How are the Penn State transfers who left the Lions faring with the regular season almost over?

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Numerous former Penn State football players are suiting up at other schools this fall. Some have been incredibly successful since moving on while others are more or less performing the same or worse than they did as Lions.

For the third time this season, Blue-White Illustrated has a complete rundown of who is standing out and what each one-time Lion is doing with two weeks left in the regular season.

How former Penn State players who left the program are performing on offense

QB Will Levis: Levis was just invited to the Senior Bowl. He continues to be a highly decisive NFL Draft prospect, even if most mocks have him going in the first round. The senior is completing 66.1 percent of his passes and has thrown for 2,012 yards and 16 touchdowns to nine interceptions. He’s also scored on the ground twice. Kentucky is 6-4.

QB Ta’Quan Roberson: Named the starter at Connecticut, Roberson is now out for the season after tearing his ACL in Week 1.

RB Noah Cain: LSU is 8-2 and leading the SEC West. Cain is at the bottom of the team’s running back rotation, however. He has 40 carries for 216 yards and four touchdowns this season. Cain has missed some time, as well. But, he was back in the rotation last week and will continue to be moving forward. However, his opportunities will be limited.

WR Justin Shorter: Now at Florida, Shorter has been injured the last few weeks. He was seen going through the Gators’ Senior Day festivities in sweatpants. It’s unclear when or if he will return this fall. To date, Shorter has a team-high 471 receiving yards on 21 catches and has two touchdowns.

WR Mac Hippenhammer: Miami of Ohio is 5-6. But, Hippenhammer continues to be the team’s leading receiver. He has 46 catches for 656 yards and eight touchdowns, and impressed last week in a nationally-televised loss to Ohio that featured three touchdown catches for the former two-sport Penn State athlete. He also caught one in last night’s win.

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WR Daniel George: Now with former Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead at Akron, George has had at least four catches in every game but one this fall. He now has 53 receptions for 597 yards. But, he has yet to find the end zone despite being an oft-used part of the Zips’ attack.

WR Cam Sullivan-Brown: UMass‘ second leading receiver in a run-heavy offense, ‘CSB’ has 21 catches for 325 yards and two touchdowns this season. The Minutemen are 1-9.

WR TJ Jones: Jones has turned 27 catches into 207 yards and two touchdowns for 5-5 UAB. He was the team’s leading receiver earlier in the year but no longer is.

WR John Dunmore: Dunmore has played in all 10 Oregon State games this season. But, he has just four catches for 53 yards over those contests. He is a rotational part of the offense.

OL Des Holmes: Holmes has started eight of 10 games at right guard for Arizona State. That includes each of the past four contests. The Sun Devils have the No. 2 offense in the PAC-12.

TE Zack Kuntz: Now at Old Dominion, Kuntz has 12 catches for 144 yards and two touchdowns. He is out for the season after suffering an injury in early October that required surgery.

How are former Lions who left faring on defense?

DT Judge Culpepper: Culpepper is a key part of and starting nose tackle for the Toledo defense. He has 39 tackles (one for loss) and an interception for the 7-4 Rockets.

DT Cole Brevard: After transferring to Purdue last offseason, Brevard has played in all 10 games for the Boilermakers even though he’s not a starter. He’s made six stops on the season.

DE Damion Barber: Now at Marshall, Barber has 18 tackles (2.5 for loss) over 10 games for former Penn State assistant Charles Huff. He also has two sacks and a pair of quarterback hurries.

DE Joseph Darkwa: He’s appeared in just one game this season for Temple. He has only one tackle on the year.

LB Lance Dixon: Now at West Virginia, Dixon has 20 tackles and a pass breakup this season.

CB Trent Gordon: Gordon has found a special teams role at Arkansas. He has played in all 10 games this season and has 14 tackles.

DB Tyler Rudolph: Rudolph is now at UMass. He’s second on the team with 47 tackles (one for loss) and has two interceptions plus four pass breakups.

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