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Tyelr Warren breaks Penn State TE touchdown reception record

Tyler Warren set a new record for the most touchdown catches by a tight end.

Penn State tight end [autotag]Tyler Warren[/autotag] continued to make some history on Saturday afternoon in Beaver Stadium. With his touchdown catch from Drew Allar late in the second quarter, Warren set a new Penn State record for the most touchdown catches by a tight end.

[autotag]Pat Freiermuth[/autotag] was the former record holder for the most touchdown receptions during a Penn State career with 16. Warren is now up to 17 career touchdown catches. It is worth noting that Warren also has six career rushing touchdowns to go with his career stats.

Warren’s touchdown tied [autotag]Allen Robinson[/autotag] for eighth on the school’s all-time touchdown reception list. Warren will have an opportunity to move into the top-five of Penn State’s all-time touchdown receptions leaderboard.

The school record of 31 career touchdown receptions by [autotag]Bobby Engram[/autotag] won’t be touched, and [autotag]Kenny Jackson[/autotag] and [autotag]Jahan Dotson[/autotag] each should be out of reach with 25 touchdowns each. [autotag]Deon Butler[/autotag] is fourth on the school’s all-time list with 22 career touchdowns.

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Penn State’s all-time first-round NFL draft picks

Every Penn State football player ever drafted in the first round of the NFL draft in school history.

In the history of the NFL draft, only a handful of schools have had more players drafted by NFL franchises than Penn State. The Nittany Lions have sent over 360 players through the NFL draft over the years, and that number continues to climb every year. And when it comes to first-round picks, Penn State has had a solid number of those as well, including some top draft picks.

Lenny Moore, arguably the best player in Penn State football history, is appropriately the first player in program history to be selected by an NFL franchise in the NFL draft. Since then, Penn State players have been selected in the first round numerous times through the decades with players like Shane Conlan, Blair Thomas, Ki-Jana Carter, LaVar Arrington, Saquon Barkley, and Micah Parsons.

Here is a look at every first-round NFL draft pick in Penn State history, starting with the first.

2022 NFL Draft: Jahan Dotson drafted by Washington Commanders

Jahan Dotson was selected by Washington Commanders in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft.

One of Penn State’s top all-time wide receivers is now officially an NFL player. [autotag]Jahan Dotson[/autotag] was selected in the first round of the 2022 NFL draft by the Washington Commanders with the No. 16 pick in the first round.

Dotson accounted for 2,757 career receiving yards and 25 receiving touchdowns (27 total touchdowns) in four seasons with Penn State. Dotson is Penn State’s fourth all-time leader in career receiving yards and is tied for the second-most receiving touchdowns in school history. Only [autotag]Bobby Engram[/autotag] has more touchdowns than Dotson in Penn State history.

Dotson is the first wide receiver from Penn State to be selected in the first round since 2003 when [autotag]Bryant Johnson[/autotag] was selected by the Arizona Cardinals with the 17th overall pick. Dotson is the fourth wide receiver from Penn State to ever be selected in the first round, joining Johnson, [autotag]O.J. McDuffie[/autotag] (1993, Miami Dolphins), and [autotag]Kenny Jackson[/autotag] (1984, Philadelphia Eagles).

Dotson is now the first wide receiver to be coached by James Franklin to be selected in the first round. Dotson is also Franklin’s highest-draft pick at receiver, beating out KJ Hamler (No. 46 overall in 2020) and Jordan Matthews (Vanderbilt, No. 42 overall in 2014).

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Former NFL scout ranks Jahan Dotson among top receivers in 2022 NFL draft

Where does Jahan Dotson rank among the top wide receive s in this year’s NFL draft according to a former scout?

At this point, it appears to be a consensus opinion that Penn State wide receiver [autotag]Jahan Dotson[/autotag] is one of the best wide receiver prospects in the draft pool for the 2022 NFL draft. But where he ranks compared to other top receivers in the draft pool is still up for debate. And we will ultimately see where he ranks in the minds of those that matter the most when the draft picks start coming off the board next month, but until then we are left to the opinions of those in the scouting community to determine just where Dotson stands among his peers.

One person with scouting experience agrees with the masses that Dotson is certainly one of the best receivers in the draft class, one that is super deep on top-tier receiver talent. Bucky Brooks recently updated his top five wide receivers for NFL.com for the upcoming draft, and it continues to include Dotson. Dotson appears at No. 4 on Brooks’ most recent update to his receiver rankings.

Here’s what Brooks says about Dotson;

Dotson is a “catch-and-run” specialist with outstanding speed, quickness and burst. The Penn State standout is a scheme-friendly playmaker capable of filling a variety of roles as an inside-outside threat.

Brooks’ top wide receiver in the draft is USC’s Drake London, with Alabama’s Jameson Williams behind him for No. 2. Dotson comes between Ohio State’s dynamic duo of Garrett Wilson (No. 3) and Chris Olave (No. 5).

“The top of the draft board at receiver is starting to resemble an ice cream shop, with so many blue-chip prospects sorted and stacked by different flavors,” Brooks says on NFL.com. “Whether a team is searching for a big-bodied pass-catcher with dynamic red-zone skills or a shifty route runner with big-play ability, the 2022 class has it all.”

Dotson appears to be a trendy option for a late first-round draft pick according to many updated mock drafts, which would make him the first wide receiver from Penn State to be a first-round draft pick since [autotag]Bryant Johnson[/autotag] in 2003 (No. 17 to Arizona Cardinals). [autotag]O.J. McDuffie[/autotag] (No. 25 to Miami Dolphins) and [autotag]Kenny Jackson[/autotag] (1984, No. 4 to Philadelphia Eagles) are the only other Penn State wide receivers in school history to be selected in the first round.

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Jahan Dotson moving his way up list of Penn State’s all-time leading receivers

Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson is projected to finish in the top 10 among Penn State’s all-time leading receivers.

Penn State wide receiver has commented on how he wants to be a legend like Saqon Barkley before he leaves the Nittany Lions. One step toward becoming a legend would be to move his way up the list of Penn State’s all-time leading receivers with one final and full season in 2021.

Dotson will begin the 2021 season already in the top 20 in the Penn State record books for most career receiving yards. Dotson is 17th on the all-time list at Penn State, just behind his former teammate KJ Hamler. Dotson would have to turn in a record-setting single-season performance for Penn State to climb to the top of the list, as he is 1,451 receiving yards away from the Penn State career record of 3,026 yards held by Bobby Engram. Allen Robinson holds the single-season receiving record with 1,432 yards in 2013.

With Dotson setting his own personal goal to leave Penn State with legendary status, here is a look at the top 20 players in Penn State history with the most career receiving yards.