Penn State injury report: Lions could be without a starter on Saturday at UCLA

UPDATE: Learn more about who went through warmups and who did not in the Blue-White Illustrated Penn State-UCLA live blog by clicking here.

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State is two hours away from playing UCLA in its first road contest of the 2025 season. That means the Lions’ and Bruins’ latest availability report is out. Who’s in, and who’s questionable, for head coach James Franklin’s team today? The list is below.

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Who is out and questionable for Penn State today?

Here’s who is OUT:

#7 Kaden Saunders

#11 Lyrick Samuel

#13 Tony Rojas

#16 Bekkem Kritza

#18 Max Granville

#19 Josiah Brown

#26 Cam Wallace

#30 Kari Jackson

#42 Mason Robinson

#58 Kaleb Artis

#59 Brady O’Hara

#61 Liam Horan

#74 J’ven Williams

#81 Donte Nastasi

#84 Peter Gonzalez

#95 Jordan Mayer

Here’s who is QUESTIONABLE:

#14 Jason Smolik
#68 Anthony Donkoh

Who is out and questionable for UCLA today?

Here’s who is OUT:

#11 Nico Davillier

#15 Pierce Clarkson

Here’s who is questionable:

#14 Carter Shaw

#15 Anthony Jones

#88 Grant Buckey

Takeaways from the Penn State and UCLA injury reports

Penn State will be without running back Cam Wallace today. He has so far served as the team’s No. 3 running back, although the competition continues. Backup guard Jven Williams is also out. More notable is the fact that starting guard Anthony Donkoh is questionable. So, too, is third-string quarterback Jaxon Smolik.

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Reviewing the first two Penn State availability report of the year

Each week, Blue-White Illustrated will note the changes from week to week. You can see the games 1-4 availability reports below to compare to game 5:

Game 4 availability report:

Here’s who is OUT:

#7 WR Kaden Saunders

#11 WR Lyrick Samuel

#16 QB Bekkem Kritza

#18 DE Max Granville

#19 WR Josiah Brown

#30 LB Kari Jackson

#42 DE Mason Robinson

#58 DT Kaleb Artis

#59 OL Brady O’Hara

#61 OL Liam Horan

#81 WR Donte Nastasi

#84 WR Peter Gonzalez

#95 WR Jordan Mayer

Here’s who is questionable:

#74 OT Jven Williams

Game 3availability report:

OUT:

#7 WR Kaden Saunders

#11 WR Lyrick Samuel

#16 QB Bekkem Kritza

#18 DE Max Granville

#19 WR Josiah Brown

#20 DE Mylachi Williams

#30 RB Amiel Davis

#30 LB Kari Jackson

#31 WR Logan Cunningham

#42 DE Mason Robinson

#58 DT Kaleb Artis

#59 OL Brady O’Hara

#61 OL Liam Horan

#81 WR Donte Nastasi

#84 WR Peter Gonzalez

#88 TE Andrew Olesh

#94 DT De’Andre Cook

#95 DE Jordan Mayer

QUESTIONABLE:

NONE.

Game 2 Penn State availability report:

#6 WR Matt Outten

#7 WR Kaden Saunders

#11 WR Lyrick Samuel

#16 QB Bekkem Kritza

#18 DE Max Granville

#19 WR Josiah Brown

#30 LB Kari Jackson

#42 DE Mason Robinson

#43 DE Dayshaun Burnett

#52 DT Randy Adirika

#58 DT Kaleb Artis

#59 OT Brady O’Hara

#61 OT Liam Horan

#64 OT Eagan Boyer

#67 OL Henry Boehme

#81 WR Donte Nastasi

#84 WR Peter Gonzalez

#95 DE Jordan Mayer

#98 K Matthew Parker

QUESTIONABLE:

NONE.

Game 1 availability report:

OUT

#7 Kaden Saunders
#16 Bekkem Kritza
#18 Max Granville
#19 Josiah Brown
#36 Zuriah Fisher
#42 Mason Robinson
#58 Kaleb Artis
#59 Brady O’Hara
#61 Liam Horan
#64 Eagan Boyer
#81 Donte Nastasi
#84 Peter Gonzalez
#95 Jordan Mayer

QUESTIONABLE

#7 Zion Tracy