STATE COLLEGE, Pa., June 24, 2005 - Eighteen former Penn State football players are returning to campus this weekend to assist the Nittany Lion coaching staff with the inaugural Senior Position Camp.

The new camp, for 2005 high school seniors, is being held today and Saturday on the University Park campus. The fifth Penn State Football Camp of the summer, an offense / defense skills and fundamentals camp, runs June 26-29 for athletes entering 8th-12th grade in the fall.

The vast majority of the 18 former Nittany Lions returning to work the camp this weekend are head or assistant high school and college football coaches. They are:

- Tom Barr (Head coach at Owen J. Roberts (Pa.) High School)
- Tom Bill (Assistant coach at Hunterdon Central (N.J.) HS)
- Jeff Bleamer (Assistant coach at Ohio University)
- Derek Bochna (Head coach at McGuffey (Pa.) HS)
- Darryl Bullock (Assistant coach at Tennessee State University)
- Gary Brown (Assistant coach at Lycoming College)
- Dave Clark (Assistant coach at Edison (Va.) HS)
- Stan Clayton (Assistant coach at Princeton University)
- Frank Gianetti (Assistant coach at Toms River North (N.J.) HS)
- Tim Janocko (Head coach at Clearfield (Pa.) HS)
- Tony Johnson (former Penn State wide receiver from State College, Pa.)
- George Landis (Head coach at Pine Grove (Pa.) HS)
- Jeff Nixon (Assistant coach at University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)
- Dave Opfar (Head coach at St. Francis University and former Penn State graduate assistant)
- Dan Radakovich (Assistant coach at Robert Morris and former Penn State assistant)
- Terry Smith (Head coach at Gateway (Pa.) HS)
- Jim Williams (former State College HS head coach and Penn State assistant coach)
- Justin Williams (former Penn State wide receiver from Uniondale, N.Y.)

There were more than 50 Penn Staters coaching in high school, college or professional football during in 2004.

Information on Penn State's Football Camps can be found by visiting: www.pennstatefootballcamps.com or by contacting the Penn State sports camps office at 814-865-0561.