Donald Ward Penn is an American football offensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Utah State. Penn attended Saint Bernard Catholic High School in Playa del Rey, California and was a student and a letterman in football and basketball. In football, as a senior, he was named the Team's Lineman of the Year, was a first team All-League selection, and was a first team All-California Interscholastic Federation selection. As a junior, he was a second team... All-League selection. In basketball, he was an All-State selection. Donald Penn graduated from Saint Bernard Catholic High School in 2001. He is currently the starting left tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He caught his first professional pass against the Philadelphia Eagles on October 12, 2009, off a Josh Johnson deflection, and took it for 15 yards. Later in the season in Week 10 against the Miami Dolphins, Penn blocked an extra point Field Goal attempt. Penn caught his first ever touchdown in the NFL on 21 November 2010 against the San Francisco 49ers.
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