THIRD AND DATA

Week 6 · 2026

#19 USC at Penn State

Sat 10/10/2026 07:30 PMBeaver StadiumPenn State pregame54% — Pregame win probability: 54% for Penn State. Penn State favored, and lost — USC won.Conference

61°Clear3 mph ESE · 63% humidityMeasured 23 minutes after kickoff, by an official weather station

#19 USC

31

7–2

Penn State

23

4–4

Attendance

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not yet 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 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

USCQuarterbacks2 blue chips6
  • 33-star recruitQB14Jayden Maiava6'4"·2305yr
    2,525 Pass yds20 TD5 Int66.9 Cmp%-71 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB15Jonas Williams6'1"·2201yr
    126 Pass yds0 TD1 Int85.7 Cmp%3 Rush yds
  • 55-star recruitQB7Sam Huard6'1"·2056yr
    career 2,050 Pass yds12 TD14 Int57.2 Cmp%-142 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB29Will Doherty6'4"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB28James Johnson5'11"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB21Alex Medyn6'0"·2101yr
PSUQuarterbacks2 blue chips6
  • 33-star recruitQB3Rocco Becht ← Iowa State6'1"·2085yr
    1,839 Pass yds13 TD5 Int63.2 Cmp%78 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB7Alex Manske ← Iowa State6'3"·2102yr
    102 Pass yds0 TD0 Int64.3 Cmp%14 Rush yds
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedQB10Connor Barry ← Christopher Newport6'1"·2112yr
    8 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB14Peyton Falzone6'5"·2161yr
  • 33-star recruitQB12Kase Evans6'3"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB19Jack Lambert6'3"·2024yr
USCOffensive line6 blue chips23
PSUDefensive line7 blue chips20
  • 44-star recruitDE19Yvan Kemajou6'3"·2522yr
    17 Tackles3.5 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE33Alexander McPherson ← Colorado6'6"·2542yr
    14 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE1Ikenna Ezeogu ← Iowa State6'5"·2735yr
    12 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE89Jackson Ford6'4"·2641yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE18Max Granville6'3"·2523yr
    0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE86Bobby Mears6'4"·2574yr
  • 44-star recruitDE11LaVar Arrington II6'3"·2202yr
  • 44-star recruitDE43Dayshaun Burnett6'3"·2262yr
  • 33-star recruitDE42Mason Robinson6'3"·2554yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE47Aidan Probst6'2"·2462yr
  • 44-star recruitDL88Elijah Reeder6'6"·2101yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT99Keanu Williams ← UCLA6'5"·3176yr
    18 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT92Siale Taupaki ← UCLA6'2"·3268yr
    15 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT91Armstrong Nnodim ← Oklahoma State6'2"·3103yr
    11 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT98Dallas Vakalahi ← Utah6'2"·3263yr
    9 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT90Liam Andrews6'4"·2763yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT39Ty Blanding6'1"·3014yr
    2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT94De'Andre Cook6'4"·2983yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT56Alijah Carnell ← Iowa State6'5"·2993yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT73Caleb Brewer6'4"·2953yr
USCDefensive line12 blue chips21
  • 55-star recruitDE94Luke Wafle6'6"·2651yr
    36 Tackles8.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE1Kameryn Crawford6'5"·2553yr
    30 Tackles5.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE18Zuriah Fisher ← Penn State6'4"·2657yr
    14 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE10Braylan Shelby6'5"·2604yr
    14 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE95Jadyn Ramos6'4"·2502yr
    5 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDE49Simote Katoanga6'5"·2751yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE54Ethan Brougham6'2"·2454yr
    career 3 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDE51Andrew Williams6'5"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE92Sam Smith6'3"·2351yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDE35Ty Swanson6'4"·2201yr
  • 44-star recruitDT97Jide Abasiri6'5"·2803yr
    24 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT91Alex VanSumeren ← Michigan State6'2"·3005yr
    17 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT4Jahkeem Stewart6'5"·2952yr
    10 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT88Floyd Boucard6'3"·3152yr
    10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT99Jamaal Jarrett6'5"·3604yr
    3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 55-star recruitDT45Jaimeon Winfield6'3"·3201yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT52Tomuhini Topui6'3"·3201yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDT90Jake Johnson6'3"·3001yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT96Jordan Abarca6'4"·2602yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDT89Brendan Cho6'3"·3002yr
    career 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDT44Braeden Jones6'4"·2701yr
PSUOffensive line7 blue chips20
USCBacks & tight ends4 blue chips17
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB8King Miller6'0"·2252yr
    138 Car681 Rush yds5 TD4.9 Rush avg
    9 Rec49 Rec yds5.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB2Waymond Jordan5'10"·2102yr
    75 Car335 Rush yds3 TD4.5 Rush avg
    7 Rec51 Rec yds7.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB22Shahn Alston5'10"·2201yr
    24 Car120 Rush yds1 TD5.0 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB27Riley Wormley5'9"·1902yr
    13 Car71 Rush yds2 TD5.5 Rush avg
    9 Rec78 Rec yds8.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB6Deshonne Redeaux5'10"·2051yr
    6 Car37 Rush yds1 TD6.2 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB41Cian McKelvey5'9"·1852yr
    career 1 Car4 Rush yds0 TD4.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB30Kayne Miller5'8"·1851yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB34Tyson Park5'6"·1951yr
  • 55-star recruitTE19Mark Bowman6'4"·2451yr
    24 Rec283 Rec yds2 TD11.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE24Carson Tabaracci6'1"·2305yr
    9 Rec73 Rec yds0 TD8.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE88Taniela Tupou6'3"·2552yr
    8 Rec71 Rec yds1 TD8.9 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE84Tucker Ashcraft ← Wisconsin6'5"·2604yr
    4 Rec36 Rec yds0 TD9.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE23Walter Matthews6'6"·3053yr
    1 Rec12 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE83Fisher Melton6'4"·2452yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Josiah Jefferson6'3"·2401yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE44Manoah Leiato6'2"·2551yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE38Patrick O'Brien6'5"·2401yr
PSULinebackers3 blue chips12
  • 44-star recruitLB13Tony Rojas6'2"·2364yr
    58 Tackles10.5 TFL5.0 Sacks2 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB8Kooper Ebel ← Iowa State6'4"·2334yr
    43 Tackles2.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB9Cael Brezina ← Iowa State6'3"·2333yr
    24 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB10Caleb Bacon ← Iowa State6'4"·2425yr
    22 Tackles5.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB25Alex Tatsch6'2"·2352yr
    11 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB26Cam Smith6'0"·2222yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB32John Klosterman5'11"·2235yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB34Chris Fileppo ← West Virginia6'4"·2192yr
    career 12 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB40Keian Kaiser6'4"·2151yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB45Josh Banks6'1"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB40Jake Lukac6'1"·2101yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Evan Wolff6'2"·2151yr
USCLinebackers5 blue chips13
  • 33-star recruitLB17Deven Bryant ← Washington5'11"·2304yr
    55 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB8Desman Stephens II6'3"·2503yr
    45 Tackles4.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB14Ta'Mere Robinson6'3"·2404yr
    17 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB15Jadyn Walker6'2"·2403yr
    11 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB22Talanoa Ili6'3"·2251yr
    8 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB26Elijah Newby6'3"·2353yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB41Ryan O'Connell6'1"·2303yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB58GianCarlo Rufo ← Georgetown6'2"·2303yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB57Roman Marchetti6'2"·2255yr
    career 7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB24Shaun Scott6'3"·2401yr
  • 33-star recruitLB50Taylor Johnson6'0"·2201yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB46Nick De Fina6'0"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB47Austin Engroff5'11"·2151yr
PSUBacks & tight ends3 blue chips13
  • 33-star recruitRB21Carson Hansen ← Iowa State6'2"·2164yr
    89 Car374 Rush yds5 TD4.2 Rush avg
    6 Rec45 Rec yds7.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Cam Wallace5'9"·2064yr
    44 Car260 Rush yds3 TD5.9 Rush avg
    4 Rec16 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB1James Peoples ← Ohio State5'10"·2143yr
    57 Car246 Rush yds2 TD4.3 Rush avg
    3 Rec24 Rec yds8.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB25Quinton Martin Jr.6'1"·2123yr
    31 Car160 Rush yds1 TD5.2 Rush avg
    4 Rec4 Rec yds1.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB36Amar'e Glover6'0"·2051yr
    2 Car2 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB29D'Antae Sheffey5'11"·2011yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB37Jeremy Washington5'9"·1721yr
  • 33-star recruitTE18Benjamin Brahmer ← Iowa State6'7"·2504yr
    25 Rec264 Rec yds3 TD10.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE87Andrew Rappleyea6'4"·2424yr
    28 Rec225 Rec yds3 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE84Gabe Burkle ← Iowa State6'6"·2475yr
    6 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD10.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE89Finn Furmanek6'3"·2514yr
    1 Rec31 Rec yds0 TD31.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE80Cooper Alexander ← Iowa State6'4"·2413yr
    career 5 Rec47 Rec yds0 TD9.4 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE83Brian Kortovich6'4"·2412yr
USCReceivers8 blue chips17
  • 44-star recruitWR4Trent Mosley5'10"·1801yr
    32 Rec512 Rec yds6 TD16.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR17Kayden Dixon-Wyatt6'2"·2001yr
    32 Rec443 Rec yds4 TD13.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR0Zacharyus Williams6'2"·2003yr
    21 Rec344 Rec yds1 TD16.4 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR16Tanook Hines6'0"·1902yr
    19 Rec239 Rec yds4 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR10Corey Simms6'3"·2052yr
    12 Rec178 Rec yds1 TD14.8 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR85Tron Baker6'0"·2001yr
    9 Rec124 Rec yds0 TD13.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR1Ethan Feaster6'1"·1901yr
    10 Rec96 Rec yds0 TD9.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR9Terrell Anderson ← NC State6'2"·2003yr
    2 Rec50 Rec yds0 TD25.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR18Romero Ison6'0"·1852yr
  • 44-star recruitWR80Luc Weaver6'2"·2151yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Cameron Sermons5'10"·1602yr
  • 33-star recruitWR82Roderick Tezeno6'2"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR31Seth Zamora5'9"·1753yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR89Griffin Brahm6'1"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86Luke Degner5'11"·1901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR40Marcus Sung5'10"·2051yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR49Grant Woods6'7"·2301yr
PSUDefensive backs5 blue chips20
  • 44-star recruitCB7Zion Tracy5'11"·1844yr
    23 Tackles4 PD1 Int
  • 44-star recruitCB17Josiah Zayas6'2"·2051yr
    21 Tackles1 PD2 Int
  • 33-star recruitCB2Audavion Collins5'11"·1835yr
    17 Tackles8 PD
  • 44-star recruitCB5Daryus Dixson6'0"·1842yr
    16 Tackles3 PD1 Int
  • 44-star recruitCB0Jahmir Joseph6'0"·1902yr
    9 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitCB12Xxavier Thomas5'11"·1802yr
    3 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitCB20Tyrell Chatman6'2"·1961yr
    3 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundCB35Tyler Armstead6'1"·1772yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundCB16Donte Nastasi5'10"·1692yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitCB15Joshua Johnson6'2"·1892yr
    career 1 Tackles0 PD
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedCB29Hunter Sowell ← Iowa State5'10"·1802yr
    career 0 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitS3Jamison Patton ← Iowa State6'2"·2064yr
    26 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitS31Marcus Neal Jr. ← Iowa State6'1"·2163yr
    22 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitS4Jeremiah Cooper ← Iowa State6'0"·1885yr
    19 Tackles2 PD1 Int
  • 44-star recruitS21Vaboue Toure6'1"·2093yr
    5 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitS28Bryson Williams6'4"·1881yr
    3 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • 33-star recruitS24Ibn McDaniels ← Syracuse6'3"·2023yr
    2 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitS27Omarion Davis ← Boston College5'11"·1982yr
    career 13 Tackles0 PD
  • 33-star recruitS30Christian Askew6'4"·1991yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundS41Jake LaVerde6'2"·2101yr
USCDefensive backs11 blue chips22
PSUReceivers2 blue chips14
  • 33-star recruitWR0Chase Sowell ← Iowa State6'3"·2035yr
    34 Rec510 Rec yds3 TD15.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR6Koby Howard5'11"·2032yr
    12 Rec344 Rec yds2 TD28.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR4Brett Eskildsen ← Iowa State6'1"·1983yr
    23 Rec244 Rec yds1 TD10.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR2Zay Robinson ← Iowa State5'11"·1862yr
    9 Rec129 Rec yds1 TD14.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR9Amarion Jackson6'2"·1921yr
    3 Rec41 Rec yds0 TD13.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Karon Brookins ← Iowa State6'5"·2052yr
    1 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD8.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR31Logan Cunningham5'8"·1833yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Ethan Black5'9"·1784yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR15Keith Jones Jr. ← Grambling6'4"·1972yr
    career 31 Rec438 Rec yds4 TD14.1 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR11Lyrick Samuel6'4"·1832yr
  • 33-star recruitWR7Peter Gonzalez6'2"·2113yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Ben Whitver6'2"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR37Max Heffner5'11"·1761yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Hank Lustig5'9"·1701yr
USCKickersNo blue chips1
PSUKickersNo blue chips3
  • 22-star recruitPK98Matthew Parker6'0"·2242yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK94Ryan Barker6'2"·1914yr
    12 FG16 FGA48 Long61 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK95Cristiano Rosa ← James Madison5'11"·2054yr
    career 2 FG4 FGA40 Long9 Pts
USCPuntersNo blue chips6
  • —No recruiting profile foundP48Ryon Sayeri5'11"·1853yr
    1 FG2 FGA54 Long3 Pts
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP35Lachlan Carrigan ← Memphis6'3"·2052yr
    17 Punts48.6 Avg6 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP39Nate Hillenburg6'4"·2205yr
    career 62 Punts39.2 Avg9 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP36Rey Sanchez6'2"·2253yr
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP93William Weisberg6'3"·1902yr
    career 0 FG0 FGA0 Long2 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundP37Zachary Nandlal5'8"·1771yr
PSUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP38Nathan Tiyce ← Mississippi State6'5"·2322yr
    32 Punts40.8 Avg12 In 20
  • 33-star recruitP96Lucas Tenbrock6'6"·2101yr

Previous 10 meetings vs. USC

Penn State 5–5 vs USC

  • 2024 · wk 7Penn State 33 @ USC 30
  • 2016 · wk 16USC 52 @ Penn State 49
  • 2008 · wk 16Penn State 24 @ USC 38
  • 2000 · wk 1Penn State 5 @ USC 29
  • 1996 · wk 1USC 7 @ Penn State 24
  • 1994 · wk 3USC 14 @ Penn State 38
  • 1993 · wk 3USC 20 @ Penn State 21
  • 1991 · wk 3Penn State 10 @ USC 21
  • 1990 · wk 4Penn State 14 @ USC 19
  • 1981 · wk 15USC 10 @ Penn State 26

Previous meeting vs. Lincoln Riley

Penn State 1–0 vs Lincoln Riley

  • 2024 · wk 7Penn State 33 @ USC 30

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