Penn State injury report: Lions could be without a starter on offense and defense against Northwestern

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State is two hours away from facing Northwestern in its annual Homecoming game at Beaver Stadium. That means the Lions’ and Wildcats’ 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

#13 Tony Rojas

#16 Bekkem Kritza

#18 Max Granville

#19 Josiah Brown

#27 Lamont Payne Jr.

#30 Kari Jackson

#42 Mason Robinson

#50 Cooper Cousins

#58 Kaleb Artis

#59 Brady O’Hara

#61 Liam Horan

#81 Donte Nastasi

#84 Peter Gonzalez

#95 Jordan Mayer

Here’s who is QUESTIONABLE:

#7 Zion Tracy

#26 Cam Wallace

#68 Anthony Donkoh

#74 J’ven Williams

Who is out and questionable for Northwestern today?

Here’s who is OUT:

#31 Tito Williams Jr.

#32 Matthew Smith

#35 Tate Crane

#61 Matt Keeler

#67 Jace Borcherding

#82 Braden Blueitt

#94 Migo Jackson

#97 Braxton Strong

Here’s who is questionable:

#54 Tyler Gant

Takeaways from the Penn State injury report

Tracy and Donkoh are the two players who jump off the list for the Lions in the questionable category. The former, who is Penn State’s starting slot corner, was limited last week. So was the latter, who is the team’s starting right guard, although he did play in the second half at UCLA.

Cousins obviously jumps off it in the OUT category. If he and Donkoh both don’t go, TJ Shanahan Jr., should slot in at right guard beside Nolan Rucci.

Please visit our pregame thread in The Lions Den for the latest updates once warmups start.

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Reviewing the first Penn State availability reports of the year

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

Game 5 availability report

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 Jaxon Smolik
#68 Anthony Donkoh

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