Penn State Nittany Lions

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	268	4,360	948	4.6	1,326	451	2.9	3,034	497	6.1	44	277	255	88	138	29	75	600
Team Rank		109th	107th	45th	121st	115th	88th	125th	56th	20th	110th	124th	10th	90th	112th	55th	19th	62nd	44th
Opponent	13	242	3,621	882	4.3	1,304	445	2.9	2,317	406	5.7	31	206	199	85	97	17	90	786
Opponent Rank		6th	2nd	36th	3rd	3rd	23rd	2nd	11th	62nd	4th	40th	45th	2nd	6th	10th	35th	16th	26th
Net		+26	+739	+66	+0.3	+22	+6	+0.0	+717	+91	+0.4	+13	+71	+56	+3	+41	+12	-15	-186
Net Rank		68th	39th	16th	56th	70th	61st	68th	25th	20th	53rd	112th	30th	20th	66th	17th	7th	26th	18th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	13	270	484	55.8	37.2	2,977	6.2	229.0	12	15	109.4	2.5	3.1	151	44	277
D.J. Crook	1	6	9	66.7	9.0	57	6.3	57.0	1	0	156.5	11.1	0.0	12	0	0
Bill Belton B. Belton	13	0	3	0.0	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Akeel Lynch A. Lynch	13	147	11.3	678	4.6	52.2	4	82	157	747
Bill Belton B. Belton	13	125	9.6	526	4.2	40.5	6	98	151	727
Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	13	93	7.2	-94	-1.0	-7.2	0	25	93	-94
Zach Zwinak Z. Zwinak	7	40	5.7	112	2.8	16.0	3	18
Cole Chiappialle C. Chiappialle	5	22	4.4	68	3.1	13.6	0	10
DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	8	0.6	32	4.0	2.5	0	11	90	931
Chris Godwin C. Godwin	13	2	0.2	1	0.5	0.1	0	1	28	339
Brad Bars B. Bars	4	1	0.3	32	32.0	8.0	0	32	1	32
Geno Lewis G. Lewis	13	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	1	56	752
Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	10	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	-1	11	94
Grant Haley G. Haley	13	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0	0	1	-2
Chris Gulla C. Gulla	8	1	0.1	-8	-8.0	-1.0	0	0	1	-8

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	82	135	6.3	899	11.0	69.2	2	67	90	931
Geno Lewis G. Lewis	13	55	98	4.2	751	13.7	57.8	2	111	56	752
Jesse James J. James	13	38	60	2.9	396	10.4	30.5	3	61	38	396
Chris Godwin C. Godwin	13	26	44	2.0	338	13.0	26.0	2	93	28	339
Bill Belton B. Belton	13	26	37	2.0	201	7.7	15.5	1	31	151	727
Kyle Carter K. Carter	13	16	35	1.2	153	9.6	11.8	1	34	16	153
Mike Gesicki M. Gesicki	11	11	18	1.0	114	10.4	10.4	0	30	11	114
Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	10	10	21	1.0	95	9.5	9.5	1	39	11	94
Akeel Lynch A. Lynch	13	10	14	0.8	69	6.9	5.3	0	24	157	747
Brent Wilkerson B. Wilkerson	2	2	3	1.0	18	9.0	9.0	1	11

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Mike Hull M. Hull	9	19	2	21	3	2.0	0	1	12	12	0	12
Anthony Zettel A. Zettel	11	17	0	17	13	8.0	0	3	52	17.3	1	40
Brandon Bell B. Bell	7	14	1	15	6	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Austin Johnson A. Johnson	6	13	2	15	3	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nyeem Wartman-White N. Wartman-White	3	12	3	15	0	0.0	0	1	13	13	0	13
Jordan Lucas J. Lucas	4	13	0	13	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Deion Barnes D. Barnes	8	12	1	13	8	6.0	0	0	0		0	0
C.J. Olaniyan	6	10	2	12	4	3.0	0	0	0		0	0
Marcus Allen M. Allen	3	11	0	11	2	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Adrian Amos A. Amos	6	8	0	8	0	0.0	0	3	35	11.7	0	33
Trevor Williams T. Williams	5	7	1	8	2	0.0	0	2	3	1.5	0	3
Garrett Sickels G. Sickels	3	4	0	4	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jesse Della Valle J. Della Valle	13	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Ryan Keiser R. Keiser	2	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carl Nassib C. Nassib	4	2	2	4	1	1.0	0
Tarow Barney T. Barney	3	3	0	3	2	2.0	0
Brad Bars B. Bars	4	3	0	3	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Gary Wooten Jr. G. Wooten Jr.	1	1	2	3	0	0.0		0	0		0
Jason Cabinda J. Cabinda	2	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Christian Campbell C. Campbell	4	2	0	2	1	0.0	0	1	-2	-2	0	0
Cole Chiappialle C. Chiappialle	5	2	0	2	1	0.0	0
Da'Quan Davis D. Davis	1	2	0	2	0	0.0	0
Jordan Dudas J. Dudas	2	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Hunter Crafford H. Crafford	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Sam Ficken S. Ficken	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Malik Golden M. Golden	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Jack Haffner J. Haffner	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Grant Haley G. Haley	13	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	1	30	30	1	30
Evan Schwan E. Schwan	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Anthony Smith A. Smith	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Daquan Worley D. Worley	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Zach Zwinak Z. Zwinak	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Parker Cothren P. Cothren	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	0
Tyrone Smith T. Smith	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	0
Deron Thompson D. Thompson	1	0	1	1	0	0.0		0	0		0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	RET	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Sam Ficken S. Ficken	13	0	0	0	0	24	28	13
Bill Belton B. Belton	13	6	1	0	7	0	0	6
Saeed Blacknall S. Blacknall	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Kyle Carter K. Carter	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	6
Chris Godwin C. Godwin	13	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
DaeSean Hamilton D. Hamilton	13	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
Geno Lewis G. Lewis	13	0	2	0	2	0	0	6
Anthony Zettel A. Zettel	11	0	0	1	1	0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR LNG
Grant Haley G. Haley	13	32	660	20.6	0	0		0
Jesse Della Valle J. Della Valle	13	0	0		17	129	7.6	43
Von Walker V. Walker	2	2	61	30.5	0	0		0
Akeel Lynch A. Lynch	13	1	11	11.0	0	0		0
Jordan Lucas J. Lucas	4	0	0		1	1	1.0	1
Gregg Garrity G. Garrity	2	0	0		1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Sam Ficken S. Ficken	13	24	29	82.8	0-0	8-9	7-9	8-9	1-2	28	28	100.0	100

Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
Daniel Pasquariello D. Pasquariello	9	47	1,754	37.3	105	0
Chris Gulla C. Gulla	8	28	1,045	37.3	53	1
Christian Hackenberg C. Hackenberg	13	1	5	5.0	5	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250