Projecting Penn State’s Depth Chart and Travel Roster for Northwestern
Penn State will travel to Northwestern for its second Big Ten road trip of the season this weekend. As a conference rule, the Nittany Lions are allowed to take 74 players on the trip for the contest.
The Nittany Lions took 10 true freshmen with them to Illinois, but six did not register a snap. James Franklin said earlier this week that the team is sticking to its original plan with the youngest members of the roster.
“Nothing has changed. We have the guys that we had as green that we’re going to play,” Franklin said Wednesday night. “[For] those guys, the model hasn’t changed. We’re going to continue to play those guys. The guys that we would characterize as yellows, as of right now, those guys are staying yellow unless we get some bumps and bruises that we have to kind of change their status. I think it’s also, we’re trying to be as strategic as we can. The play early and then maybe hold and save some games for late in the season.”
With that in mind, here’s a look at our scaled-down depth chart, which will focus on the players expected to travel this weekend.
Offense
Quarterback (3)
15 – Drew Allar (So.)
9 – Beau Pribula (R-Fr.)
14 – Jaxon Smolik (Fr.)
Running Back (4)
13 – Kaytron Allen (So.) OR
10 – Nicholas Singleton (So.)
23 – Trey Potts (R-Sr.)
34 – Tyler Holzworth (R-So.)
26 – Cameron Wallace (Fr.)
24 – London Montgomery (Fr.)
Wide Receiver (9)
1 – KeAndre Lambert-Smith (Jr.)
3 – Dante Cephas (R-Sr.)
7 – Kaden Saunders (R-Fr.)
Wide Receiver
6 – Tre Wallace (R-So.)
11 – Malik McClain (Jr.)
4 – Malick Meiga (Jr.)
Wide Receiver
2 – Liam Clifford (R-So.)
5 – Omari Evans (So.)
80 – Cristian Driver (R-Fr.)
Tight End (5)
84 – Theo Johnson (Jr.) AND
44 – Tyler Warren (Jr.)
16 – Khalil Dinkins (R-So.)
88 – Jerry Cross (R-Fr.)
87 – Andrew Rappleyea (Fr.)
Offensive Line (12)
Left Tackle
74 – Olu Fashanu (Jr.)
66 – Drew Shelton (So.)
56 – JB Nelson (R-Jr.)
70 – Jven Williams (Fr.)
Left guard
56 – JB Nelson (R-Jr.)
71 – Vega Ioane (R-Fr.)
68 – Anthony Donkoh (Fr.)
78 – Golden Israel-Achumba (R.Jr.)
Center
64 – Hunter Nourzad (R-Sr.+)
53 – Nick Dawkins (R-Jr.)
51 – Dominic Rulli (R-Fr.)
Right Guard
77 – Sal Wormley (R-Sr.)
71 – Vega Ioane (R-Fr.)
53 – Nick Dawkins (R-Jr.)
Right Tackle
73 – Caedan Wallace (R-Sr.)
66 – Drew Shelton (So.)
Defense
Defensive Line (14)
Defensive End
44 – Chop Robinson (Jr.)
15 – Amin Vanover (Jr.) OR
36 – Zuriah Fisher (R-Jr.)
Defensive End
20 – Adisa Isaac (R-Sr.)
33 – Dani Dennis-Sutton (So.)
19 – Jameial Lyons (Fr.)
94 – Jake Wilson (R-Jr.)
Defensive Tackle
51 – Hakeem Beamon (R-Sr.)
52 – Jordan van den Berg (R-So.)
99 – Coziah Izzard (Jr.)
Defensive Tackle
28 – Zane Durant (So.)
91 – D’Von Ellies (R-Sr.)
58 – Kaleb Artis (R-Fr.)
18 – Davon Townley (R-So.)
Linebacker (7)
Linebacker (Will)
11 – Abdul Carter (So.)
13 – Tony Rojas (Fr.)
32 – Keon Wylie (R-Fr.)
Linebacker (Mike)
41 – Kobe King (R-So.)
43 – Tyler Elsdon (Jr.)
32 – Keon Wylie (R-Fr.)
Linebacker (Sam)
23 – Curtis Jacobs (Jr.)
34 – Dom Deluca (R-So.)
Defensive Back (14)
Cornerback
4 – Kalen King (Jr.)
5 – Cam Miller (So.)
16 – Elliot Washington (Fr.)
31 – Kolin Dinkins (R-Fr.)
Cornerback
3 – Johnny Dixon (Sr.)
25 – Daequan Hardy – (R-Sr.)
12 – Zion Tracy (Fr.)
29 – Audavion Collins (R-Fr.)
Nickel
25 – Daequan Hardy – (R-Sr.)
3 – Johnny Dixon (Sr.)
Safety
21 – KJ Winston (So.)
2 – Keaton Ellis (Sr.)
10 – Mehki Flowers (R-Fr.)
14 – Tyrece Mills (R-Jr.)
Safety
1 – Jaylen Reed (Jr.)
6 – Zakee Wheatley (R-So.)
9 – King Mack (Fr.)
Special Teams (6)
Alex Felkins – K
Sander Sahaydak – K
Riley Thompson – P/Holder
Gabe Nwosu – K/P
Nick Duzansky – LS
Blaise Sokach-Minnick – LS
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