Updated Penn State football weights heading into fall camp
The Penn State football team released an updated roster with new weights for the 2023 season. Blue White Illustrated combed through the information to pick out the most notable weight gains or losses since the last major update.
We’ll start with freshmen summer additions who arrived on campus over the last few months. Three players will were added to the roster for the first time and have their first weigh-in for the program.
Penn State summer additions making progress
Despite being on campus for only a few months, several Penn State freshmen have made impressive gains from their recruiting weight. Notably, Dakaari Nelson gained 17 pounds and Andrew Rappleyea gained 18. However, linebackers continue to dominate the weight transfer, with Kaveion Keys gaining 19 pounds from his listed recruiting weight.
Ty Blanding up ten pounds from 265 to 275
Kaveion Keys Up 19 pounds from 195 to 214
King Mack up 15 pounds 175 to 190
Joseph Mupoyi up 13 pounds from 240 to 253
Dakaari Nelson up 17 pounds from 200 to 217
Andrew Rappleyea up 18 pounds from 235 to 253
Cameron Wallace up nine pounds from 175 to 184
London Montgomery up six pounds from 180 to 186
Carmelo Taylor: 162
Mason Robinson: 232
Jameial Lyons: 252
Transfers
Dane Cephas up seven pounds from 180 to 187
Alonzo Ford up seven pounds from 280 to 287
Audavion Collins down five pounds from 175 to 170
Trey Potts up three pounds from 215 to 218
Notable weight changes from the Penn State roster since the Blue-White Game
Penn State fans will be happy to see that the Nittany Lions defensive tackles have been hard at work in the weight room this offseason. After several years of discussion, redshirt senior defensive tackle Hakeem Beamon tips the scales at 284 pounds, putting on 28 pounds since the Blue-White Game roster was released. Fellow defensive tackle Jordan van den Berg put on 15 pounds and is up to 301. van den Berg is also one of the strongest players on the team after several impressive weightlifting efforts this offseason.
The offensive line put in work this summer as well, with multiple linemen gaining at least ten pounds. Caedan Wallace now tips the scales at 341 pounds.
Kaden Saunders up eight pounds to 180 from 172.
Tyler Johnson down eight pound to 187 from 195
Zion Tracy up six pounds from 176 to 182
Tony Rojas up 11 pounds to 225 from 214 (Chuck Losey reported he was closer to 230 earlier this spring)
Elliot Washington down nine pounds to 192 from 201
Zane Durant up five pounds to 280 from 275
Tyler Elsdon up seven pounds to 233 from 226
Hakeem Beamon up 28 pounds to 284 from 256
Jordan van den Berg up 15 pounds to 301 from 286
Kaleb Artis up 5 pounds to 320 from 315
Alex Birchmeier up nine pounds to 301 from 292
Drew Shelton up eight pounds to 308 from 300
Anthony Donkoh up 14 pounds to 335 from 321
Caedan Wallace up 13 pounds to 341 from 328
Sal Wormley up 11 pounds to 324 from 313
Theo Johnson up eight pounds from to 264 from 256
