THIRD AND DATA

Roster

Penn StateNittany Lions

Season
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›Current

2015 roster

Players

126

Rated recruits

48

38% of the roster

Average stars

3.44

Among rated players only

Transfers in

0

Matched by name to the portal

126 players34 of 126 have recorded statistics in 2015 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2015, marked career, at every school they have played for.

Offense

Quarterbacksby position, then who's played5
  • 55-star recruitQB14Christian Hackenberg3yr
    2,525 Pass yds16 TD6 Int53.5 Cmp%-80 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB9Trace McSorley2yr
    185 Pass yds2 TD0 Int50.0 Cmp%43 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Billy Fessler2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB17Jackson Erdmann1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB7Tommy Stevens1yr
Running backsby position, then who's played7
  • 44-star recruitRB26Saquon Barkley1yr
    182 Car1,076 Rush yds7 TD5.9 Rush avg
    20 Rec161 Rec yds8.1 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB22Akeel Lynch4yr
    55 Car282 Rush yds2 TD5.1 Rush avg
    4 Rec8 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB8Mark Allen2yr
    28 Car101 Rush yds1 TD3.6 Rush avg
    4 Rec44 Rec yds11.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB20Johnathan Thomas2yr
    11 Car42 Rush yds0 TD3.8 Rush avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB27Brandon Johnson2yr
    4 Car23 Rush yds0 TD5.8 Rush avg
  • 44-star recruitRB6Andre Robinson1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB39Josh McPhearson1yr
Receiversby position, then who's played15
  • 44-star recruitWR12Chris Godwin2yr
    69 Rec1,101 Rec yds5 TD16.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR5DaeSean Hamilton3yr
    45 Rec580 Rec yds6 TD12.9 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR13Saeed Blacknall2yr
    8 Rec248 Rec yds1 TD31.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR5Geno Lewis3yr
    17 Rec196 Rec yds3 TD11.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR10Brandon Polk1yr
    6 Rec57 Rec yds1 TD9.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR3DeAndre Thompkins2yr
    3 Rec33 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR19Gregg Garrity3yr
    1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR21Trevor Williams4yr
  • 33-star recruitWR80Matt Zanellato5yr
    career 6 Rec72 Rec yds0 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR11Irvin Charles1yr
  • 44-star recruitWR6Juwan Johnson1yr
  • 33-star recruitWR2Jake Kiley4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR28Javon Turner2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR31Gordon Bentley1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR82Tyler Shoop1yr
Tight endsby position, then who's played9
  • 33-star recruitTE87Kyle Carter5yr
    14 Rec135 Rec yds0 TD9.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE88Mike Gesicki2yr
    13 Rec125 Rec yds1 TD9.6 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE11Brent Wilkerson4yr
    6 Rec39 Rec yds0 TD6.5 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE81Adam Breneman3yr
    career 15 Rec186 Rec yds3 TD12.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE34Dominic Salomone4yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE30Charles Idemudia3yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE89Tom Pancoast3yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE15Danny Dalton1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE18Jonathan Holland1yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting21

Defense

Defensive lineby position, then who's played18
Linebackersby position, then who's played18
Defensive backsby position, then who's played22
Specialistsby position, then who's played11
  • —No recruiting profile foundLS41Zach Ladonis3yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLS44Tyler Yazujian3yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLS96Kyle Vasey2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundLS97Nick Cox1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundP92Daniel Pasquariello2yr
    58 Punts39.9 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP93Robby Liebel2yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK37Chris Gulla3yr
    23 Punts37.7 Avg0 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK99Joey Julius2yr
    10 FG12 FGA40 Long50 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK95Tyler Davis1yr
    8 FG8 FGA42 Long35 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK91Nick Boumerhi1yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK98Jordan Wombacker1yr

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.