holler, John Hornyak, Ty Howle, Matt Huet, Jamal Huff, Joe Hughes, Josh Hull, Mike Hull, Tony Hull, Patrick Humes, Maurice Humphrey, Tom Humphrey, Tony Hunt, Sam Iezzi, Justin Ingram, Blasé Iorio, Joe Iorio, Brian Irvin…
…Kenny Jackson, Paul Jefferson, Cedric Jeffries, Dave Jens, Keith Jenkins, Bryant Johnson, Donnie Johnson, Ed Johnson, Kyle Johnson, Larry Johnson Sr., Larry Johnson Jr., Mike Johnson, Tim Johnson, Tony Johnson, Bob Jones, Damone Jones, DaQuan Jones, Corey Jones, Paul Jones, Matt Joyner, Steve Joseph, Bhawoh Jue…
…Jim Kanuch, Jeremy Kapinos, Brad Karson, Bill Kavanaugh, David Keisling, Ryan Keiser, John Kelly, Kevin Kelly, Jimmy Kennedy, Alex Kenney, Bill Kenney, Matt Kenney, Greg Kennis, Jordan Kerner, Shawney Kersey, Marc Kielmeyer, Ethan Kilmer, David Kimball, Anthony King, Justin King, Rodney Kinlaw, Ben Kline, Doug Klopacz, Khamrone Kolb, Abe Koroma, Kevin Kowalishen, Matt Kranchick, Chad Kroell, Andy Kubic, Christian Kuntz, Justin Kurpeokis, Lee Kuzemchak…
…Ben Lago, Dennis Landolt, Kevion Latham, Eric Latimore, Dan Lawlor, Sean Lee, Shawn Lee, Matt Lehman, Tyler Lenda, C.J. Leone, Evan Lewis, Matt Liebert, Lee Lispi, Calvin Lowry, Matt Lowry, Mike Lukac, Kyle Lucas, Sean Luchnick, R.J. Luke, Mike Lucian, Tom Lundquist, D’Anton Lynn, Jordan Lyons…
…David Macklin, Angelo Mangiro, Russ Manney, Munya Maraire, Matt Marcincin, Josh Marks, Nick Marmo, J.D. Mason, Pete Massaro, Alex Mateas, Josh Matzkin, Chris Mauriello, Michael Mauti, Patrick Mauti, Aaron Maybin, Shawn Mayer, Eric McCoo, Nerraw McCormack, Nolan McCready, Shelton McCullough, James McDonald, Tom McEowen, Marcus McFee, Matt McGloin, Shane McGregor, David McHenry, Sean McHugh, Tommy McHugh, Chris McKelvy, Kareem McKenzie, Joe McKinney, Mike McQueary, Jeremy Miller, James Millon, Marcus Mills, Zack Mills, Greg Miskinis, Cordell Mitchell, Jimi Mitchell, Josh Mitchell, Anthony Morelli, Marc Morgan, Stephon Morris, Mac Morrison, Brandon Moseby-Felder, Derek Moye, Ross Muir…
…Jonathan Nabavi, Carl Nassib, Joe Nastasi, Jesse Neumyer, Erik Noll, Brian Norwood, Jordan Norwood, Kevin Newsome, Ryan Nowicki, Russell Nye, Shawn Oakman, Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Mike Oberdorf, Jared Odrick, Ollie Ogbu, Kevin O’Hara, Rich Ohrnberger, Chima Okoli, C.J. Olaniyan, Jeff Oswald…
…Kinta Palmer, DeOn’tae Pannell, Brandon Parmer, Jay Paterno, Joe Paterno, Matt Pavelic, Mike Pawlikowski, Scott Paxton, Brendan Perretta, Rod Perry, Mark Petigout, Titcus Pettigrew, Anwar Phillips, Shane Phillips, Terrance Phillips, Pat Pidgeon, Nick Pinchek, Ryan Pinckney, Andrew Pitz, Ken Pollock, Paul Posluszny, Ako Poti, Chaz Powell, A.J. Price, Robert Price, Ryan Primanti, Joe Prokopik, Amani Purcell, Jim Pursley…
…Andrew Quarless, Andrew Radakovich, Charles Ramsey, Greg Ransom, Brandon Ream, Silas Redd, Tyler Reed, Curt Reese, J.R. Refice, T.J. Rhattigan, Doug Rheam, Matthew Rice, Andrew Richardson, Eric Rickenbach, Spencer Ridenhour, Steve Roach, Allen Robinson, Elijah Robinson, Jason Robinson, Michael Robinson, Chris Rogers, Jon Rohrbaugh, Joe Rose, Dakota Royer, David Royer, John Royse, Evan Royster, Mark Rubin, Sam Ruhe, Charles Rush, Andy Ryland…
…Tyrell Sales, Scott Sanden, Jerry Sandusky, Jon Sandusky, Lydell Sargeant, Joe Sarra, Mike Savage, Sean Schellenger, Woody Schmidt, Matt Schmitt, Anthony Scirrotto, Brad Scioli, Austin Scott, Bryan Scott, Ryan Scott, Evan Scherer, Ryan Seese, Adam Senk, Matt Senneca, Lewe Sessions, Jim Shaw, John Shaw, Tim Shaw, A.Q. Shipley, Scott Shirley, Brandon Short, Eric Shrive, Mickey Shuler, Rick Slater, Devon Smith, Donovan Smith, E.Z. Smith, Gerald Smith, Steve Smith, Isaac Smolko, BranDon Snow, David Soldner, Mike Sothern, Francis Spano, Rick Stankewicz, Matt Stankiewitch, Sean Stanley, Brandon Steele, Jonathan Stewart, LeMar Stewart, Tony Stewart, Devon Still, Chad Stoffer, Kyle Stout, Eric Sturdifen, Geoff Stryker, Jason Stryker, Nathan Stupar, Joe Suhey, Kevin Suhey, Nick Sukay, Vic Surma, Tyler Swenor, Andrew Szczerba…
…Adam Taliaferro, Phillip Taylor, Ernie Terrell, James Terry, Derrick Thomas, Deron Thompson, Kevin Thompson, Shaine Thompson, Knowledge Timmons, Gabe Tincher, Deryck Toles, Tariq Tonque, Joe Toriello, Anthony Tortorelli, Johnnie Troutman, Ricky Upton, John Urschel, Tyler Valoczki, James Van Fleet, Ron Vanderlinden, Trent Varva, Gio Vendemia, Garrett Venuto…
…Matt Waldron, Colin Wagner, Derek Wake, Reggie Walker, A.J. Wallace, Mike Wallace, Jason Wallace, J.B. Walton, George Ward, Brandon Ware, Rocky Washington, Kenny Watson, Garrett Watkins, Patrick Weber, Floyd Wedderburn, Mark Wedderburn, Bob White, Casey Williams, Derek Williams, Tom Williams, Malcolm Willis, Bryce Wilson, Chris Wilson, John Wilson, Brent Wise, Stefen Wisniewski, Ben Woodward, Leon Woolford, Mac Wright…
…Michael Yancich, Yaacov Yisrael, Nic Yocum, Matt Zanellato, Alan Zemaitis, Pat Zerbe, Anthony Zettel, Michael Zordich, Graham Zug, J.R. Zwierzynski, Zach Zwinak.
(Editor’s note, Jan. 20, 2015: Two names missing on the original list when the story was posted have been added, and the totals throughout the story have been updated to reflect those additions.)
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