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Penn State adds transfer Hunter Nourzad to football team

Penn State announced the addition of offensive lineman Hunter Nourzad, a transfer from Cornell. Nourzad had spent the last four years at Cornell.

He finished career at Cornell starting 20 consecutive games at right tackle. Nourzad earned second-team All-America honors from the AFCA, picked up third-team All-America honors from Phil Steele and was named Phil Steele’s Ivy League Offensive Lineman of the Year. He was a first-team All-Ivy League selection and also earned academic All-Ivy League honors.

Nourzad was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy. In 2019, he earned second-team All-Ivy League honors.

He started all 10 games last fall at right tackle and led an offensive line which led the Ivy League and ranked fifth nationally with just 0.9 sacks allowed per game, three fewer than any other Ivy League school allowed. Cornell’s offensive line also allowed a school-record low nine sacks, besting the previous mark of 17m despite ranking second in the Ivy League in pass attempts.

The Big Red were second in the league and 16th nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed with just 4.2 per game, and they didn’t allow a sack against nationally-ranked VMI, Colgate or Penn.

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