#17 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	439	5,499	900	6.1	2,664	521	5.1	2,835	379	7.5	31	193	278	133	116	29	61	551
Team Rank		32nd	48th	60th	38th	30th	46th	27th	77th	82nd	65th	85th	53rd	55th	35th	88th	21st	22nd	26th
Opponent	13	267	4,556	1,012	4.7	2,197	549	4.0	2,359	416	5.7	47	295	260	122	115	23	96	859
Opponent Rank		21st	37th	115th	16th	73rd	112th	48th	15th	84th	5th	4th	6th	68th	91st	34th	68th	12th	13th
Net		+172	+943	-112	+1.4	+467	-28	+1.1	+476	-37	+1.8	-16	-102	+18	+11	+1	+6	-35	-308
Net Rank		19th	32nd	120th	13th	44th	82nd	24th	38th	92nd	17th	17th	113th	53rd	56th	67th	32nd	5th	6th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	192	361	53.2	27.8	2,530	7.0	194.6	18	7	124.6	5.0	1.9	134	27	161
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	6	8	11	72.7	1.8	110	10.0	18.3	1	1	168.5	9.1	9.1	23	2	18
Sean Clifford S. Clifford	4	5	7	71.4	1.8	195	27.9	48.8	2	0	399.7	28.6	0.0	95	2	14

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	13	220	16.9	1,274	5.8	98.0	9	91	244	1,413
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	170	13.1	798	4.7	61.4	12	71	170	798
Ricky Slade R. Slade	9	45	5.0	257	5.7	28.6	6	73	46	269
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	6	28	4.7	118	4.2	19.7	2	20	30	120
Mark Allen M. Allen	3	24	8.0	99	4.1	33.0	2	19	28	124
Journey Brown J. Brown	5	8	1.6	44	5.5	8.8	1	12	9	53
Johnathan Thomas J. Thomas	9	7	0.8	87	12.4	9.7	1	69
Sean Clifford S. Clifford	4	5	1.3	-3	-0.6	-0.8	0	2
KJ Hamler	13	4	0.3	44	11.0	3.4	1	43	46	798
Justin Shorter J. Shorter	3	1	0.3	9	9.0	3.0	0	9	4	29
Blake Gillikin B. Gillikin	13	1	0.1	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0	0	1	-10

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
KJ Hamler	13	42	80	3.2	754	18.0	58.0	5	134	46	798
Pat Freiermuth P. Freiermuth	12	26	46	2.2	368	14.2	30.7	8	47
Juwan Johnson J. Johnson	10	25	43	2.5	352	14.1	35.2	1	67	25	352
DeAndre Thompkins D. Thompkins	13	25	51	1.9	329	13.2	25.3	2	64	25	329
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	13	24	35	1.8	139	5.8	10.7	0	39	244	1,413
Jahan Dotson J. Dotson	8	13	21	1.6	203	15.6	25.4	0	59
Brandon Polk B. Polk	10	9	25	0.9	162	18.0	16.2	2	41	9	162
Jonathan Holland J. Holland	5	7	9	1.4	114	16.3	22.8	0	29	7	114
Mac Hippenhammer M. Hippenhammer	10	6	17	0.6	103	17.2	10.3	1	44	6	103
Nick Bowers N. Bowers	4	6	7	1.5	50	8.3	12.5	1	34
Cam Sullivan-Brown C. Sullivan-Brown	5	4	7	0.8	49	12.3	9.8	0	22
Mark Allen M. Allen	3	4	4	1.3	25	6.3	8.3	0	9	28	124
Justin Shorter J. Shorter	3	3	5	1.0	20	6.7	6.7	0	15	4	29
Danny Dalton D. Dalton	2	3	5	1.5	19	6.3	9.5	0	9	3	19
Daniel George D. George	2	2	2	1.0	112	56.0	56.0	1	95
Tommy Stevens T. Stevens	6	2	3	0.3	2	1.0	0.3	0	2	30	120
Ricky Slade R. Slade	9	1	2	0.1	12	12.0	1.3	0	12	46	269
Journey Brown J. Brown	5	1	1	0.2	9	9.0	1.8	0	9	9	53
Zack Kuntz Z. Kuntz	1	1	1	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8
Joe Arcangelo J. Arcangelo	1	1	1	1.0	5	5.0	5.0	0	5

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Micah Parsons M. Parsons	11	58	12	70	3	1.5	0
Garrett Taylor G. Taylor	11	48	10	58	4	0.0	0	3	84	28	0	45
Jan Johnson J. Johnson	11	38	19	57	1	0.5	0	1	0	0	0	0
Cameron Brown C. Brown	12	45	5	50	3	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Yetur Gross-Matos Y. Gross-Matos	13	39	10	49	18	8.0	0	0	0		0	0
Koa Farmer K. Farmer	11	34	13	47	2	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Nick Scott N. Scott	12	36	10	46	2	1.0	0	3	16	5.3	0	8
Amani Oruwariye A. Oruwariye	12	35	3	38	1	0.0	0	3	-2	-0.7	0	0
Robert Windsor R. Windsor	10	28	7	35	10	7.5	0
Shareef Miller S. Miller	11	24	9	33	11	7.5	0	0	0		0	0
Jonathan Sutherland J. Sutherland	10	25	4	29	1	0.0	0
Kevin Givens K. Givens	9	25	2	27	10	5.0	0
Ellis Brooks E. Brooks	9	20	4	24	1	0.5	0	1	28	28	0	28
John Reid J. Reid	8	17	2	19	1	0.0	0	2	44	22	0	44
Tariq Castro-Fields T. Castro-Fields	10	16	3	19	4	1.0	0
Shaka Toney S. Toney	6	14	2	16	7	5.0	0
Lamont Wade L. Wade	8	11	0	11	2	1.0	0
PJ Mustipher	8	8	2	10	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Shane Simmons S. Simmons	5	8	2	10	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Antonio Valentino A. Valentino	8	6	3	9	2	1.0	0
Donovan Johnson D. Johnson	5	7	1	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Daniel Joseph D. Joseph	6	6	2	8	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Ayron Monroe A. Monroe	5	6	1	7	1	1.0	0
Jarvis Miller J. Miller	7	5	2	7	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
John Petrishen J. Petrishen	5	4	1	5	0	0.0	0
C.J. Thorpe	5	2	3	5	0	0.5	0
Jayson Oweh J. Oweh	3	4	0	4	2	2.0	0
Johnathan Thomas J. Thomas	9	3	1	4	1	0.0	0
Jake Cooper J. Cooper	2	3	0	3	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Zech McPhearson Z. McPhearson	3	3	0	3	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Drew Hartlaub D. Hartlaub	3	2	1	3	1	0.0	0
Jesse Luketa J. Luketa	4	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Fred Hansard F. Hansard	2	2	0	2	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brandon Polk B. Polk	10	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jabari Butler J. Butler	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
Antonio Shelton A. Shelton	2	0	2	2	0	0.0		0	0		0
Nick Bowers N. Bowers	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Rafael Checa R. Checa	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Max Chizmar M. Chizmar	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Dae'Lun Darien D. Darien	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brelin Faison-Walden B. Faison-Walden	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0
Blake Gillikin B. Gillikin	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ellison Jordan E. Jordan	1	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
Jake Pinegar J. Pinegar	13	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Journey Brown J. Brown	5	0	1	1	0	0.0	0
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Trace McSorley T. McSorley	13	12	0	12	0	0	12
Miles Sanders M. Sanders	13	9	0	9	0	0	12
Jake Pinegar J. Pinegar	13	0	0	0	16	53	9
KJ Hamler	13	1	5	6	0	0	6
Ricky Slade R. Slade	9	6	0	6	0	0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	KR LNG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD	PR LNG
KJ Hamler	13	20	523	26.2	0	0	14	96	6.9	0	34
DeAndre Thompkins D. Thompkins	13	0	0		0	0	18	176	9.8	1	39
Johnathan Thomas J. Thomas	9	3	113	37.7	0
C.J. Thorpe	5	1	10	10.0	0
Nick Scott N. Scott	12	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Jahan Dotson J. Dotson	8						1	-2	-2.0	0	-2
Koa Farmer K. Farmer	11	1	-3	-3.0	0	0	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
	Jake Pinegar J. Pinegar	13	16	24	66.7	1-1	5-5	5-7	5-11	0-0	53	55	96.4	101

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Blake Gillikin B. Gillikin	13	64	2,813	44.0	145	0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,257

Atkinson

2,045

Maiava

1,868

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

835

Riley

828

Roberts

793

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

932

Legree

916

Smith

720

Hernandez

Pass TD Leaders

21

Atkinson

18

Maiava

17

Taylor

Rush TD Leaders

12

Baugh

12

Hawkins

10

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

12

Legree

11

Smith

9

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

200.5

Hoover

198.6

Stockton

Sack Leaders

9.5

Simmons

8.0

Umanmielen

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.6

46.2

44.2

44.0

43.4

42.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

11.0

11.8

12.2

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

533.8

531.6

524.8

522.3

521.4

Rush Yards Rankings

333.2

325.6

299.4

295.5

263.6

253.2

Pass Yards Rankings

391.2

347.0

341.0

337.8

334.4

322.4

Sack Leaders

24.0

22.0

20.0

19.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	5	1	.833
2	Oregon State	4	2	.667
3	Fresno State	4	2	.667
4	San Diego State	2	4	.333
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Colorado State	2	3	.400
7	Texas State	2	3	.400
8	Washington State	1	5	.167

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	5	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
3	Utah	5	0	1.000
4	Baylor	4	1	.800
5	Oklahoma State	4	1	.800
6	Arizona	5	1	.833
7	Houston	5	1	.833
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Arizona State	3	2	.600
10	Iowa State	3	3	.500
11	UCF	3	3	.500
12	Kansas State	3	2	.600
13	Colorado	2	3	.400
14	Kansas	2	3	.400
15	TCU	2	3	.400
16	West Virginia	3	3	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	4	3	.571
2	Ohio	4	2	.667
3	Western Michigan	4	2	.667
4	Bowling Green	2	4	.333
5	Buffalo	3	3	.500
6	Toledo	4	2	.667
7	Central Michigan	3	3	.500
8	Miami (OH)	3	3	.500
9	UMass	4	2	.667
10	Kent State	2	4	.333
11	Akron	1	5	.167
12	Ball State	1	5	.167
13	Sacramento State	1	5	.167

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	0	1.000
2	Alabama	5	1	.833
3	Kentucky	5	1	.833
4	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
5	Missouri	5	1	.833
6	Tennessee	5	1	.833
7	Ole Miss	4	1	.800
8	Oklahoma	3	2	.600
9	Florida	4	2	.667
10	Texas	4	1	.800
11	LSU	4	2	.667
12	Auburn	3	2	.600
13	South Carolina	3	3	.500
14	Texas A&M	3	3	.500
15	Vanderbilt	3	3	.500
16	Arkansas	2	4	.333

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	6	0	1.000
2	UCLA	5	0	1.000
3	Ohio State	5	1	.833
4	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
5	USC	6	1	.857
6	Purdue	3	3	.500
7	Iowa	5	1	.833
8	Nebraska	5	1	.833
9	Minnesota	4	2	.667
10	Northwestern	4	1	.800
11	Oregon	3	2	.600
12	Illinois	3	3	.500
13	Michigan	3	2	.600
14	Rutgers	1	4	.200
15	Penn State	3	3	.500
16	Washington	3	3	.500
17	Maryland	2	4	.333
18	Michigan State	2	4	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
8	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	5	1	.833
2	UTSA	5	1	.833
3	North Texas	4	2	.667
4	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
5	East Carolina	3	2	.600
6	Army	3	2	.600
7	UAB	3	3	.500
8	Temple	2	4	.333
9	South Florida	4	2	.667
10	Navy	2	3	.400
11	Tulane	2	3	.400
12	Tulsa	3	3	.500
13	Rice	1	5	.167
14	Charlotte	0	6	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	5	1	.833
3	Clemson	3	2	.600
4	Pittsburgh	5	1	.833
5	SMU	4	1	.800
6	Virginia	4	2	.667
7	California	3	3	.500
8	Georgia Tech	2	3	.400
9	Louisville	3	3	.500
10	Duke	4	1	.800
11	North Carolina	3	2	.600
12	Virginia Tech	4	2	.667
13	Florida State	3	3	.500
14	NC State	3	3	.500
15	Stanford	2	4	.333
16	Boston College	2	3	.400
17	Syracuse	2	3	.400

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	4	2	.667
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	North Dakota State	5	1	.833
4	Air Force	4	1	.800
5	Wyoming	3	3	.500
6	San Jose State	3	3	.500
7	Nevada	2	3	.400
8	Northern Illinois	0	5	.000
9	UTEP	1	5	.167
10	Hawai'i	1	5	.167

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	0	1.000
2	UConn	3	3	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	6	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	Louisiana Tech	3	2	.600
5	Troy	3	2	.600
6	Louisiana	4	2	.667
7	Georgia Southern	2	4	.333
8	Coastal Carolina	2	4	.333
9	Old Dominion	2	4	.333
10	Appalachian State	3	2	.600
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Marshall	3	3	.500
14	Arkansas State	2	4	.333