2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football
2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 2
Head coach	James Franklin (12th season);
Offensive coordinator	Andy Kotelnicki (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ty Howle (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Knowles (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Anthony Poindexter (5th season)
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 Illinois	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 20 Indiana	0	–	0	0	–	0
Iowa	0	–	0	0	–	0
Maryland	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 14 Michigan	0	–	0	0	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Minnesota	0	–	0	0	–	0
Nebraska	0	–	0	0	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 3 Ohio State	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 7 Oregon	0	–	0	0	–	0
No. 2 Penn State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Purdue	0	–	0	0	–	0
Rutgers	0	–	0	0	–	0
UCLA	0	–	0	0	–	0
USC	0	–	0	0	–	0
Washington	0	–	0	0	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	0	0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant As of August 22, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is expected to be led by head coach James Franklin in his 12th year. They will play their home games at Beaver Stadium located in State College, Pennsylvania.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Mehki Flowers	S	Akron
Chase Meyer	K	California
Feyisayo Oluleye	WR	Clarion
Tyler Johnson	WR	East Carolina
T.A. Cunningham	DL	Garden City CC
Jon Mitchell	CB	Georgia Tech
JB Nelson	IOL	Kansas State
Beckham Dee	LB	Lafayette
Jerry Cross	TE	Memphis
Beau Pribula	QB	Missouri
Joseph Mupoyi	EDGE	North Carolina
Smith Vilbert	EDGE	North Carolina
Harrison Wallace III	WR	Ole Miss
Cam Miller	CB	Rutgers
Tyrece Mills	S	UConn
Ta'Mere Robinson	LB	USC
Omari Evans	WR	Washington
Jason Estrella	WR	Unknown

Incoming

Player	Position	Former Team
King Mack	S	Alabama
Owen Wafle	EDGE	Michigan
Amare Campbell	LB	North Carolina
Trebor Pena	WR	Syracuse
Enai White	EDGE	Texas A&M
TJ Shanahan Jr.	IOL	Texas A&M
Devonte Ross	WR	Troy
Kyron Hudson	WR	USC

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV
August 30	3:30 p.m.	Nevada*	No. 2	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	CBS
September 6	12:00 p.m.	FIU*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	BTN
September 13	3:30 p.m.	Villanova*		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	FS1
September 27	7:30 p.m.	Oregon		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (White Out)	NBC
October 4		at UCLA		Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA
October 11	12:00/3:30/4:00 p.m.	Northwestern		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
October 18		at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA
November 1		at Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)
November 8		Indiana		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
November 15		at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)
November 22		Nebraska		Beaver Stadium University Park, PA
November 29		at Rutgers		SHI Stadium Piscataway, NJ
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll - Released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	2 (23)
Coaches	3 (14)
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

vs Nevada

Pregame line	Over/under
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Nevada Wolf Pack (0–0) vs No. 2 Penn State Nittany Lions (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	-	-	-	-	0
No. 2 Nittany Lions	-	-	-	-	0

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

Date: August 30
Game time: 3:30 p.m.
Game weather:
Game attendance:
Referee:
TV announcers (CBS): Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Gary Danielson (color commentator), and Jenny Dell (sideline reporter)

Roster

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Liam Clifford	Sr
WR	`3`	Koby Howard	Fr
WR	`4`	Tyseer Denmark	Fr
WR	`5`	Devonte Ross	Sr
WR	`6`	Matt Outten	Fr
WR	`7`	Kaden Saunders	Jr
WR	`8`	Trebor Peña	Sr
RB	`10`	Nicholas Singleton	Sr
WR	`11`	Kyron Hudson	Sr
WR	`12`	Anthony Ivey	Jr
RB	`13`	Kaytron Allen	Sr
QB	`14`	Jaxon Smolik	So
QB	`15`	Drew Allar (C)	Sr
TE	`16`	Khalil Dinkins	Sr
QB	`16`	Bekkem Kritza	Fr
QB	`17`	Ethan Grunkemeyer	Fr
TE	`18`	Joey Schlaffer	So
WR	`19`	Josiah Brown	Fr
QB	`19`	Jack Lambert	So
RB	`21`	Jabree Coleman	Fr
RB	`23`	Tikey Hayes	Fr
RB	`24`	Corey Smith	Fr
RB	`25`	Quinton Martin Jr.	Fr
RB	`26`	Cam Wallace	So
RB	`30`	Amiel Davis	Sr
WR	`31`	Logan Cunningham	Jr
RB	`34`	Tyler Holzworth	Sr
TE	`44`	Matt Henderson	Fr
OL	`50`	Cooper Cousins	So
OL	`51`	Michael Troutman III	Fr
OL	`52`	Dominic Rulli	Jr
OL	`53`	Nick Dawkins (C)	Sr
OL	`54`	TJ Shanahan Jr.	So
OL	`55`	Chimdy Onoh	So
OL	`57`	Donnie Harbour	Fr
OL	`58`	Ian Harvie	Jr
OL	`59`	Brady O'Hara	Fr
OL	`61`	Liam Horan	Fr
OL	`63`	Alex Birchmeier	So
OL	`64`	Eagan Boyer	Fr
OL	`65`	Jim Fitzgerald	Jr
OL	`66`	Drew Shelton	Sr
OL	`67`	Henry Boehme	So
OL	`68`	Anthony Donkoh	So
OL	`70`	Garrett Sexton	Fr
OL	`71`	Olaivavega Ioane	Jr
OL	`72`	Nolan Rucci	Sr
OL	`73`	Caleb Brewer	Fr
OL	`74`	J'ven Williams	So
OL	`75`	Matt Detisch	Jr
OL	`75`	Malachi Goodman	Fr
OL	`76`	Mason Carlan	Sr
OL	`77`	Owen Aliciene	Fr
WR	`80`	Jeff Exinor Jr.	Fr
WR	`81`	Donte Nastasi	So
WR	`81`	Lyrick Samuel	Fr
WR	`82`	Ethan Black	So
TE	`83`	Brian Kortovich	Fr
WR	`84`	Peter Gonzalez	Fr
TE	`85`	Luke Reynolds	So
WR	`86`	Aaron Enterline	Fr
TE	`87`	Andrew Rappleyea	So
TE	`88`	Andrew Olesh	Fr
TE	`89`	Finn Furmanek	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`0`	Dominic DeLuca (C)	Sr
CB	`2`	Audavion Collins	Jr
CB	`3`	Antoine Belgrave-Shorter	Fr
CB	`4`	A. J. Harris	Jr
CB	`5`	Daryus Dixon	Fr
S	`6`	Zakee Wheatley	Sr
CB	`7`	Zion Tracy	Jr
LB	`8`	DaKaari Nelson	So
CB	`9`	Elliot Washington II	Jr
S	`10`	Dejuan Lane	So
LB	`11`	LaVar Arrington II	Fr
CB	`12`	Xxavier Thomas	Fr
LB	`13`	Tony Rojas	Jr
S	`14`	Braz Thomas	Fr
CB	`15`	Joshua Johnson	Fr
S	`16`	King Mack	Jr
CB	`17`	Kenny Woseley Jr.	Fr
DE	`18`	Max Granville	Fr
DE	`19`	Chaz Coleman	Fr
DE	`20`	Mylachi Williams	Fr
S	`21`	Vaboue Toure	Fr
CB	`23`	Jahmir Joseph	Fr
LB	`24`	Amare Campbell	Jr
LB	`25`	Alex Tatsch	Fr
LB	`26`	Cam Smith	Fr
S	`27`	Lamont Payne Jr.	So
DT	`28`	Zane Durant	Sr
S	`28`	Karson Kiesewetter	So
DE	`29`	Daniel Jennings	Fr
LB	`30`	Kari Jackson	Fr
S	`31`	Kolin Dinkins	Jr
LB	`32`	Keon Wylie	Jr
DE	`33`	Dani Dennis-Sutton	Sr
DT	`34`	Owen Wafle	Fr
CB	`35`	Tyler Armstead	Fr
DE	`36`	Zuriah Fisher	Sr
DT	`39`	Ty Blanding	So
S	`39`	Jashaun Green	Jr
LB	`40`	Anthony Speca	Fr
DE	`42`	Mason Robinson	So
DE	`43`	Dayshaun Burnett	Fr
DE	`44`	Jaylen Harvey	Fr
LB	`45`	Jackson Pryts	Jr
DE	`45`	Enai White	Jr
DE	`46`	Cortez Harris	Fr
DE	`47`	Aidan Probst	Fr
DT	`50`	Alonzo Ford Jr.	Sr
DT	`52`	Randy Adirika	Fr
DT	`54`	Xavier Gilliam	Fr
DT	`58`	Kaleb Artis	Jr
DT	`88`	Sam Siafa	Jr
DT	`90`	Liam Andrews	Fr
DE	`93`	Bobby Mears	So
DT	`94`	De'Andre Cook	Fr
DE	`95`	Jordan Mayer	So
DE	`99`	Yvan Kemajou	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LS	`35`	Blaise Sokach-Minnick	Jr
LS	`48`	Tyler Duzansky	Sr
LS	`92`	Andrew Dufault	Fr
K	`94`	Ryan Barker	So
P	`95`	Riley Thompson (C)	Sr
K	`98`	Matthew Parker	Fr
P	`99`	Gabriel Nwosu	Sr

Head coach

James Franklin

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Terry Smith – Associate head coach/defensive recruiting coordinator/cornerbacks
Jim Knowles – Defensive coordinator
Andy Kotelnicki – Offensive coordinator
Justin Lustig – Special teams coordinator/outside linebackers/nickels
Deion Barnes – Defensive line
Dan Connor – Linebackers
Stan Drayton – Running backs
Marques Hagans – Offensive recruiting coordinator/wide receivers
Ty Howle – Co-offensive coordinator/tight ends
Anthony Poindexter – Co-defensive coordinator/safeties
Danny O'Brien – Quarterbacks
Phil Trautwein – Offensive line
Chuck Losey – Assistant AD/performance enhancement
Torrence Brown – Defensive graduate assistant
Kevin Ceh – Offensive graduate assistant
Jordan Lucas – Defensive graduate assistant

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 19, 2025

References

^ "2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
^ "2025 Penn State Football Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
^ Boley, Austin. "Penn State 2025 football schedule released". WGAL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
^ "2025 Penn State Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

[1] "2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

[2] "2025 Penn State Football Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved February 22, 2025.

[3] Boley, Austin. "Penn State 2025 football schedule released". WGAL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

[4] "2025 Penn State Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved December 19, 2024.

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