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Say Watt? Nassib, Schobert go from walk-ons to sack kings

Penn State's Carl Nassib and Wisconsin's Joe Schobert occupy the top spots on the national sacks chart, but that's not their only kinship.

They're former pledges in college football's Fraternity of The Unwanted. Tri-Lambs? Nope. Try walk-ons.

Neither Nassib nor Schobert came to their schools on scholarship. Nassib was a lanky, svelte lineman in high school, barely over 200 pounds and completely under the recruiting radar. Schobert was an overlooked high school running back nearly headed out his door to North Dakota before Wisconsin called to tell him he could pay his own way to play for them.