... Mike Reid, John Cappelletti, and Paul Posluszny are brought up, you know Penn State greats are being talked about. 

But quite possibly no Penn State football player will ever be as influential as Scott Shirley, Damone Jones, and Dave Costlow.

Jones and Costlow were both solid offensive linemen, but had no future in football past Penn State.  Costlow was best known for his Sports Illustrated article which regarded him as one of the smartest college football players in the country in 2003.  And Shirley was a walk on receiver that never recorded a reception in his time at Penn State.

So why hold them in the same regard as the greats aforementioned?

Scott's father, Don had a bout with kidney cancer in ...

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