Outback Bowl '11: Three stay home; Kevin Newsome transfer looking more likely

Kevin Newsome didn't join the team
this week in Tampa. (Photo: LBU/Mike)

Three underclassmen on Penn State's football team were left behind when the team traveled to Tampa this week for Outback Bowl preparations. This is according to Sean Fitz at Lions247.com:

Sophomore quarterback Kevin Newsome, redshirt sophomore tight end Mark Wedderburn and true freshman offensive tackle Thomas Ricketts did not make the trip.

2010 Freshmen Jersey Numbers

Penn State freshman quarterback Robert Bolden (pictured) will wear the #1 jersey this fall.

Penn State updated its roster, so we finally get to see what numbers the freshmen got. Some of them we already knew, as a few of the freshmen enrolled in January and participated in the Blue-White Game.

Here they are:

83 Brad Bars DE FR 6-3/223

84 Kyle Baublitz DE FR 6-5/248

1 Robert Bolden QB FR 6-4/208

45 Alex Butterworth P FR

40 Glenn Carson LB FR 6-3/237

65 Miles Dieffenbach OL FR 6-3/290

49 A.J. Firestone P FR 6-0/222

11 Khairi Fortt LB FR 6-2/233

79 Luke Graham OL FR 6-4/278

75 Evan Hailes DT FR 6-1/307

82 Kevin Haplea TE FR 6-4/243

43 Mike Hull LB FR 6-0/211

91 DaQuan Jones DT FR 6-3/309

10 Paul Jones QB FR 6-3/246

30 Ryan Keiser FR 6-1/191

18 Alex Kenney WR FR 6-0/190

72 Khamrone Kolb OL FR 6-5/335

63 Alex Mateas OL FR 6-3/310

15 Chad Nicholas FR 6-1/177

86 C.J. Olaniyan DE FR 6-3/229

25 Silas Redd TB FR 5-10/200

55 Tom Ricketts OL FR 6-5/268

32 Dakota Royer LB FR 6-1/210

40 Zach Zwinak FB FR 6-1/227

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2010 Freshman Class, Hello!

Penn State didn't have to worry about the usual National Letter of Intent Signing Day drama. Unlike the plurality of college football programs on signing day, Joe Paterno's crew likes to lock up their recruiting classes early.