THIRD AND DATA

Roster

Penn StateNittany Lions

Season
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›Current

2012 roster

Players

117

Rated recruits

44

38% of the roster

Average stars

3.27

Among rated players only

Transfers in

0

Matched by name to the portal

117 players29 of 117 have recorded statistics in 2012 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2012, marked career, at every school they have played for.

Offense

Quarterbacksby position, then who's played5
  • 33-star recruitQB12Steven Bench1yr
    12 Pass yds0 TD0 Int25.0 Cmp%18 Rush yds
  • 44-star recruitQB7Paul Jones3yr
    -7 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB2Shane McGregor4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB14Garrett Venuto4yr
    career 17 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB11Matthew McGloin4yr
Running backsby position, then who's played10
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB30Andre Dupree4yr
    career 1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB45P.J. Byers2yr
    career 1 Car1 Rush yds0 TD1.0 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB41J.R. Refice4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundFB35Pat Zerbe4yr
  • 33-star recruitRB28Zach Zwinak3yr
    203 Car1,000 Rush yds6 TD4.9 Rush avg
    20 Rec177 Rec yds8.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB1Bill Belton2yr
    60 Car258 Rush yds3 TD4.3 Rush avg
    9 Rec50 Rec yds5.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB24Derek Day4yr
    33 Car109 Rush yds0 TD3.3 Rush avg
    2 Rec20 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB22Akeel Lynch1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB36Deron Thompson2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB33Colin Bryan1yr
Receiversby position, then who's played13
  • 33-star recruitWR8Allen Robinson2yr
    77 Rec1,018 Rec yds11 TD13.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR85Brandon Felder3yr
    31 Rec437 Rec yds1 TD14.1 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR15Alex Kenney3yr
    17 Rec172 Rec yds0 TD10.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR21Trevor Williams1yr
    10 Rec97 Rec yds0 TD9.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR81Shawney Kersey4yr
    6 Rec44 Rec yds0 TD7.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR80Matt Zanellato2yr
    2 Rec19 Rec yds0 TD9.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR37Evan Lewis4yr
  • 33-star recruitWR17Christian Kuntz4yr
    career 1 Rec17 Rec yds0 TD17.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR16Eugene Lewis1yr
  • 33-star recruitWR2Jake Kiley1yr
  • 33-star recruitWR88Jonathan Warner1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR85Brandon Moseby-Felder4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Tyler Lucas1yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played7
  • 33-star recruitTE87Kyle Carter2yr
    36 Rec453 Rec yds2 TD12.6 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE84Matt Lehman1yr
    24 Rec296 Rec yds3 TD12.3 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE18Jesse James1yr
    15 Rec276 Rec yds5 TD18.4 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE11Brent Wilkerson1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE82Brian Irvin4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE34Dominic Salomone1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE86Bryce Wilson1yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting21

Defense

Defensive lineby position, then this season's interceptions17
Linebackersby position, then who's played17
Defensive backsby position, then who's played16
Specialistsby position, then who's played9
Position not listedby position, then recruiting2

Offensive linemen carry no statistics because none are published: CFBD reports no snaps, starts, sacks allowed, pressures or blocking grades. That group is ordered by position, then by recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster. That does not change once the season starts. Box scores list players who record a statistic and linemen almost never do — about one per team in a full season, usually a fumble recovery — so the line keeps this order while the rest of the roster reorders around who has played.

Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.