LaVar Arrington heading to College Football Hall of Fame

Penn State is seeing another player leap into the College Football Hall of Fame

It’s time to make room in the College Football Hall of Fame for another storied linebacker from Happy Valley. LaVar Arrington has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for the Class of 2022.

Arrington ranks among the most accomplished linebackers in Penn State history, which of course is impressive given the Linebacker-U nickname attached to the Nittany Lions. But Arrington was easily among the best of his generation, and not just at Penn State.

Arrington is a former two-time First-Team All-American and he was the winner of the 1999 Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defensive player and the Dick Butkus Award for the nation’s top linebacker.

Arrington was as loud with his mouth as he was with his play, thus adding a little bit of fire and intensity to the signature position at Penn State that nobody had been able to blend before. That legacy was later carried don by other players at Penn State, most notably by Micah Parsons, who wore Arrington’s No. 11 and played with the same intensity.

Arrington went on to become the No. 2 overall draft pick of the Washington Rdskins in the 2000 NF draft, one pick behind his teammate Courtney Brown, who was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns.

Arrington will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year, on December 6.

Maybe next year? What Penn State players didn’t get the hall of fame call?

Joining Arrington on the ballot for the College Football Hal of Fame was another iconic linebacker from Penn State’s past, Paul Posluszny. Despite an incredible career with the Nittany Lions, Posluszny did not make the cut to get inducted along with Arrington this year, so his waiting game will continue.

Continuing to wait for his time is former offensive lineman Steve Wisniewski. Despite being among the top offensive linemen of his era in both the college level and the professional level, Wisniewski continues to not receive the votes needed to be added to the College Football Hall of Fame.

There’s always next year!

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