Penn State Sports Magazine
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1 2 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 2 3 W W W . B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M OFFENSE LEFT TACKLE No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. 74 Olumuyiwa Fashanu Jr. 6-6 319 66 Drew Shelton So. 6-5 308 LEFT GUARD 58 Landon Tengwall R-So. 6-6 317 56 or JB Nelson R-Jr. 6-5 332 CENTER 64 Hunter Nourzad R-Sr.+ 6-3 315 53 Nick Dawkins R-Jr. 6-4 321 RIGHT GUARD 77 Sal Wormley R-Sr. 6-3 324 71 Olaivavega Ioane R-Fr. 6-4 350 RIGHT TACKLE 73 Caedan Wallace R-Sr. 6-5 341 66 Drew Shelton So. 6-5 308 56 or JB Nelson R-Jr. 6-5 332 TIGHT END 84 Theo Johnson Jr. 6-6 264 44 Tyler Warren Jr. 6-6 259 WIDE RECEIVER 1 KeAndre Lambert-Smith Jr. 6-1 188 2 Liam Clifford R-So. 6-1 198 7 Kaden Saunders R-Fr. 5-10 180 WIDE RECEIVER 6 Harrison Wallace III R-So. 6-1 194 11 Malik McClain Jr. 6-4 200 WIDE RECEIVER 5 Omari Evans So. 6-0 185 3 Dante Cephas R-Sr. 6-0 187 QUARTERBACK 15 Drew Allar So. 6-5 243 9 Beau Pribula R-Fr. 6-2 206 RUNNING BACK 10 Nicholas Singleton So. 6-0 224 13 Kaytron Allen So. 5-11 221 DEFENSE DEFENSIVE END No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. 44 Chop Robinson Jr. 6-3 250 15 Amin Vanover Jr. 6-4 266 DEFENSIVE TACKLE 91 Dvon Ellies R-Sr. 6-1 302 52 Jordan van den Berg R-So. 6-3 301 99 or Coziah Izzard Jr. 6-3 294 DEFENSIVE TACKLE 51 Hakeem Beamon R-Sr. 6-3 284 28 Zane Durant So. 6-1 280 DEFENSIVE END 20 Adisa Isaac R-Sr. 6-4 254 33 Dani Dennis-Sutton So. 6-5 258 OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 23 Curtis Jacobs Jr. 6-1 238 34 Dominic DeLuca R-So. 6-1 213 MIDDLE LINEBACKER 41 Kobe King R-So. 6-1 246 43 or Tyler Elsdon Jr. 6-2 233 OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 11 Abdul Carter So. 6-3 250 13 Tony Rojas Fr. 6-2 225 CORNERBACK 4 Kalen King Jr. 5-11 191 5 Cam Miller So. 6-0 182 CORNERBACK 3 Johnny Dixon Sr. 6-0 191 25 Daequan Hardy R-Sr. 5-9 181 SAFETY 1 Jaylen Reed Jr. 6-0 208 21 Kevin Winston Jr. So. 6-2 204 SAFETY 2 Keaton Ellis Sr. 5-11 192 6 Zakee Wheatley R-So. 6-2 196 BWI's Unofficial Penn State Depth Chart PUNTER No. Name Cl. Ht. Wt. 95 Riley Thompson Sr. 6-1 212 97 or Alex Bacchetta R-Fr. 6-2 220 PLACEKICKER (FG) 93 Sander Sahaydak R-So. 6-0 181 91 or Alex Felkins Sr. 6-3 200 PLACEKICKER (KO) 93 Sander Sahaydak R-So. 6-0 181 91 or Alex Felkins Sr. 6-3 200 99 or Gabriel Nwosu R-So. 6-6 274 LONG SNAPPER 48 Tyler Duzansky R-So. 6-4 217 PUNT RETURNER 25 Daequan Hardy R-Sr. 5-9 181 7 or Kaden Saunders R-Fr. 5-10 180 KICKOFF RETURNER 10 Nicholas Singleton So. 6-0 224 25 Daequan Hardy R-Sr. 5-9 181 SPECIAL TEAMS Transfer Lineman To Miss Season With Injury Penn State pulled junior defensive tackle Alonzo Ford Jr. out of the transfer portal this offseason in the hope that the former Old Dominion standout would bolster depth in the rotation at a posi- tion of need. That won't happen in 2023. Sources confirmed to BWI in mid-Au- gust that Ford will miss the upcoming season due to an injury. The 6-foot-2, 287-pound Ford was an honorable mention All-Sun Belt pick in 2022 for the Monarchs. He will be able to use his redshirt season in 2023 and have two more years of eligibility remaining with the Nittany Lions start- ing next year. Ford had been expected to compete for snaps in the back end of Penn State's defensive tackle rotation this fall and vie for a starting spot the following year. His absence doesn't change a lot for the Nittany Lions' plans in 2023. In May, coach James Franklin had said that Ford's addition "gives us, at the very least, another guy who can be in the rotation, who has played against Virginia Tech and Virginia, has played major-college football. There's value in that." Penn State missed on its defensive tackle targets in the first portal window but got a chance for redemption in the spring period. Ford committed to the Nittany Lions in May with the blessing of Old Dominion coach Ricky Rahne, who had previously spent two seasons as offensive coordinator under Franklin at Penn State. Ford arrived at Old Dominion in the class of 2020 out of Varina High School in Richmond, Va. The Monarchs didn't play in 2020 due to the pandemic, and Ford got onto the field with true fresh- man eligibility the following year. A productive player on the interior, he had 74 tackles, including 8.5 for loss and 4 sacks, in two seasons at ODU. — Sean Fitz