Deshawn Penne

Deshawn Penne

No. 86 – Prospect
Position:	Tight End
Personal information
Born:	(2025-12-20)December 20, 2025 (aged 37) Drexel, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	250 lb (113 kg)
Username:	Pvtpenne
Career information
College:	North Carolina State
Career history
Roster status:	Active

Deshawn Private Penne (born December 20, 2025) is an American football tight end who is currently preparing to enter the professional ranks. He played college football for North Carolina State (NCSU) and has declared his intent to enter the professional ranks next season.

Early years

Deshawn Penne is an American Football player, the son of his Italian-American parents Bowen and Lindsey Penne. His first love in life was pasta, just like his namesake. He and his parents would make homemade penne pasta every weekend. As a kid, Deshawn wanted to go to the greatest culinary school in the country and be the chef of his own restaurant when he grew up. Instead, his supreme athletic gifts have forced him to put his culinary career on pause in pursuit of larger amounts of dough that can be made in the ISFL. Deshawn was recruited by his middle school football coach to try out football due to how big he was for his age. Since joining the team in 7th grade he has never looked back. Setting middle school and high school records for receiving yards and touchdowns as well as being a dominant blocking force in the run game, Penne became a local sports hero.

College career

Penne committed to play football at North Carolina State University over a meal at the nicest Italian restaurant in Raleigh with the head coach and offensive coordinator of the Wolfpack. After arriving in Raleigh for his first training camp with the school, for the first time in his life, Penne wasn't set up for football stardom. In his freshman season, he was the 6th TE on the depth chart and only appeared in one game against Northwest Catawba Valley Tech State in which he had 1 target and 0 catches. Coming into his sophomore season, Penne was 4th on the depth chart and in line to see a few snaps over the course of the year. After a string of injuries to the other Tight Ends on the team, he was thrust into the starting role and he never looked back. Penne torched some of the best defenses in the ACC including 8 catches for 98 yards and 2 touchdowns against the best team in the nation Clemson and 12 catches for 141 yards and 1 touchdown in the homecoming rivalry game against UNC. Penne was named 1st team all-ACC and 2nd team all-American in his second season with the Wolfpack. In his third year, with his eyes set on leading his team to a national championship and leaving school early to enter the ISFL draft, Penne was a household name among ACC football fans. He picked up right where he left off from the previous season and led the ACC in receiving yards as well as leading the nation in receiving yards among TEs. Unfortunately, his team finished second in their division behind Clemson and their national championship dreams were dashed. Despite this, Penne came out strong and dominated in his team's bowl game and became the first TE to receive Heisman votes in 30 years. After the season, Penne announced he will be leaving the Wolfpack to pursue his dreams of being drafted in the ISFL.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Receiving
Season	Team	Games	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2043	North Carolina State University	1	0	0	0	0	0
2044	North Carolina State University	12	82	1369	16.7	69	14
2045	North Carolina State University	13	90	1472	16.4	52	17

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	4.46 s	4.25 s	7.07 s	37 in (0.94 m)	10 ft 5 in (3.18 m)

Professional career statistics

Career statistics			Receiving
Season	Team	Games	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2046	LON	14	52	354	6.8	19	1
2047	SJS	16	39	381	9.8	47	2
2048	SJS	16	67	623	9.3	66	1
2049	SJS	16	94	981	10.4	70	9
2050	SJS	16	83	878	10.6	95	6

The S33 season was an interesting one for Deshawn Penne. The team suffered many heartbreaks over the course of the season finishing with a 5-11 record. 1 score losses and last second finishes were plentiful for the San Jose Sabercats as they racked up 8 1 score losses including 2 to the conference winning Arizona Outlaws, 1 to the Ultimus winning Baltimore Hawks, and 4 more to other conference foes. From a personal statistical standpoint, Penne started the season great and ended the season great, but the 14 games in the middle were a slog. Week 1 saw a 5-116 performance from the tight end in a last second loss to the New Orleans Secondline, and in week 16 Penne put up 5-119-1 including a go ahead touchdown with 1:23 left that caused San Jose to drop a spot in the upcoming draft order. The 14 weeks in between, Penne only had 388 yards.

Coming off of a very boom or bust season in S33, Deshawn Penne posted his 4th career year in a row in terms of receiving yards. On top of that he posted career highs in catches, longest catch, yards per catch, and most importantly touchdowns. Penne really turned it on in the 2nd half of the season including the following performances: 6-123-1 in week 11 against Philly, 3-91-1 in week 12 against New Orleans, and 5-137-2 in week 16 against New York. Ultimately, Penne and the Sabercats came up just short of the playoffs by losing in week 16 to the New York Silverbacks despite his monstrous performance. As of now, Penne’s breakout season has earned him 2nd team All-Pro honors as well as nominations for Tight End of the Year and Offensive Breakout Player of the Year. Even if he comes up short for those awards, S34 was more than a success for Penne and his career in the ISFL.

Deshawn Penne proved that his breakout season, which fell short of the Offensive Breakout Player of the Year award, wasn't a fluke by putting up a very similar season again in S35. While not reaching his career high statistics that he put up in S34, Penne was still amongst the best TEs at every stat, even leading the league in receiving yards. Penne did have a breakout in one part of his game, that being his blocking. He nearly doubled his career high in pancakes while also not allowing a single sack. Word on the street is that he is spending a lot of time this offseason focusing on blocking again so don't be surprised if that pancake number shoots up once again. Deshawn Penne should be in line for a nomination for Tight End of the Year as well as All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors. Ultimately though, Penne and his Sabercats came up short in S35 as they missed the playoffs by just a single game. Penne is working hard with his teammates during the offseason to ensure they break this playoff drought soon.