All-Big Ten Sean Lee First-team Pro Football Weekly All-American Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (September 1) Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (November 3) ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District Second-team All-Big Ten ESPN.com All-Bowl Team Aaron Maybin Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten Anthony Morelli Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Jordan Norwood ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District Rich Ohrnberger Second-team All-Big Ten Evan Royster Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten Mark Rubin ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District A. Q. Shipley First-team All-Big Ten (conference coaches selection) ESPN All-Big Ten Team ESPN.com All-Bowl Team Derrick Williams Pontiac Game Changing Performance (Sep. 8) Stefen Wisniewski Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten Post season Penn State finished the season ranked #25 in the final USA Today college football poll, earning Penn State its 33rd Top 25 finish under Joe Paterno. Penn State finished second in football attendance for the fifth time this decade and in the top four for the 17th consecutive year, averaging 108,917 for seven home games, including two primetime crowds of 110,134 on October 27 to watch Penn State host Ohio State, the second-largest in Beaver Stadium history, and 110,078 on September 8 to watch Penn State beat Notre Dame, the third-largest in Beaver Stadium history. Penn State finished the season with a sellout crowd of 66,166 at the Alamo Bowl. In January, junior cornerback Justin King announced that he was going to declare for the 2008 NFL Draft, skipping his final year of eligibility. King had graduated the previous semester with a degree in liberal arts with an emphasis in sports management. According to King's stepfather and high school coach, "He wanted to get an education and a degree from Penn State, which he did. He wanted to help turn Penn State around, and he did that, too." Three players were invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, held February 20–26 in Indianapolis, Indiana: Dan Connor, Justin King, and Anthony Morelli. NFL draft Two Penn State players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft. All-star games References Penn State Penn State Nittany Lions football seasons Alamo Bowl champion seasons Penn State Nittany Lions football