2018 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Roster

Head Coach: James Franklin

Season: 12th

Avg. NIL: $21K

Total NIL: $442K

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Jonathan Sutherland

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 214

High School:: Episcopal
Hometown:: (Ottawa, ON)

Natl: 369

Pos: 34

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Jahan Dotson

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 178

Age: 25 yrs

High School:: Nazareth
Hometown:: (Nazareth, PA)

91.63

Natl: 204

Pos: 39

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 25

Tariq Castro-Fields

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-0.6
Weight: 197

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Riverdale Baptist
Hometown:: (Upper Marlboro, MD)

89.91

Natl: 303

Pos: 30

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 26

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Cam Sullivan-Brown

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: St. Vincent Pallotti
Hometown:: (Laurel, MD)

87.73

Natl: 499

Pos: 70

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Daniel George

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 210

High School:: Oxon Hill
Hometown:: (Oxon Hill, MD)

91.22

Natl: 220

Pos: 43

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Micah Parsons

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 246

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Harrisburg
Hometown:: (Harrisburg, PA)

99.14

Natl: 5

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 26

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Ellis Brooks

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 233

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Benedictine
Hometown:: (Richmond, VA)

89.87

Natl: 306

Pos: 32

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 26

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Sean Clifford

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 212

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: St. Xavier
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

91.92

Natl: 183

Pos: 12

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 27

Aeneas Hawkins

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 290

High School:: Archbishop Moeller
Hometown:: (Cincinnati, OH)

88.67

Natl: 439

Pos: 44

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

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Drew Hartlaub

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 183

High School:: South Western
Hometown:: (Hanover, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Jesse Luketa

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-2.9
Weight: 253

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Mercyhurst Preparatory School
Hometown:: (Erie, PA)

90.71

Natl: 257

Pos: 32

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 26

Charlie Katshir

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 234

High School:: Cumberland Valley
Hometown:: (Mechanicsburg, PA)

87.77

Natl: 522

Pos: 64

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Nick Tarburton

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 258

High School:: Pennridge
Hometown:: (Green Lane, PA)

91.18

Natl: 226

Pos: 15

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

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Max Chizmar

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 230

High School:: Mars Area
Hometown:: (Mars, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Rasheed Walker

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-5.6
Weight: 313

Age: 25 yrs

High School:: North Point
Hometown:: (Waldorf, MD)

95.46

Natl: 54

Pos: 6

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 25

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Fred Hansard

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 310

High School:: Hun School
Hometown:: (Princeton, NJ)

91.68

Natl: 196

Pos: 15

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Juice Scruggs

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 301

Age: 25 yrs

High School:: Cathedral Prep
Hometown:: (Erie, PA)

90.72

Natl: 255

Pos: 16

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 25

Bryce Effner

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 294

High School:: Metea Valley
Hometown:: (Aurora, IL)

87.40

Natl: 589

Pos: 44

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

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Mike Miranda

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 290

High School:: Stow-Munroe Falls
Hometown:: (Stow, OH)

89.22

Natl: 355

Pos: 24

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

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Des Holmes

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 322

High School:: Cardinal O'Hara
Hometown:: (Springfield, PA)

84.10

Natl: 931

Pos: 66

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

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Justin Weller

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190

High School:: Nazareth Academy
Hometown:: (La Grange Park, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Grayson Kline

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 263

High School:: Wilson
Hometown:: (Lititz, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Rafael Checa

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 202

High School:: St. John's
Hometown:: (Washington, DC)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

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Chris Stoll

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 255

High School:: St. Francis de Sales
Hometown:: (Columbus, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

Jake Pinegar

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 199

High School:: Ankeny Centennial
Hometown:: (Ankeny, IA)

81.13

Natl: 1632

Pos: 5

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Vlad Hilling

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 226

High School:: Hollidaysburg Area
Hometown:: (Hollidaysburg, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

PJ Mustipher

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 320

High School:: McDonogh School
Hometown:: (Owings Mills, MD)

94.43

Natl: 88

Pos: 10

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Alex Hoenstine

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 171

High School:: Central
Hometown:: (Martinsburg, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Amani Oruwariye

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 204

Age: 29 yrs

High School:: Gaither
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

85.40

Natl: 729

Pos: 59

St: 106

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 29

Antonio Valentino Shelton

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 280

High School:: Westerville North
Hometown:: (Westerville, OH)

82.43

Natl: 1127

Pos: 99

St: 58

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Blake Gillikin

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 180

High School:: Westminster School
Hometown:: (Atlanta, GA)

81.80

Natl: 1252

Pos: 3

St: 103

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: P

Brandon Clark

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 185

High School:: State College Area
Hometown:: (State College, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Brelin Faison-Walden

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 200

High School:: Grimsley
Hometown:: (Greensboro, NC)

88.40

Natl: 428

Pos: 46

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Cade Pollard

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 205

High School:: Champion
Hometown:: (Boerne, TX)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: P

Cam Brown

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 233

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: Paint Branch
Hometown:: (Potomac, MD)

89.80

Natl: 318

Pos: 33

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Age: 27

Charlie Shuman

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 6-8
Weight: 297

High School:: Pittsford Sutherland
Hometown:: (Pittsford, NY)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Cody Romano

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 223

High School:: Blair Academy
Hometown:: (Newton, NJ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Connor McGovern

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-5.38
Weight: 308

Age: 32 yrs

High School:: Lake-Lehman
Hometown:: (Lopez, PA)

90.54

Natl: 273

Pos: 25

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 32

D.J. Brown

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: Landmark Christian School
Hometown:: (Fairburn, GA)

84.03

Natl: 941

Pos: 98

St: 94

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Dae'lun Darien

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 205

High School:: Dunbar
Hometown:: (Baltimore, MD)

83.50

Natl: 965

Pos: 114

St: 26

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Dan Chisena

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 182

High School:: Downingtown East
Hometown:: (Exton, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Danny Dalton

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 241

High School:: Marshfield
Hometown:: (Marshfield, MA)

88.33

Natl: 441

Pos: 22

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Frank Di Leo

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 210

High School:: St Ignatius College Prep
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Garrett Taylor

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 198

High School:: St. Christopher's School
Hometown:: (Richmond, VA)

94.47

Natl: 85

Pos: 6

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Hunter Kelly

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 310

High School:: Neshaminy
Hometown:: (Langhorne, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Jabari Butler

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 165

High School:: Bishop Gorman
Hometown:: (Las Vegas, NV)

80.45

Natl: 1637

Pos: 158

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Joe Arcangelo

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 225

High School:: Abington Heights
Hometown:: (Clarks Summit, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

John Reid

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 181

Age: 29 yrs

High School:: St. Joseph's Prep School
Hometown:: (Philadelphia, PA)

93.51

Natl: 126

Pos: 14

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 29

Jonathan Holland

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 238

High School:: The Bullis School
Hometown:: (Potomac, MD)

88.75

Natl: 417

Pos: 16

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Justin Shorter

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 229

Age: 25 yrs

High School:: South Brunswick
Hometown:: (Monmouth Junction, NJ)

98.86

Natl: 7

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 25

Kevin Givens

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 275

High School:: Altoona
Hometown:: (Altoona, PA)

84.13

Natl: 930

Pos: 90

St: 20

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

KJ Hamler

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 156

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: IMG Academy
Hometown:: (Bradenton, FL)

89.33

Natl: 342

Pos: 50

St: 47

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Age: 26

Kyle Vasey

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 239

High School:: Wallenpaupack Area
Hometown:: (Hawley, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

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Mac Hippenhammer

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 170

High School:: Snider
Hometown:: (Fort Wayne, IN)

87.43

Natl: 528

Pos: 75

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

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Mark Allen

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 5-6
Weight: 180

High School:: DeMatha Catholic
Hometown:: (Hyattsville, MD)

80.75

Natl: 1493

Pos: 159

St: 36

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Matt Aloni

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 241

High School:: Plainedge
Hometown:: (Massapequa, NY)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LS

Michael Shuster

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 200

High School:: Camp Hill
Hometown:: (Camp Hill, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Miles Sanders

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 5-10.6
Weight: 211

Age: 28 yrs

High School:: Woodland Hills
Hometown:: (Pittsburgh, PA)

96.33

Natl: 34

Pos: 1

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Age: 28

Nick Bowers

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 265

High School:: Kittanning
Hometown:: (Kittanning, PA)

86.27

Natl: 665

Pos: 30

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Ricky Slade

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185

High School:: C. D. Hylton
Hometown:: (Woodbridge, VA)

96.67

Natl: 28

Pos: 3

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Robert Windsor

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

Age: 28 yrs

High School:: Fond Du Lac
Hometown:: (Fond Du Lac, WI)

83.73

Natl: 1003

Pos: 100

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 28

Ryan Bates

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 301

High School:: Archbishop Wood
Hometown:: (Warminster, PA)

92.85

Natl: 148

Pos: 10

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Shareef Miller

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 248

Age: 28 yrs

High School:: George Washington
Hometown:: (Philadelphia, PA)

88.37

Natl: 461

Pos: 31

St: 10

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 28

Steven Gonzalez

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 341

High School:: Union City
Hometown:: (Union City, NJ)

90.87

Natl: 245

Pos: 21

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Trace McSorley

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205

Age: 29 yrs

High School:: Briar Woods
Hometown:: (Ashburn, VA)

86.87

Natl: 567

Pos: 35

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 29

Trent Gordon

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 180

High School:: Manvel
Hometown:: (Manvel, TX)

Natl: 402

Pos: 42

St: 58

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Tyler Shoop

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 176

High School:: Father Ryan
Hometown:: (Nashville, TN)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Will Levis

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 229

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Xavier
Hometown:: (Middletown, CT)

86.53

Natl: 684

Pos: 50

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 26

Yetur Gross-Matos

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 264

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: Chancellor
Hometown:: (Fredericksburg, VA)

92.69

Natl: 151

Pos: 15

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 27

Zach Simpson

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 292

High School:: Hollidaysburg Area
Hometown:: (Hollidaysburg, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Zech McPhearson

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-2.1
Weight: 183

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: Riverdale Baptist
Hometown:: (Upper Marlboro, MD)

91.50

Natl: 217

Pos: 20

St: 6

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 27

Pat Freiermuth

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 251

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Brooks School
Hometown:: (North Andover, MA)

91.71

Natl: 200

Pos: 7

St: 1

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 26

Zack Kuntz

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 255

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Camp Hill
Hometown:: (Camp Hill, PA)

93.54

Natl: 128

Pos: 4

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 26

Jayson Oweh

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-4.9
Weight: 257

Age: 26 yrs

High School:: Blair Academy
Hometown:: (Blairstown, NJ)

94.45

Natl: 86

Pos: 5

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 26

Judge Culpepper

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 296

High School:: Plant
Hometown:: (Tampa, FL)

88.70

Natl: 426

Pos: 41

St: 77

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Jan Johnson

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: Governor Mifflin
Hometown:: (Reading, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Sterling Jenkins

Class year: 2015 H.S.
Height: 6-8
Weight: 329

High School:: Baldwin
Hometown:: (Pittsburgh, PA)

91.36

Natl: 217

Pos: 17

St: 5

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

RS-SO

Daniel Joseph

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 240

High School:: Lake Forest Academy
Hometown:: (Lake Forest, IL)

92.41

Natl: 164

Pos: 21

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Isaiah Humphries

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 191

High School:: Sachse
Hometown:: (Sachse, TX)

88.40

Natl: 453

Pos: 38

St: 64

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Shaka Toney

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-2.5
Weight: 242

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: Imhotep Institute
Hometown:: (Philadelphia, PA)

84.13

Natl: 864

Pos: 71

St: 19

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Age: 27

Michal Menet

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-4.13
Weight: 301

Age: 28 yrs

High School:: Exeter Township
Hometown:: (Reading, PA)

95.64

Natl: 53

Pos: 4

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Age: 28

Will Fries

Class year: 2016 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 305

Age: 27 yrs

High School:: Cranford Sr
Hometown:: (Cranford, NJ)

89.03

Natl: 379

Pos: 28

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Age: 27

Nick Scott

Class year: 2014 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 195

Age: 30 yrs

High School:: Fairfax
Hometown:: (Fairfax, VA)

87.47

Natl: 518

Pos: 43

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Age: 30

Henry Fessler

Class year: 2018 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 175

High School:: Cathedral Prep
Hometown:: (Erie, PA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

RS-FR

CJ Thorpe

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 318

High School:: Central Catholic
Hometown:: (Pittsburgh, PA)

94.52

Natl: 81

Pos: 5

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

RS-FR

CJ Holmes

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 206

High School:: Cheshire Academy
Hometown:: (Cheshire, CT)

89.56

Natl: 325

Pos: 31

St: 3

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

RS-FR

Damion Barber

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 244

High School:: Harrisburg
Hometown:: (Harrisburg, PA)

89.91

Natl: 302

Pos: 26

St: 8

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

RS-FR

Journey Brown

Class year: 2017 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 194

High School:: Meadville Area
Hometown:: (Meadville, PA)

84.37

Natl: 888

Pos: 77

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB