Name: Henry Fessler
Number: 29
Position: Wide receiver
Class: Redshirt junior
Height: 5′-10″
Weight: 180
Hometown: Erie, PA
High School: Cathedral Prep
Twitter: @henry_fess14
Overview
Successful football teams aren’t always led by the stars you see making the big plays on television. Success comes through hard work on the practice field and preparing for your opponent. To properly do that, you have to have players committed to helping make everybody else better even if they don’t get much of an opportunity on the playing field on Saturdays. Case in point, redshirt junior wide receiver Henry Fessler for Penn State.
You are not going to find Fessler’s name in the box score or the stat sheets, but he is far from an underappreciated player in the program. Fessler is among the players who receive high praise for their work ethic during the week, as he earned multiple Developmental Players of the Week honors during a trying 2020 season for the Nittany Lions.
Our D-Squad Players of the Week are:
➖ Nick Dawkins (@TheNickDawkins)
➖ Mason Stahl (@MasonStahl)
➖ Henry Fessler (@henry_fess14)
➖ Joseph Appiah Darkwa (@DarkwaAppiah)
➖ Jaden Seider (@JadenSeider)Great work from these five! 👊#WeAre pic.twitter.com/7aTAoEqacM
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) December 22, 2020
Fessler is also staying true to the iconic “Success With Honor” mantra instilled in the Penn State program by earning high marks in the classroom and earning Academic All-Big Ten honors in additional student-athlete of the week honors from Penn State.
Shoutout to @OttawasVeryOwn & @Henry_Fess14, our Student-Athletes of the Week! 👏💯#WeAre pic.twitter.com/VMYX1DV9xu
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) June 4, 2021
Fessler’s family has Big Ten roots too. Henry’s brother, Billy Fessler, is a former Penn State quarterback and placekicking holder who has gone on to begin a coaching career that started as a graduate assistant at Mississippi State with former Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead. Billy Fessler is now a graduate assistant coaching the offense for Ohio State. Fessler’s other brother, Charlie Fessler, played for Northwestern. And Fessler’s great-great uncle, Robert Weber, is a former Penn State football team captain from 1932-36.
To say Penn State and Big Ten football runs through Fessler’s veins is an understatement. If anyone deserves a chance to make a catch in a game, it just might be Fessler.
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