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Penn State football: 5 most underrated Nittany Lions in program history

By Richard Kimball

STATE COLLEGE, PA - NOVEMBER 30: A view of Penn State Nittany Lions helmets on the sidelines during the second half of the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Beaver Stadium on November 30, 2019 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA - NOVEMBER 30: A view of Penn State Nittany Lions helmets on the sidelines during the second half of the game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Beaver Stadium on November 30, 2019 in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images) /
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Chuck Fusina of Penn State Nittany Lions.(Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images) /

(1975-1978). Chuck Fusina. player. 806. Scouting Report. Pick Analysis. QB. 1

Chuck Fusina went 29-3 as the Penn State quarterback.

Just like Lenny Moore, quarterback Chuck Fusina is overshadowed by years of Penn State football that followed his career. If Fusina is one of the first five quarterbacks you mention in Penn State history, you’re either lying or part of a small percentage that knows something. Before Trace McSorely, before Christian Hackenberg, Kerry Collins and Todd Blackledge, there was Chuck Fusina.

Fusina was 29-3 in his career at Penn State, passing for 5,382 yards and 37 touchdowns which still rank in the top-10 in the Nittany Lions record book. Fusina also added six scores on the ground during his time as QB1.

His senior year was almost as great of a finish as they come. Fusina was a consensus All-American, won the Maxwell Award, finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting and finished the regular season a perfect 11-0. The only thing that would’ve made this finish better would’ve been a win over Alabama in the Sugar bowl which would’ve given Penn State their first national championship.

Also, one of the least talked about traditions about Penn State is that of the No. 14 worn by their quarterback. Blackledge is the most notable, while Hackenberg and Sean Clifford are the most recent QB1s to don the number but Fusina is the original and the original greatest Penn State quarterback.

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