Penn State wide receiver Koby Howard is out indefinitely with an undisclosed injury

Sep 24, 2026

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State wide receiver Koby Howard's hot start has come to a sudden stop.

Coach Matt Campbell said Wednesday that Howard will be out for an extended period of time with an undisclosed injury he sustained during a win over Buffalo last weekend.

Campbell did not specify how long Howard might be out, but added the injury was not season-ending.

Howard was injured while finishing off a 70-yard catch-and-run touchdown on a day he finished with 135 yards of total offense and two scores.

Campbell had been optimistic that Howard would have a chance to return on Saturday when the 13th-ranked Nittany Lions (3-0) open Big Ten play against Wisconsin. Instead, Penn State will face the Badgers without the team leader in receptions and receiving yards.

"Obviously disappointing for Koby, but he’s handled it really well,” Campbell said.

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Atkinson

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Stokes

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528

Sheppard

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458

Baugh

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11

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Virginia Tech

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544.3

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0
1.000
2
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
3
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
4
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
5
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0
1.000
6
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1
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7
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0
1.000
8
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
9
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
10
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
11
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
12
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
13
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
14
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
15
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
16
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
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3
0
1.000
2
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
3
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2
1
.667
4
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
5
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
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6
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
7
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1
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8
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1
2
.333
9
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
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10
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1
2
.333
11
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1
2
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12
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1
2
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13
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1
3
.250
14
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0
3
.000
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1
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2
1
.667
2
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
3
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1
.667
4
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
5
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1
2
.333
6
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1
2
.333
7
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1
2
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8
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0
3
.000
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1
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0
1.000
2
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3
0
1.000
3
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
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3
0
1.000
8
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2
1
.667
9
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
10
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2
1
.667
11
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2
1
.667
12
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
13
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
14
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Kansas Kansas
1
2
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1
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1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
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1
.667
4
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
5
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
6
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
7
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
8
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
9
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
10
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
11
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
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1
Indiana Indiana
4
0
1.000
2
USC USC
4
0
1.000
3
UCLA UCLA
3
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
7
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
8
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
9
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
10
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
11
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
12
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
13
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
14
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
15
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
16
Northwestern Northwestern
2
1
.667
17
Purdue Purdue
1
2
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18
Rutgers Rutgers
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3
.250
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1
Liberty Liberty
3
1
.750
2
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
5
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
6
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
7
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
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0
3
.000
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1
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3
0
1.000
2
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
3
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
4
California California
2
2
.500
5
Clemson Clemson
3
1
.750
6
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
7
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
8
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
9
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
11
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
12
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
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1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
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3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
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2
2
.500
4
Army Army
2
1
.667
5
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
6
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
7
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
8
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
9
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
10
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
11
Temple Temple
1
3
.250
12
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
13
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
14
Navy Navy
1
2
.333
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
3
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59
Sat
9/5
CCAR CCAR
@
WVU WVU
24-31

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
BUCK BUCK
@
PITT PITT
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
BALL BALL
@
KENT KENT
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
COLO COLO
@
BAY BAY
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
SDSU SDSU
@
TOL TOL
12:00 PM
Sat
9/26
CSU CSU
@
UTSA UTSA
12:00 PM