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Who is the best NFL player ever from Penn State? We asked and AI answered

Penn State football has 393 NFL Draft picks, but this former Nittany Lion in particular is the most notable NFL player out of Happy Valley.

Former Penn State football and Pittsburgh Steelers running back Franco Harris at Super Bowl XIII in 1979 | Ross Lewis/GettyImages

With college football season around the corner, we decided to ask ChatGPT who the best NFL player from Penn State is. While the NFL has the former Nittany Lion listed at No. 3, here's what AI said.

Franco Harris played at Penn State from 1969-1971 and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round of the 1972 NFL Draft.