UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania - Howland native Anthony Stanko has left the Penn State football program

Nittany Lions head coach Bill O'Brien made the announcement at a coach's caravan in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Stanko did not play during his true freshman season, and appeared not to be on the depth chart following the spring game earlier this month.

A Penn State spokesman tells 21 Sports that Stanko will remain at the school on scholarship.