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Penn State injury report: Who's out, questionable, for the Lions and Oregon today?

Greg Pickelby: Greg Pickel09/27/25GregPickel
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Penn State head coach James Franklin. (Credit: Steve Manuel | Blue White Illustrated)

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State is two hours away from playing Oregon in a top 10 showdown during Week 5 f the college football season. That means the Lions’ and Ducks’ latest availability report is out. Who’s in, and who’s questionable, for head coach James Franklin’s team today? Here’s the list:

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Who is out and questionable for Penn State today?

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

Who is out and questionable for Oregon today?

Here’s who is OUT:

#3 Kyler Kasper

#7 Evan Stewart

#8 Trey McNutt

#18 Dorian Brew

#23 Brayden Platt

#80 Dillon Gresham

#88 Jack Ressler

Takeaways from the Penn State and Oregon injury reports

For Penn State, the only new name is Williams. He has been in and out of practice in recent weeks.

For Oregon, the report confirms that starting running back Noah Whittington is back. So, too, is receiver Justius Lowe.

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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 Weeks 1-3 availability report below to compare to Week 5:

Week 3 availability 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.

Week 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.

WEEK 1:

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