Wake records a forced fumble and interception; Zettel notches first sack, while Williams and Johnson have career days

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Dec. 21, 2016 – A total of 31 Penn State football alumni are populating the rosters of 22 National Football League teams. The Nittany Lions annually are among the top 20 programs nationally in producing players in the NFL. Each week throughout the year, GoPSUsports.com will provide updates on the exploits of these former Nittany Lion greats.

The Philadelphia Eagles are in the midst of a five-game losing streak captivated by the low point of their season… losing at Cincinnati by the score of 32-14. It wasn’t as close as the score indicated. At one point they looked up at the scoreboard in Paul Brown Stadium in the 3rd quarter and the score read 29-0. Ouch!

The goal every year is the same for St. Joe’s Prep coach Gabe Infante: Play into December.
It’s what the Hawks have been doing quite often over the last five years, and it’s that standard of sustained success that enables St. Joe’s Prep to top Footballstories 2016 season finale Top 20 list, out-distancing Public League powerhouse Imhotep Charter and Archbishop Wood, Prep’s Catholic League rival, for the top spot.

High School football rivalry games bring out emotions that run the gamut of emotions.
Win, and you are walking on air for weeks. Lose and the feeling reach deep into your gut.
Lose on a blocked punt with time running out in the fourth quarter and the defeat burns through the heart even deeper.
That’s what happened to Interboro on Thanksgiving Day when the Bucs dropped a heart-breaking decision to crosstown adversary Ridley 29-22.

Timber Creek named Footballstories Team Of The Year for South Jersey.
Lenape, St. Augustine, Camden Catholic also enjoy terrific seasons.

Led by rookie quarterback Carson Wentz the Eagles came back from a 10-point, fourth-quarter deficit on two consecutive drives that started with 6:12 left in the final stanza. But the effort fell short.
Baltimore (8-6) escaped with a 27-26 win over the Birds who gave the home team all they could handle at M&T Bank Stadium.
With the loss, the Eagles fell to 5-9 on the season and have lost five straight (their first since 2012) . After starting the season with three wins, the Eagles are 2-9 since.

Eagles rushed well against one of the best defenses in the NFL against the run. The Birds sacked Pro Bowl quarterback and South Jersey native Joe Flacco three times. Caleb Sturgis was 4 for 4 on field goals…yet Eagle lost their fifth straight game to the Ravens 27-26.

Allen Barbre will test his hamstring at game time in Baltimore. Matt Tobin is out as is Halapoulivaati Vaitai and Brandon Brooks is dealing with anxiety issues that have kept him out of two of last three games plus Lane Johnson is still out because of his suspension.
So Eagles rookie head coach Doug Pederson will have his hands full Sunday when the Birds face off against the Baltimore Ravens who are fighting for their playoff lives.

Dallas arrived with an 11-game winning streak and the NFL’s fourth-ranked offense, but didn’t score a point in the final three quarters as the Giants earned an exciting and fiercely-competitive 10-7 victory.

The Eagles 2016 season, as far as making the playoffs, has been decided. It’s over.
That happened when the Birds (5-8) dropped a hard-fought decision to the Washington Redskins (7-5-1), 27-22, at Lincoln Financial Field on a cold but clear late fall day in South Philadelphia.
Darren Sproles had 27 yards on five carries. The two-time Pro Bowl special teams player had to leave the game after Deshazor Everett, a second-year safety from Texas A&M, plowed into Sproles as he prepared to field a punt at the beginning of the fourth quarter.