2025 PSU vs. Clemson

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Game Thirteen—

Ethan Grunkemeyer QB

• Seventh & final start in place of the injured Drew Allar (played behind O-Line with only 1 regular starter)

• Game 13 Bowl Passing—23 of 34 for 260 yards, 2 TDs, 0 INT, 2 sacks (longest completion-73 yds. for TD)—2nd half Bowl stats: 11 of 14 for 192 yards, 2 TDs (6 of 8 on 3rd downs)

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—4 for minus -11 yards, 0 TD (long-5 yds.)

• Grunkemeyer 2025 Passing stats (13 games/11 played/7 starts)—123 of 178 for 1339 yards, Pct. 69.1%, 8 TDs, 4 INTs, 13 sacks (longest pass-75 yds. at Michigan State/best passing game-260 yds. vs. Clemson/most completions-23 vs. Clemson on career high 34 attempts)—Two-point Conversion Passing—0 of 1 for 0 pts. (on failed screen pass intended for/dropped by eligible OT Drew Shelton at Rutgers)

• Grunkemeyer 2025 passing vs. Big Ten only (7 games played/6 starts)—92 of 133 for 974 yards, Pct. 69.17%, 5 TDs, 4 INTs, 11 sacks (longest pass-75 yds. at Michigan State/best passing game-219 yds. vs. Indiana/most completions-22 vs. Indiana on Big Ten career best 31 attempts)

• Grunkemeyer 2025 Rushing stats (13 games/11 played/7 starts)—35 for minus -46 yards, 1 TD (long-10 yds. at Michigan State)

• Grunkemeyer Career Passing stats (12 games played/7 starts)—124 of 180 for 1348 yards, Pct. 68.9%, 8 TDs, 5 INTs (long-75 yds. at Michigan State 2025)—Two-point Conversion Passing—0 of 1 for 0 pts. (on failed screen pass intended for/dropped by eligible OT at Rutgers 2025)

• Grunkemeyer Career Rushing stats (12 games played/7 starts)—35 for minus -46 yards, 1 TD (long-10 yds. at Michigan State 2025)

• 10th career game (9th in 2025) with passing stats—other two games played in 2025 saw Grunkemeyer on field for only 1 play in each (1 rush, 1 handoff)

• 6th straight game over 100+ yards passing (with three 200+ yard games vs. Indiana, at Rutgers, & vs. Clemson in Pinstripe Bowl)

• In final 3 games of regular season (all victories), Grunk threw for 517 yards with 4 TD passes and 0 INTs

• Two 20+ yard completions vs. Clemson (20 on season)—Two 70+ yard completions in 2025 (career) & both were TD passes

• The 23 completions vs. Clemson (on 34 attempts) is the 3rd best completion total in PSU Bowl history

• Grunkemeyer pass completion pct. of 69.1% in 2025 is best single season pct. at PSU (minimum 100 pass attempts per PSU)—breaks “official” PSU record of 66.7% by Kerry Collins in 1994 (Collins’ 1995 Rose Bowl stats not included)

• TD passes vs. Clemson (2)—4th Quarter, 12:51 to go, 73 yards to Trebor Pena WR (PS leads 15-3) & 4th quarter, 4:56 to go, 11 yards to Andrew Rappleyea TE (PS leads 22-10)

• The 73-yard TD pass to Pena is the 2nd longest TD pass in PSU Bowl history and the 3rd longest pass completion in PSU Bowl history (PSU Record is 88 yards Sean Clifford to KeAndre Lambert-Smith for TD in 2023 Rose Bowl win over Utah) & it was longest pass completion overall in a PSU Bowl since 2023 Peach Bowl loss vs. Ole Miss (Drew Allar to Tyler Warren for 75 yds.—non-scoring)

• PSU was 2 for 2 in Red Zone vs. Clemson—PSU Offense generated 0 rushing TDs/2 passing TDs/3 FGs & 397 yards combined passing/rushing

• Grunkemeyer played more overall snaps than Allar this season in same number of regular season starts (6)

• Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• Dec. 17 Zoom session with Media: Grunkemeyer says he has met with Matt Campbell and Taylor Mouser OC and says “nothing’s decided yet” about his future with Penn State, but will play in Pinstripe Bowl—Grunk confirms Trace McSorley will be the QB Coach in the Pinstripe Bowl and Grunk will play in the bowl

• Jan. 1-ESPN reported Grunkemeyer would enter Transfer Portal on Jan. 2 (with anticipated arrival of Iowa State QB Rocco Becht via the portal)—Grunk reportedly committed to Virginia Tech on Jan. 5 and on Jan. 14 he officially announced his transfer to the Hokies with a post on his X (Twitter) account

  Jaxon Smolik QB

• Smolik was injured (left arm/wrist) on a run play in the 4th period at Iowa on Oct. 18 and did not play again. 3rd-string QB Bekkem Kritza (entered transfer portal on Dec. 30) and 4th string QB Jack Lambert (walk-on) did not play all season—Liam Clifford WR played as QB2 vs. Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl and was 0 for 1 passing (0 for 2 passing on 2025 season)

• Game 13 Bowl Passing—0 of 0 for 0 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INT, 0 sacks (longest completion-0 yds.)

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—0 for 0 yards, 0 TD (long-0 yds.)

• Smolik 2025 passing stats (13 games/3 played)—0 of 0 for 0 yards, Pct. 0.0%, 0 TD, 0 INT, 0 sacks—Two-point Conversion Passing: 0 of 1 for 0 pts. on failed pass attempt vs. Nevada (Smolik appeared as the holder in the PAT kick formation)—Smolik had no career passing attempts beyond this PAT play

• Smolik 2025 rushing stats (13 games/3 played)—4 for 3 yards, 0 TD (long-3 yds. at Iowa)—These are also Smolik’s career rushing totals

• Most significant career game action: 11 snaps played/4 rushes/0 passes at Iowa 2025 (he only appeared in 4 total games over the 2023 & 2025 seasons at PSU)

• Smolik entered transfer portal on Jan. 2/committed to Temple Jan. 10

Drew Allar QB

• Allar suffered a season-ending (and college career-ending) left ankle injury in the 4th quarter with 3:26 to go in the Oct. 11 loss to Northwestern when he was hit high and low on a QB keeper by 2 defenders (one appeared to dive with forearm into lower left leg) and Drew needed some assistance to walk off the field—James Franklin confirmed the severity, but not the specifics, of the injury in his Northwestern post-game news conference—Surgery on his broken left ankle took place on Oct. 15 in Atlanta and was successful—Allar has been with the team and travelled with them post-surgery—On a Nov. 20 Zoom session with media, Allar said his rehab was going well, but there was no specific timeline for recovery (NFL Scouting Combine begins Feb. 26, 2026)—On Nov. 22, Allar participated in Senior Day festivities and walked with a boot on his left foot, but without crutches (Allar later appeared using a single crutch on the sidelines)—Nov. 25-Allar has revealed in interview with ESPN that he is not eligible for a medical redshirt—Dec. 27-Allar appeared on sidelines of Pinstripe Bowl and walked without assistance

• Allar 2025 passing stats (6 games/6 starts)—103 of 159 for 1100 yards, Pct. 64.8%, 8 TDs, 3 INT, 6 sacks (longest pass-67 yds. vs. Northwestern/best passing game-217 yds. vs. Nevada/most completions-22 vs. Nevada)

• Allar 2025 passing vs. Big Ten only (3 games/3 starts)—46 of 71 for 474 yards, Pct. 64.8%, 4 TDs, 2 INTs—also 1 rushing TD vs. Big Ten

• Allar 2025 rushing stats (6 games/6 starts)—36 for 172 yards, 1 TD (long-27 yds. at UCLA)

• Allar Career Passing Stats (45 games/35 starts)—633 of 1002 for 7402 yards, Pct. 63.2%, 61 TDs, 13 INT (longest pass-75 yds. vs. Ole Miss in 2023 Peach Bowl/best passing game-391 yds. at USC 2024/most completions-30 on career high 43 attempts at USC 2024/most TDs in single game-4 vs. Iowa 2023 & at Maryland 2023/longest TD pass-72 yds. vs. West Virginia 2023)—Allar has 2 pass attempts/completions to himself (passes batted back to him by defense) for 15 total yards in his career stats (2023 Peach Bowl vs. Ole Miss & 2025 vs. Villanova)—Allar 2-point conversion passing: 2 of 4 for 4 pts. (1 additional successful passing 2-pt. try negated by penalty in 2025 vs. FIU)

• Allar Career Rushing Stats (45 games/35 starts)—224 carries for 732 yards, 12 TDs (longest rush-27 yds. at UCLA 2025/best rushing game-78 yards on career high-tying 11 carries vs. UCLA 2025)

• Allar Career Receiving Stats (45 games/35 starts)—3 receptions for 15 yards, 0 TDs (long-10 yds. vs. Ole Miss in 2023 Peach Bowl on his pass batted-back by defense)—Allar has 2 career receptions on passes batted-back to him by defense (also vs. Villanova 2025)—Allar has only 1 career pass reception thrown by another player (Kaytron Allen vs. Michigan in 2023)

• Allar Career Points Scored: 72 pts. on 12 rushing TDs (Total points responsible for: 442 pts. in career)

• 26 victories as PSU starting Quarterback (2023-25)—Allar (26-9) is tied for 6th in QB wins all-time with John Hufnagel (26-3 from 1970-72)—PSU record held by Sean Clifford (2017-22) with 32 wins

• Allar has 7402 career passing yards (4th all-time at PSU)—Allar trails #3 Christian Hackenberg (2013-15) with 8457 yards passing

• Allar is 5th PSU QB to pass 1K career pass attempts: 1002 with 633 completions

• Allar’s career Pass Completion Pct. of 63.17% over 45 games is best at Penn State all-time (Sean Clifford is second at 61.43% in 51 games)

• Allar’s career Pass Interception Pct. of 1.29% over 45 games is best/lowest at Penn State all-time (Wally Richardson is second at 2.15% in 41 games with 16 career INTs in 744 attempts)

• Allar’s 61 career Passing TDs are 3rd all-time behind Sean Clifford 86, Trace McSorley 77—Allar’s single season best was 25 TD passes in 2023 (tied with Tony Sacca in 1991 for 3rd best/PSU record is 29 by Trace McSorley in 2016)

• Allar has 73 career TDs responsible for (3rd all-time behind Trace McSorley 107, Sean Clifford 101)

• 20 career games with 2+ TD passes (2 games with 4 TD passes—none in 2025)

• 10 career games with both a passing & rushing TD (none in 2025)

• 20 career games with 200+ yards passing (4 in 2025)—3 games with 300+ yards passing (none in 2025)

• Allar has 12 career rushing TDs: 6th all-time among QBs (officially)—PSU QB record is Trace McSorley with 30

• Estimated NIL earnings for 2025 season: $3.2 million

• Allar graduated at the end of the Fall 2025 semester/Out of eligibility/He will not play in any post-season NFL showcase bowl games

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  Quinton Martin, Jr. RB

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—20 for 103 yards, 5.15 YPC, 0 TD (long-21 yds./career long)—1st game with rushing stats in 2025 (5th career game with rushing/4 in 2024)—1st game with rushing stats since 2024 vs. SMU (3 for 7 yds.)—career highs in attempts and yards (previous best was 7 for 24 yards vs. Kent State in 2024)—1st 100+ yard rushing game in career

• Game 13 Bowl Receiving—1 for minus -4 yards, 0 TD (long-0 yds.)—2 receiving targets

• Game 13 Bowl Kick Returns—none

• 2025 Rushing stats (13 games/8 games played/0 starts)—20 for 103 yards, 0 TDs, 5.15 yards/carry (longest run-21 yards vs. Clemson/career long)—Career Rushing (14 games played/5 games with rushing stats): 33 for 135 yards, 0 TD, 4.09 YPC

• 2025 Receiving stats (13 games/8 games played/0 starts)—1 reception for minus -4 yards, 0 TD, 0.00 yards/catch—Career Receiving: 4 for 14 yards, 0 TDs

• 2025 Kick Return stats (13 games/8 games played/0 starts)—1 return for 18 yards, 0 TD—2 career kick returns for 45 yards, 0 TD

• Played 52 snaps in Pinstripe Bowl at RB

• Announced return for 2026 season on Jan. 2

  Corey Smith RB

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—9 for 17 yards, 1.89 YPC, 0 TD (long-7 yds.)—1st PSU career start at RB (replaced Kaytron Allen & Nick Singleton who did not play in bowl)—2nd game with rushing stats in 2025 season—9 carries is career high—17 rush yards is a season high

• Game 13 Bowl Receiving—none

• Game 13 Bowl Kick Returns—none

• 2025 Rushing stats (13 games/6 games played/1 start)—14 for 30 yards, 0 TDs, 2.14 yards/carry (longest run-9 yards vs. Nevada)—Career Rushing: 36 for 182 yards, 0 TD, 5.06 YPC (long-78 yds. vs. Washington in 2024 PSU career debut—rushed 5 times for 95 yards)

• 2025 Receiving stats (13 games/6 games played/1 start)—0 receptions for 0 yards, 0 TD, 0.00 yards/catch—Career Receiving: 1 for minus -2 yards, 0 TDs

• 2025 Kick Return stats (13 games/6 games played/1 start)—6 returns for 137 yards, 0 TD (also career totals)

• Played 19 snaps in Pinstripe Bowl at RB (started at RB)

• Entered Transfer Portal on Jan. 2

  Tikey Hayes RB

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—3 for 18 yards, 6.00 YPC, 0 TD (long-10 yds./career long)—1st career game at PSU—nephew of Interim Head Coach Terry Smith

• Game 13 Bowl Receiving—none

• Game 13 Bowl Kick Returns—none

• 2025 Rushing stats (13 games/1 game played/0 starts)—3 for 18 yards, 0 TDs, 6.00 yards/carry (longest run-10 yards vs. Clemson/career long)—also career totals

• 2025 Receiving stats (13 games/1 game played/0 starts)—0 receptions for 0 yards, 0 TD, 0.00 yards/catch—also career totals

• 2025 Kick Return stats (13 games/1 game played/0 starts)—0 returns for 0 yards, 0 TD—also career totals

• Played 10 snaps in Pinstripe Bowl at RB

• Announced return for 2026 season on Jan. 7/Announced he was entering Transfer Portal on Jan. 10 following announced return of Cam Wallace RB for 2026 season

  Cam Wallace RB

• Game 13 Bowl Rushing—did not play

• Game 13 Bowl Receiving—did not play

• Game 13 Bowl Kick Returns—did not play

• 2025 Rushing stats (13 games/4 games played/2 games with rushing stats/0 starts)—6 for 23 yards, 0 TDs, 3.83 yards/carry (longest run-9 yards vs. Nevada)—Career Rushing (7 games played/4 games with rushing stats): 24 for 86 yards, 1 TD, 3.58 YPC (long-13 yds. vs. Kent State 2024)

• 2025 Receiving stats (13 games/4 games played/0 starts)—1 reception for 12 yards, 0 TD, 12.00 yards/catch—also career stats (7 games played)

• 2025 Kick Return stats (13 games/4 games played/0 starts)—1 return for 1 yard, 0 TD—also career stats (7 games played)

• Best game—2024 vs. Kent State: 9 for 39 yards, 1 TD (1 yard run)—suffered broken bones in both legs in the KSU game and missed rest of 2024 season (true Freshman year was 2023)

• Announced he was entering Transfer Portal on Jan. 2/Withdrew from portal on Jan. 10 and announced return to Penn State for 2026 season with 2 years of eligibility (and possibly 3) remaining depending on medical redshirt for 2024

  Nick Singleton RB

• Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/Opted out of Pinstripe Bowl ending his PSU career/Graduated after the Fall 2025 semester/Announced plans on Dec. 29 to enter 2026 NFL Draft

• Named 2025 All-Big Ten Offense Honorable Mention as RB (Media)

• Named 2025 All-Big Ten Special Teams Honorable Mention as Kick Returner (Coaches & Media)

• 2025 Rushing stats (12 total games)—123 for 549 yards, 13 TDs, 4.46 yards/carry (longest run-59 yards vs. Indiana/best rushing game-86 yds. at Rutgers/most carries-20 vs. Villanova)—2025 was his first season without a 100+ yard rushing game (only 4 games with 70+ yards rushing in 2025)—only 6 games with 10+ carries—1st regular season with fewer than 700 yards rushing

• Only 4 games over 5.0 YPC in 2025—his 183 all-purpose yards at Rutgers was his best in 2025

• 2025 Receiving stats (12 total games)—24 receptions for 219 yards, 1 TD, 9.13 yards/catch (long-50 yds. vs. Nebraska-career best)—Career Receiving stats: 102 for 987 yds., 9 TDs, 9.68 yards/catch (long-50 yds. vs. Nebraska 2025)—Singleton’s 102 career receptions ties Saquon Barkley for PSU reception record by RBs

• Singleton’s 13 rushing TDs on the 2025 season matched with Kaytron’s 15 rushing TDs means the RB duo have, for the second time, rushed for 10+ TDs each in the same season—This is only the third time that this has happened in PSU history with RB pairs (2022-Singleton 12 & Allen 10 and 1969-Charlie Pittman 10 & Franco Harris 10)—It has also happened twice with QB/RB combos in 2008 (Daryll Clark-10 & Evan Royster-12) & 2017 (Trace McSorley-11 & Saquon Barkley-18)

• Singleton is the 8th PSU player (7th RB) to score 10+ rushing TDs in back-to-back seasons (13 in 2025 & 12 in 2024)—Previously done by: Trace McSorley QB (11 in 2017 & 12 in 2018), Saquon Barkley (18 in 2016 & 18 in 2017), Curtis Enis (15 in 1996 & 19 in 1997), Richie Anderson (11 in 1991 & 18 in 1992), Curt Warner (10 in 1981 & 10 in 1982), John Cappelletti (12 in 1972 & 18 in 1973), and Charlie Pittman (15 in 1968 & 10 in 1969)

• 45 career rushing TDs—PSU ”Modified/Complete” stats including bowls have Singleton ahead of Saquon Barkley (43) for the all-time PSU record—Singleton had 13 career games with multiple TD runs

• Singleton’s career total of 55 all-purpose TDs (45 rush/9 receiving/1 return) is first all-time at PSU passing Saquon Barkley’s total of 53 TDs (43 rushing/8 receiving/2 returns)—1 of Saquon’s rushing TDs came in OT

• Singleton’s career scoring total of 332 points (55 total TDs/1 two-point conversion pass reception in 2023 Peach Bowl from Pribula) leads Saquon Barkley’s 318 points (53 total TDs in 38 games), and Singleton is first all-time in scoring at PSU among non-kickers—PSU’s Kicker & all-time scoring record is 425 total points (417 pts. via kicking) by Kevin Kelly (2005-08) and includes a TD rush & a 2-point conversion run

• Singleton’s career rushing yards total is 3461 yards on 622 carries—Singleton is 6th all-time on Penn State’s “Modified/Complete” rushing list—He trails #5 Blair Thomas (3484 yards)—PSU’s all-time rushing yards record is 4180 yards on 769 carries by Kaytron Allen (record was established in the 2025 Nebraska game & extended in the 2025 Rutgers game)—Singleton trails Allen by 719 yards

• Singleton has 24 career rushes of 20+ yards (16 of 30+, 14 of 40+, & 7 of 50+)—longest rush was 87 yards in the 2023 Rose Bowl win over Utah

• Singleton career rushing yards per carry is 5.56 (53 total games played/31 starts)

• Career All-Purpose yards from Scrimmage (rushing/receiving)-4448 yards with 54 TDs in 53 games played—Career All-Purpose yards (rushing/receiving/returns)-5586 yards with 55 TDs in 53 games played (This is the PSU all-time career all-purpose yards record passing Barkley’s 5538 total career all-purpose yards in 38 games played)

• Estimated NIL earnings for 2025 season: $1.8 million

  Kaytron Allen RB

• Kaytron’s 1,303 yards rushing in 2025 is the 12th best single season rushing total at PSU and 8th best at PSU when only regular season rushing is considered (2nd best rushing total in Big Ten in 2025/7th in the nation)

• Kaytron is Penn State’s first career 4-thousand-yard rusher (4,180 yards)—”Officially” the 23rd player in Big Ten history to reach 4K rushing yards

• Named 2025 All-America RB: AP 3rd team, AFCA 2nd Team, & On3 Sports 2nd Team

• Named 2025 All-Big Ten Offense 1st Team RB (Coaches & Media)—was Hon. Mention (Media) in 2024

• Kaytron Allen was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week 3-times in 2025

• Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/Declared for NFL Draft on social media Dec. 30

• Effectively opted Out of the Pinstripe Bowl and ended his PSU career on Dec. 27—Listed as Questionable on pre-game Availability Report & did not play (he was suited up for pre-game warmups but did not participate)—his decision may have been driven by 4 of 5 starting O-linemen opting out of the bowl (3 on the day before the game)

• 2025 Rushing stats (12 total games)—210 for 1303 yards, 15 TDs, 6.20 yards/carry (longest run-67 yards vs. FIU—also his career long rush & career long TD run/best rushing game-226 yards at Rutgers/most carries-28 at Iowa)—played most snaps among RBs in 2025—his 2025 rush yardage, rush TDs, and YPC were career single season highs

• 2025 Receiving stats (12 total games)—18 receptions for 68 yards, 0 TD, 3.78 yards/catch (long-11 yds. at Rutgers)—Career receiving stats: 70 for 490 yds., 4 TDs, 7.0 yards/catch (long-45yds. at Indiana 2022)

• Kaytron had 13 career games with 100+ yards rushing tying John Cappelletti for 9th all-time at PSU/5 100+ yard rushing games in 2025 (they are the top 5 rushing games of his career)—Five 100+ yard rushing games in ‘25 breaks former career best total of 4 in 2024 (4 of his 5 100+ yards games in 2025 came vs. Big Ten foes-first for that since Miles Sanders in 2018)—1st career game of 200+ yards (1st 200+ yard rushing game at PSU since Journey Brown’s 202 yards in the 2019 Cotton Bowl win over Memphis)

• Kaytron had 6 career rushes of 50+ yards (4 in 2025/2 in win at Rutgers)—Only two of his career six 50-yarders went for TDs (59-yard rush at Rutgers 2022 & 67-yard rush vs. FIU 2025)

• Kaytron’s 15 rushing TDs in 2025 are a single-season best for him (previous high was 10 in 2022)—15 TDs is the most by a PSU RB in a single season since Saquon Barkley rushed for 18 TDs in 2017—led Big Ten in 2025 (10th in nation)

• Kaytron had 8 career games with 2+ rushing TDs & 3 games in 2025 with both 100+ yards rushing and 2+ rushing TDs

• Allen’s 39 career rushing TDs are tied for 3rd all-time on the PSU “Modified/Complete” stats list—Kaytron joins Ki-Jana Carter, Curtis Enis & Lydell Mitchell (all tied for 3rd with 39 TDs) and they trail #2 Saquon Barkley with 43 TDs and #1 Nick Singleton with 45

• Allen career all-purpose TDs: 43 total TDs (258 career points scored) on 39 rushing/4 receiving—tied with Lydell Mitchell for 3rd all-time behind Saquon Barkley (53) & Nick Singleton (55)

• Allen’s career rushing yards total is 4180 yards on 769 carries—Kaytron is 1st all-time on the PSU “Modified/Complete” rushing list—In the 2025 Nebraska game, Kaytron passed Saquon Barkley (3843 yards), Curt Warner (3872 yards) & Evan Royster (2006-2010) who held the old record with 3932 yards on 686 carries—he extended his rushing yards record in the 2025 game at Rutgers

• Allen’s career total of 769 carries (through 54 games played) is the all-time PSU record passing former recordholder Curt Warner’s 725 on the PSU “Modified/Complete” stats list

• Allen career rushing yards per carry is 5.44 (through 54 games played/24 starts)

• Career All-Purpose yards from Scrimmage (rushing/receiving)-4670 yards with 43 TDs in 54 games played—Career All-Purpose yards (rushing/receiving/returns)-4711 yards with 43 TDs in 54 games played (Kaytron trails all-time leader Nick Singleton by 827 yards in this category)

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  Offensive Line

  Pinstripe Bowl OL Starters—Eagan Boyer LT, Cooper Cousins LG, Dominic Rulli C, TJ Shanahan RG, & Anthony Donkoh RT (Rulli, Cousins, Boyer, & Shanahan played all 78 offensive snaps vs. Clemson)—Rulli, Donkoh & Cousins have committed to returning in 2026 with Freshman Owen Aliciene and others—Shanahan & Boyer announced that they were entering portal & both transferred to Florida in Jan. 2026

• Vega Ioane OG: Named 2025 All-Big Ten 1st Team Offense (Media) & 2nd Team Offense (Coaches)—Finalist for 2025 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award —Named All-America 1st Team Offense OG by On3 Sports & CBS Sports—Named All-America 2nd Team Offense OG by Walter Camp, AP, Sports Illustrated, & The Athletic—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten—Declared for NFL Draft with 1-year of eligibility remaining & opted out of Pinstripe Bowl

• Drew Shelton OT: Named 2025 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches & Media)—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten—Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/Opted out of Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 26

• Nick Dawkins C: Named 2025 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Offense (Media)—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten—Opted out of Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 26/Declared for NFL Draft on Dec. 28/Accepted invitation to the 2026 American Bowl

• Nolan Rucci OT: Named 2025 All-Big Ten Honorable Mention Offense (Coaches)—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten—Opted out of Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 26/Declared for NFL Draft on Jan. 1

  ALL RECEIVERS

  Pinstripe Bowl Receiver Starters—Devonte Ross WR, Koby Howard WR, Andrew Rappleyea TE, Luke Reynolds TE (Reynolds reportedly entered portal on Jan. 1)—Rappleyea & Howard announced returns for 2026—Ross is out of eligibility as are Hudson, Pena, & Dinkins

• Trebor Pena WR: 5 receptions for 100 yards, 1 TD (long-73 yds. for TD/career long catch)—Pinstripe Bowl MVP—9 receptions of 20+ yards in 2025 (28 in career)—3rd career 100+ yard receiving game (1st at PSU)—12th career TD catch (2nd of season)—Rushing vs. Clemson: 1 for 4 yards, 0 TD—Punt Returns vs. Clemson: 1 for 0 yards, 0 TD—2025 regular season receiving: 44 for 452 yds. (led PSU WR/31st in Big Ten), 1 TD vs. Villanova (long-43 yds. vs. Indiana)

• Andrew Rappleyea TE: 5 receptions for 18 yards (career high rec.), 1 TD (long-11 yds. for TD)—3rd career TD reception (3rd straight game with TD catch)—2025 regular season receiving: 15 for 162 yds., 2 TDs (long-53 yds.)—Announced Dec. 30 on social media that he would return in 2026

• Devonte Ross WR: 8 receptions for 84 yards, 0 TD (long-35 yds.)—8 catches (season high) is tied for 2nd most in a PSU Bowl game—7 receptions of 20+ yards in 2025 (28 in career)—Rushing vs. Clemson: 1 for 7 yards, 0 TD—2025 regular season receiving: 28 for 417 yds., 5 TDs (led PSU WR) (long-75 yds.)—2 TDs each vs. Oregon & at Michigan State—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten

• Koby Howard WR: 2 receptions for 34 yards, 0 TD (long-19 yds.)—2025 regular season receiving: 5 for 99 yds., 0 TD (long-31 yds. vs. Nebraska)—appeared in 8 regular season games—3 receptions of 20+ yards—Announced Jan. 1 on social media that he would return in 2026

• Kyron Hudson WR: no stats vs. Clemson-injured blocking on his 1st play of game—16 receptions of 20+ yards in career—2025 regular season receiving: 23 for 288 yds., 2 TDs (vs. Nevada & at UCLA) (long-31 yds.)—played most snaps among WRs in 2025 regular season—Declared for NFL Draft on social media Dec. 31

• Luke Reynolds TE: 2 receptions for 28 yards, 0 TD (long-17 yds.)—2025 regular season receiving: 24 for 229 yds. (led PSU TE), 0 TD (long-22 yds.)—Entered Transfer Portal on Jan. 1/committed to Virginia Tech Jan. 11

• Liam Clifford WR: no receiving stats vs. Clemson/was in role of QB2 due to injuries/inexperience of backup QBs—Passing vs. Clemson: 0 for 1 , 0 yards, 0 TDs—Rushing vs. Clemson: 1 for 2 yards, 0 TDs—2025 regular season Receiving: 3 for 25 yds., 0 TD (long-13 yds. at Ohio State)—2025 full Rushing stats: 2 for 4 yds., 0 TD—2025 full Passing stats: 0 of 2 for 0 yds., 0 TD—2025 Special Teams: 1 TD on 6-yard return of blocked punt (2nd career TD with 1 receiving)—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten (4.0)—Announced plans to enter NFL Draft on Jan. 2

• Khalil Dinkins TE: no stats vs. Clemson—2025 regular season receiving: 14 for 167 yds., 2 TDs (long-40 yds.)—played most snaps among TEs in 2025 regular season—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Offense Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)—Opted out of Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 26/Declared for NFL Draft on social media Dec. 31

  SELECTED DEFENSE

  Pinstripe Bowl Defensive Starters—Dani Dennis-Sutton DE, Yvan Kemajou DE (1st career start), Alonzo Ford DT, Xavier Gilliam DT, Amare Campbell LB, Dom DeLuca LB, King Mack S, Dejuan Lane S, Audavion Collins CB, Zion Tracy CB, Daryus Dixson CB (Dennis-Sutton played 58 of 66 defensive snaps vs. Clemson)—Gilliam (Tennessee), Campbell (Tennessee), Lane (Tennessee) & Mack (NC State) entered portal and transferred—Dennis-Sutton, DeLuca & Ford are out of eligibility

• Amare Campbell LB: 7 tackles/7 solo, 1 Pass Breakup, 1 QB hurry—Led PSU with 103 total tackles/64 solo in 2025 (3 sacks, 9.5 TFLs in 2025)—first PSU player to reach 100 tackles in a season since Ellis Brooks (100 tackles in 2021/opted out of 2022 Outback Bowl)—Named 2025 3rd Team All-Big Ten Defense (Media)—played most snaps among LBs in 2025—Entered Transfer Portal on Jan. 4 after apparently not reaching financial deal with PSU for 2026—committed to Tennessee Jan. 9

• Vaboue Toure S: 7 tackles/4 solo, 1 sack (10 yards in losses/1st in career), 1 TFL (10 yards in losses/1st in career)—7 tackles is career high—Announced 2026 return on Jan. 2

• Dejuan Lane S: 6 tackles/4 solo, 1 Pass Breakup—career high 6 tackles—After initially announcing return to PSU for 2026, he entered Transfer Portal/committed to Tennessee on Jan. 10

• Jahmir Joseph CB: 5 tackles/5 solo, 1 Pass Breakup—career high 5 tackles—Announced 2026 return on Jan. 2

• Zion Tracy CB: 5 tackles/3 solo (7 career TFLs)—5 tackles match career best—Announced 2026 return

• Dani Dennis-Sutton DE: 4 tackles/2 solo, 2 sacks (22 yards in losses/23.5 career sacks/5th career game with multiple sacks), 2 TFLs (22 yards in losses/34.5 career TFLs/10th career game with multiple TFLs)—2 sacks ties the Pinstripe Bowl record (tied for 2nd most sacks by PSU player in a Bowl game)—22 yards in losses by sacks is a new PSU Bowl record—passed Abdul Carter (23) in career sacks—5.5 sacks over final 5 games of season—6.5 career sacks in Bowls/CFP games—Named 2025 3rd Team All-Big Ten Defense (Coaches & Media)—played most snaps among DLs in 2025—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten—Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/Declared for NFL Draft on social media on Dec. 31

• Keon Wylie LB: 3 tackles/3 solo, 1 QB hurry—Dec. 29, media reported Wylie entered portal—Jan. 8, committed to Virginia Tech

• Alonzo Ford DT: 3 tackles/2 solo—Declared for NFL Draft on social media Jan. 14

• Dom DeLuca LB: 3 tackles/1 solo, 1 TFL (4 yards in losses/17.5 in career/3.5 career TFLs in Bowl/CFP games), 1 QB hurry (4.5 career sacks)—Named 2025 Academic All-Big Ten (4.0)—Declared for NFL Draft on social media Dec. 31

• Audavion Collins CB: 2 tackles/1 solo, 1 Pass Breakup—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Defense Honorable Mention (Media)—Announced Jan. 1 on social media that he would return in 2026

• King Mack S: 2 tackles/1 solo—Kickoff returns: 1 for 17 yards—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Defense Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)—Jan. 2, media reported Mack entered portal—committed to NC State

• Ty Blanding DT: 2 tackles/1 solo, 1 TFL (4 yards in losses/1st career TFL)—Announced 2026 return on Jan. 4

• Daryus Dixson CB: 2 tackles/1 solo, season high 3 Pass Breakups (6 PBUs on season/2nd straight game with multiple PBUs)—In 2025, he had 1 sack, 2 TFLs, 2 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery—Announced Jan. 1 on social media that he would return in 2026

• Jaylen Harvey DE: 1 tackle/1 solo, 1 sack (8 yards in losses/1st career sack), 1 TFL (8 yards in losses/2.5 career TFLs)—Dec. 31, media reported Harvey entered portal—Jan. 5, committed to North Carolina

• Yvan Kemajou DE: 1 tackle/0 solo, 1 QB hurry (1.5 career sacks/5 TFLs on season)—Announced 2026 return on Jan. 2

• Xavier Gilliam DT: No Defensive Stats vs. Clemson/started at DT (.5 career sacks/2 career TFLs)—15 tackles on the 2025 season—Announced on social media Dec. 31 that he was entering Transfer Portal on Jan. 2—committed to Tennessee

• Zakee Wheatley S: DNP in Pinstripe Bowl—223 career tackles (74 in 2025/2nd best on team)—6 career INTs (1 in 2025 at Iowa)—played most snaps among DBs in 2025 regular season—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Defense Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)—opted out of the Pinstripe Bowl—Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/will enter 2026 NFL Draft

• AJ Harris CB: DNP in Pinstripe Bowl—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Defense Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)—Name/Bio removed from roster Dec. 22—entered transfer portal and reportedly committed to Indiana Jan. 12

• Zuriah Fisher DT: DNP in Pinstripe Bowl—21 career sacks, 32 career TFLs—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree for PSU—did not travel with team to NYC for Pinstripe Bowl—removed from roster ahead of bowl—reportedly entered transfer portal on Jan. 2—committed to USC on Jan. 6 for 7th collegiate season

• Chaz Coleman DE: DNP in Pinstripe Bowl—In 2025, he had 8 total tackles, 1 sack, 3 TFLs, 1 forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries—Dec. 18, announced on social media that he would enter Transfer Portal on Jan. 2—committed to Tennessee on Jan. 10

• Zane Durant DT: DNP in Pinstripe Bowl—Named 2025 All-Big Ten Defense Honorable Mention (Coaches & Media)—1st player to opt out of Pinstripe Bowl—Accepted invitation to the 2026 Senior Bowl/will enter 2026 NFL Draft