Week 8 · 2021

Illinois at Penn State

Sat 10/23/2021 12:00 PMBeaver StadiumPenn State pregame95% — Pregame win probability: 95% for Penn State. Penn State favored, and lost — Illinois won.Conference

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Illinois

5–7

Penn State

7–6

Attendance

105,001

reported

Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2021, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

ILLQuarterbacks1 blue chip4

44-star recruitQB18Brandon Peters6yr
1,170 Pass yds7 TD4 Int53.8 Cmp%0 Rush yds
33-star recruitQB9Artur Sitkowski ← Rutgers4yr
704 Pass yds6 TD2 Int50.0 Cmp%31 Rush yds
33-star recruitQB6Matt Robinson4yr
career 508 Pass yds1 TD1 Int55.2 Cmp%-16 Rush yds
—No recruiting profile foundQB1Samari Collier1yr

PSUQuarterbacks1 blue chip3

—No recruiting profile foundQB14Sean Clifford4yr
3,107 Pass yds21 TD8 Int61.0 Cmp%163 Rush yds
33-star recruitQB11Christian Veilleux1yr
238 Pass yds3 TD0 Int61.5 Cmp%39 Rush yds
44-star recruitQB2Ta'Quan Roberson3yr
85 Pass yds1 TD2 Int39.3 Cmp%24 Rush yds

ILLOffensive lineNo blue chips15

33-star recruitOL79Vederian Lowe5yr
33-star recruitOL54Julian Pearl4yr
33-star recruitOL69Moses Okpala3yr
33-star recruitOL59Josh Plohr3yr
33-star recruitOL66Jordyn Slaughter3yr
33-star recruitOL64Zach Barlev1yr
33-star recruitOL73Josh Gesky1yr
33-star recruitOL64Josh Kreutz1yr
33-star recruitOL69Brody Wisecarver1yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL65Doug Kramer7yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL63Alex Palczewski6yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL75Alex Pihlstrom4yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL70Tommy Cronin3yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL55Blake Jeresaty2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL62Terry Zapf2yr

PSUDefensive line8 blue chips23

—No recruiting profile foundDE17Arnold Ebiketie ← Temple4yr
62 Tackles18.0 TFL9.5 Sacks
44-star recruitDE46Nick Tarburton3yr
29 Tackles4.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDE18Zuriah Fisher2yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDE15Amin Vanover2yr
4 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDE20Adisa Isaac3yr
career 27 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDE33Bryce Mostella2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDE98Dan Vasey4yr
—No recruiting profile foundDE94Jake Wilson2yr
33-star recruitDL8Smith Vilbert3yr
7 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDL99Jordan van den Berg1yr
5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL54Fatorma Mulbah2yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL54Kyle King2yr
0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDL99Cole Brevard2yr
33-star recruitDL44Joseph Appiah Darkwa3yr
33-star recruitDL99Rodney McGraw1yr
33-star recruitDT54Derrick Tangelo ← Duke5yr
29 Tackles5.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDT97PJ Mustipher4yr
21 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDT99Coziah Izzard2yr
21 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDT91Dvon J-Thomas3yr
15 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDT53Fred Hansard4yr
career 23 Tackles6.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDT51Hakeem Beamon3yr
career 9 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDT27Aeneas Hawkins3yr
—No recruiting profile foundDT47Alex Furmanek3yr

ILLDefensive line2 blue chips11

33-star recruitDL4Jer'Zhan Newton2yr
50 Tackles3.5 TFL3.5 Sacks
33-star recruitDL88Keith Randolph Jr.3yr
42 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks1 Int
—Recruiting profile found — unratedDL96Roderick Perry6yr
25 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL91Jamal Woods5yr
12 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDL93Calvin Avery4yr
11 Tackles1.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundDL47DJ Johnson1yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitDL52Verdis Brown3yr
3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—Recruiting profile found — unratedDL48Bryce Barnes3yr
3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitDL57Evan Kirts3yr
33-star recruitDL47Quinton McCoy2yr
33-star recruitDL88Sedarius McConnell1yr

PSUOffensive line7 blue chips17

44-star recruitOL70Juice Scruggs3yr
44-star recruitOL53Rasheed Walker3yr
44-star recruitOL73Caedan Wallace3yr
44-star recruitOL77Sal Wormley3yr
44-star recruitOL74Olumuyiwa Fashanu2yr
44-star recruitOL58Landon Tengwall1yr
33-star recruitOL72Bryce Effner3yr
33-star recruitOL53Nick Dawkins2yr
33-star recruitOL78Golden Israel-Achumba2yr
33-star recruitOL55Ibrahim Traore2yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL55Anthony Whigan5yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL75Des Holmes4yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL73Mike Miranda4yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL50Will Knutsson3yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL54Kaleb Konigus3yr
—No recruiting profile foundOL52Blake Zalar3yr
44-star recruitOT50Jimmy Christ2yr

ILLBacks & tight ends1 blue chip18

—No recruiting profile foundRB2Chase Brown5yr
170 Car1,005 Rush yds5 TD5.9 Rush avg
14 Rec142 Rec yds10.1 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB2Josh McCray1yr
112 Car549 Rush yds2 TD4.9 Rush avg
2 Rec43 Rec yds21.5 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB23Reggie Love III2yr
44 Car158 Rush yds0 TD3.6 Rush avg
2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB29Jakari Norwood4yr
27 Car120 Rush yds0 TD4.4 Rush avg
4 Rec8 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB26Mike Epstein5yr
25 Car107 Rush yds1 TD4.3 Rush avg
2 Rec6 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitRB22Chase Hayden ← East Carolina5yr
5 Car18 Rush yds0 TD3.6 Rush avg
33-star recruitRB24Nick Fedanzo3yr
career 1 Car2 Rush yds0 TD2.0 Rush avg
33-star recruitTE9Daniel Barker4yr
18 Rec202 Rec yds4 TD11.2 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE82Luke Ford5yr
15 Rec114 Rec yds2 TD7.6 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE89Tip Reiman2yr
3 Rec43 Rec yds1 TD14.3 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE42Michael Marchese5yr
2 Rec30 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE—Branden Hohenstein6yr
career 11 Rec209 Rec yds1 TD19.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE49Max Rosenthal ← Michigan State4yr
career 2 Rec4 Rec yds1 TD2.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE13Griffin Moore3yr
33-star recruitTE43Cooper Davis2yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE48Mike Cerniglia Jr.3yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE36Ben Schultz3yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE40Lucas Althaus1yr

PSULinebackers3 blue chips14

—No recruiting profile foundLB13Ellis Brooks4yr
100 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB12Brandon Smith3yr
81 Tackles9.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
44-star recruitLB40Jesse Luketa4yr
61 Tackles8.5 TFL0.5 Sacks1 Int
44-star recruitLB23Curtis Jacobs2yr
61 Tackles7.0 TFL3.0 Sacks1 Int
—No recruiting profile foundLB—Jonathan Sutherland4yr
24 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
33-star recruitLB45Charlie Katshir3yr
10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB43Tyler Elsdon2yr
10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
44-star recruitLB17Jamari Buddin1yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB41Kobe King1yr
3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB48Cody Romano2yr
1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB50Max Chizmar4yr
career 4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB39Robbie Dwyer3yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB0Dominic DeLuca1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB12Brandon Smith1yr

ILLLinebackers1 blue chip23

33-star recruitLB8Tarique Barnes3yr
80 Tackles6.0 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
33-star recruitLB92Isaiah Gay5yr
48 Tackles10.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB45Khalan Tolson4yr
48 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB99Owen Carney Jr.5yr
44 Tackles7.5 TFL6.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB35Jake Hansen6yr
32 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB9Seth Coleman3yr
22 Tackles3.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB24Derrick Smith5yr
17 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB46Alec McEachern4yr
9 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB38Isaac Darkangelo2yr
7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB2Calvin Hart Jr.3yr
6 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB33Ezekiel Holmes3yr
5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB51Sean Coghlan4yr
4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB42Luke Zardzin1yr
2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB98Deon Pate4yr
career 13 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB54Marc Mondesir5yr
career 12 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
44-star recruitLB7Shammond Cooper3yr
career 8 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
—No recruiting profile foundLB34Ryan Meed3yr
career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
33-star recruitLB28Dylan Rosiek1yr
33-star recruitLB3Kalen Villanueva1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB5Calvin Hart1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB—DJ Johnson1yr
—Recruiting profile found — unratedLB39Kenenna Odeluga1yr
—No recruiting profile foundLB43Marko Rajkovic1yr

PSUBacks & tight ends4 blue chips12

44-star recruitRB2Keyvone Lee2yr
108 Car530 Rush yds2 TD4.9 Rush avg
15 Rec130 Rec yds8.7 Rec avg
44-star recruitRB21Noah Cain3yr
106 Car350 Rush yds4 TD3.3 Rush avg
19 Rec114 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitRB23John Lovett ← Baylor5yr
52 Car177 Rush yds0 TD3.4 Rush avg
9 Rec36 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB22Devyn Ford3yr
14 Car61 Rush yds0 TD4.4 Rush avg
3 Rec18 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitRB26Caziah Holmes2yr
5 Car27 Rush yds0 TD5.4 Rush avg
—No recruiting profile foundRB38Tank Smith2yr
4 Car5 Rush yds0 TD1.3 Rush avg
44-star recruitTE86Brenton Strange3yr
20 Rec225 Rec yds3 TD11.3 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundTE84Theo Johnson2yr
19 Rec213 Rec yds1 TD11.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE44Tyler Warren2yr
5 Rec61 Rec yds1 TD12.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitTE16Khalil Dinkins1yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE47Tommy Friberg3yr
—No recruiting profile foundTE89Grayson Kline3yr

ILLReceivers2 blue chips14

44-star recruitWR1Isaiah Williams3yr
47 Rec525 Rec yds4 TD11.2 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR14Casey Washington3yr
21 Rec294 Rec yds0 TD14.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR80Donny Navarro III4yr
17 Rec167 Rec yds0 TD9.8 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR22Deuce Spann2yr
5 Rec124 Rec yds2 TD24.8 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR13Pat Bryant1yr
6 Rec98 Rec yds0 TD16.3 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR15Dalevon Campbell3yr
3 Rec50 Rec yds0 TD16.7 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR11Carlos Sandy4yr
4 Rec16 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR10Drew Dan5yr
career 53 Rec631 Rec yds3 TD11.9 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR7Brian Hightower4yr
career 23 Rec357 Rec yds4 TD15.5 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR9Jafar Armstrong ← Notre Dame4yr
career 30 Rec294 Rec yds0 TD9.8 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR8Khmari Thompson4yr
22-star recruitWR83Keion Battle2yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR84Owen Hickey2yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR15Ty Lindenman2yr

PSUDefensive backs11 blue chips20

44-star recruitCB9Joey Porter Jr.3yr
51 Tackles4 PD1 Int
44-star recruitCB5Tariq Castro-Fields5yr
33 Tackles7 PD
44-star recruitCB4Kalen King1yr
21 Tackles5 PD
33-star recruitCB25Daequan Hardy3yr
15 Tackles6 PD2 Int
33-star recruitCB3Johnny Dixon3yr
10 Tackles2 PD
33-star recruitCB24Jeffrey Davis Jr.1yr
44-star recruitDB16Marquis Wilson3yr
6 Tackles1 PD
44-star recruitDB12A.J. Lytton ← Florida State3yr
1 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundS16Ji'Ayir Brown2yr
73 Tackles5 PD6 Int
—No recruiting profile foundS1Jaquan Brisker5yr
63 Tackles5 PD2 Int
44-star recruitS2Keaton Ellis3yr
18 Tackles1 PD
44-star recruitS4Tyler Rudolph3yr
6 Tackles0 PD
44-star recruitS1Jaylen Reed1yr
6 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundS37Drew Hartlaub4yr
5 Tackles0 PD
44-star recruitS6Zakee Wheatley1yr
2 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundS29Sebastian Costantini3yr
0 Tackles1 PD
44-star recruitS5Jaden Dottin2yr
44-star recruitS15Enzo Jennings2yr
—No recruiting profile foundS32Dylan Farronato3yr
—No recruiting profile foundS26Jaden Seider3yr

ILLDefensive backs1 blue chip23

33-star recruitDB30Sydney Brown4yr
69 Tackles3 PD
33-star recruitDB6Tony Adams5yr
63 Tackles5 PD1 Int
33-star recruitDB25Kerby Joseph4yr
57 Tackles2 PD5 Int
33-star recruitDB21Jartavius Martin4yr
54 Tackles7 PD1 Int
—Recruiting profile found — unratedDB31Devon Witherspoon3yr
52 Tackles9 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB24Prather Hudson ← Georgia5yr
14 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB7Kendall Smith6yr
13 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB23Tahveon Nicholson2yr
11 Tackles2 PD
33-star recruitDB8Eddie Smith ← Alabama4yr
3 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB29Christian Bobak5yr
3 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB20Tyler Strain1yr
2 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB41Joriell Washington1yr
1 Tackles0 PD
—No recruiting profile foundDB32Tailon Leitzsey5yr
1 Tackles0 PD
44-star recruitDB—Marquez Beason3yr
career 7 Tackles0 PD
33-star recruitDB9Coran Taylor3yr
33-star recruitDB1Kionte Curry1yr
33-star recruitDB24Daniel Edwards Jr.1yr
33-star recruitDB14Prince Green III1yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB22Dylan Thomas3yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB27Matthew Bobak2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB37Jaden Jones-Watkins2yr
—No recruiting profile foundDB16Peyton Vining1yr
33-star recruitS1DD Snyder1yr

PSUReceivers4 blue chips14

44-star recruitWR5Jahan Dotson4yr
91 Rec1,182 Rec yds12 TD13.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR3Parker Washington2yr
64 Rec820 Rec yds4 TD12.8 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR5KeAndre Lambert-Smith2yr
34 Rec521 Rec yds3 TD15.3 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR3Malick Meiga2yr
3 Rec78 Rec yds1 TD26.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR18Cameron Sullivan-Brown4yr
4 Rec44 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR17Mason Stahl2yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR89Winston Eubanks1yr
1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
44-star recruitWR1Daniel George4yr
career 18 Rec285 Rec yds1 TD15.8 Rec avg
—No recruiting profile foundWR82Justin Weller4yr
career 1 Rec10 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
33-star recruitWR2Liam Clifford1yr
33-star recruitWR2Harrison Wallace III1yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR84Benjamin Wilson5yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR29Henry Fessler3yr
—No recruiting profile foundWR6Norval Black2yr

ILLKickersNo blue chips2

—No recruiting profile foundPK17James McCourt5yr
18 FG23 FGA53 Long80 Pts
—No recruiting profile foundPK5Caleb Griffin4yr

PSUKickersNo blue chips4

33-star recruitPK92Jake Pinegar4yr
1 FG2 FGA33 Long5 Pts
—No recruiting profile foundPK90Rafael Checa5yr
—No recruiting profile foundPK98Jordan Stout5yr
16 FG23 FGA52 Long82 Pts
67 Punts46.0 Avg35 In 20
—No recruiting profile foundPK95Vlad Hilling3yr

ILLPuntersNo blue chips2

22-star recruitP14Blake Hayes5yr
68 Punts45.1 Avg34 In 20
—Recruiting profile found — unratedP19Hugh Robertson2yr
career 1 Punts38.0 Avg0 In 20

PSUPuntersNo blue chips1

—No recruiting profile foundP93Bradley King4yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. Team

Penn State 8–2 vs Illinois

2020 · wk 16Illinois 21 @ Penn State 56
2018 · wk 4Penn State 63 @ Illinois 24
2015 · wk 9Illinois 0 @ Penn State 39
2014 · wk 13Penn State 14 @ Illinois 16
2013 · wk 10Illinois 17 @ Penn State 24
2012 · wk 5Penn State 35 @ Illinois 7
2011 · wk 9Illinois 7 @ Penn State 10
2010 · wk 6Illinois 33 @ Penn State 13
2009 · wk 5Penn State 35 @ Illinois 17
2008 · wk 5Illinois 24 @ Penn State 38

Previous 4 meetings vs. James Franklin

Illinois 1–3 vs James Franklin

2020 · wk 16Illinois 21 @ Penn State 56
2018 · wk 4Penn State 63 @ Illinois 24
2015 · wk 9Illinois 0 @ Penn State 39
2014 · wk 13Penn State 14 @ Illinois 16

Previous 5 meetings vs. Bret Bielema

Penn State 3–2 vs Bret Bielema

2012 · wk 13 (coaching change that season)Wisconsin 21 @ Penn State 24
2011 · wk 13Penn State 7 @ Wisconsin 45
2008 · wk 7Penn State 48 @ Wisconsin 7
2007 · wk 7Wisconsin 7 @ Penn State 38
2006 · wk 10Penn State 3 @ Wisconsin 13

† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.

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