Penn State, senior defensive tackle Anthony Zettel has been named to the preseason watch list for the 12th annual Lott IMPACT Trophy.
The Lott IMPACT Trophy honors the top defensive player in college football who makes the biggest impact for his team, both on and off the field.
In 2014, Zettel had his most productive season after switching from defensive end to defensive tackle. A fourth-team All-American selection by Athlon Sports and an All-Big Ten first-team pick by both the coaches and media, Zettel logged career-best totals with 17 tackles-for-loss and 8.0 sacks.
His 16.0 career sacks puts Zettel in a tie for No. 15 in school history.
Off the field, Zettel is among a group that helped the football team complete a program-record of more than 1,900 total hours of community service during the summer and fall of 2014. The community service efforts began with volunteer hours at the Pennsylvania Special Olympics Summer Games on June 6 and ended on Dec. 26 with a visit to Sloan-Kettering Memorial Hospital in New York.
The 12th annual Lott IMPACT Trophy Award Banquet will be held Dec. 13 at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach, California.
The 2015 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List
Kevin Anderson, LB, Stanford
Dante Barnett, S, Kansas State
Joe Bolden, LB, Michigan
Briean Boody-Calhoun, DB, Minnesota
Joey Bosa, DE, Ohio State
Kelby Brown, LB, Duke
DeForest Buckner, DE, Oregon
Michael Caputo, S, Wisconsin
Shilique Calhoun, DE, Michigan State
Jeremy Cash, S, Duke
Su’a Cravens, S, USC
Leonard Floyd, LB, Georgia
Kendall Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech
Nate Gerry, DB, Nebraska
Adam Gotsis, DL, Georgia Tech
Deon Hollins, LB, UCLA
Dylan Haines, S, Texas
Vernon Hargreaves, CB, Florida
Ryan Janvion, S, Wake Forest
Jonathan Jones, CB, Auburn
Karl Joseph, S, West Virginia
Bronson Kaufusi, LB, BYU
Derrick Kindred, S, TCU
Jordan Lomax, S, Iowa
Dean Lowry, DE, Northwestern
Blake Martinez, LB, Stanford
Laui Moeakiola, LB, Arizona State
Calvin Munson, LB, San Diego State
Robert Nkemdiche, DE, Ole Miss
Jared Norris, LB, Utah
Shawn Oakman, DE, Baylor
Emmanuel Ogbah, DE, Oklahoma State
Joshua Perry, LB, Ohio State
Reggie Ragland, LB, Alabama
Jalen Ramsey, CB, Florida State
Sheldon Rankins, DT, Louisville
Jaylon Smith, LB, Notre Dame
Weston Steelhammer, S, Air Force Academy
Eric Striker, LB, Oklahoma
Jeremy Timpf, LB, Army
Scooby Wright III, LB, Arizona
Anthony Zettel, DT, Penn State
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