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Brown, Clifford, Mustipher, Tinsley earn preseason recognition
Ji’Ayir Brown
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State senior safety Ji’Ayir Brown, redshirt senior quarterback Sean Clifford, senior defensive tackle PJ Mustipher and senior receiver Mitchell Tinsley were all selected to the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, announced on Monday.
Ji’Ayir Brown · Sr+ · S · 5-11 · 208 · Trenton, N.J. · Trenton Central/Lackawanna College
- Is also on the Bednarik Award and Jim Thorpe Award watch lists.
- Has appeared in 22 career games at Penn State, making 13 starts.
- Tied for the nation’s lead with six interceptions in 2021.
- His six interceptions were tied for the 10th-most in a season at PSU.
- Became the first Nittany Lion to record six interceptions and two fumble recoveries in a season since Alan Zemaitis in 2005.
- Tied a Penn State bowl record with two interceptions in the Outback Bowl vs. Arkansas.
- Earned third team All-Big Ten honors by the coaches and honorable mention by the media.
- Recorded an interception as time expired to secure the win at Wisconsin to open the 2021 season.
Sean Clifford · R-Sr.+ · QB · 6-2 · 212 · Cincinnati, Ohio · Saint Xavier
- Also represented on Davey O’Brien Award, Manning Award, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year and Wuerffel Trophy watch lists.
- Has played in 38 career games, making 33 starts.
- Is one of three Penn State players to reach 8,000 yards of total offense and one of three PSU quarterbacks to eclipse 7,500 career passing yards.
- Sits as the current all-time leader at Penn State in completion percentage (.603).
- Ranks second at PSU in career passing touchdowns (62), third in passing yardage (7,839), completions (607) and passing efficiency (141.2), fourth in attempts (1,006), tied for seventh in yards per passing attempt (7.8), eighth in lowest interception percentage (2.49), and 10th in touchdown pass percentage (6.16) and wins as a starting quarterback (21).
- Is third in school history in 300-yard passing games (7) and 200-yard games…
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