2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Kotelnicki (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorTy Howle (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Knowles (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorAnthony Poindexter (5th season)
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
2025 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Illinois   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Indiana   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Iowa   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Maryland   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Michigan   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Michigan State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Minnesota   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Nebraska   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Northwestern   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Ohio State   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Oregon   0 – 0     0 – 0  
  0 – 0     0 – 0  
Purdue   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Rutgers   0 – 0     0 – 0  
UCLA   0 – 0     0 – 0  
USC   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Washington   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Wisconsin   0 – 0     0 – 0  
Championship: December 6, 2025
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
As of July 7, 2025
Rankings from CFP Rankings

The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team will represent Pennsylvania State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team is expected to be led by head coach James Franklin in his 12th year. They will play their home games at Beaver Stadium located in State College, Pennsylvania.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player Position Destination
Cam Miller CB Rutgers
Harrison Wallace III WR Ole Miss
Omari Evans WR Washington
Tyrece Mills S UConn
Tyler Johnson WR East Carolina
Mehki Flowers S Akron
Beau Pribula QB Missouri
T.A. Cunningham DL Garden City CC
Jerry Cross TE Memphis
Jason Estrella WR Unknown
Feyisayo Oluleye WR Unknown

Incoming

Player Position Former Team
King Mack S Alabama
Owen Wafle EDGE Michigan
Devonte Ross WR Troy
Enai White EDGE Texas A&M
TJ Shanahan Jr. IOL Texas A&M
Kyron Hudson WR USC

[1][2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
August 303:30 p.m.Nevada*
CBS
September 612:00 p.m.FIU*
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
BTN
September 133:30 p.m.Villanova*
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
FS1
September 277:30 p.m.Oregon
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (White Out)
NBC
October 4at UCLA
October 1112:00/3:30/4:00 p.m.Northwestern
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
October 18at Iowa
November 1at Ohio State
November 8Indiana
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
November 15at Michigan State
November 22Nebraska
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
November 29at Rutgers

[3][4]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP
Coaches
CFPNot releasedNot released

Game summaries

vs Nevada

See also: 2025 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
Pregame line Over/under
Nevada Wolf Pack (0–0) vs Penn State Nittany Lions (0–0) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Wolf Pack - - --0
Nittany Lions - - --0

at Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania

  • Date: August 30
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game weather:  
  • Game attendance:  
  • Referee:  
  • TV announcers (CBS):  

Roster

2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 2 Liam Clifford  Sr
WR 3 Koby Howard Fr
WR 4 Tyseer Denmark  Fr
WR 5 Devonte Ross Sr
WR 6 Matt Outten Fr
WR 7 Kaden Saunders  Jr
RB 10 Nicholas Singleton Sr
WR 11 Kyron Hudson  Sr
WR 12 Anthony Ivey  Jr
RB 13 Kaytron Allen Sr
QB 14 Jaxon Smolik  So
QB 15 Drew Allar (C) Sr
TE 16 Khalil Dinkins  Sr
QB 16 Bekkem Kritza Fr
QB 17 Ethan Grunkemeyer  Fr
TE 18 Joey Schlaffer  So
WR 19 Josiah Brown  Fr
QB 19 Jack Lambert  So
RB 23 Tikey Hayes Fr
RB 24 Corey Smith  Fr
RB 25 Quinton Martin Jr.  Fr
RB 26 Cam Wallace  So
RB 30 Amiel Davis  Sr
WR 31 Logan Cunningham  Jr
RB 34 Tyler Holzworth  Sr
OL 50 Cooper Cousins So
OL 51 Michael Troutman III Fr
OL 52 Dominic Rulli  Jr
OL 53 Nick Dawkins (C)  Sr
OL 54 TJ Shanahan Jr.  So
OL 55 Chimdy Onoh  So
OL 56 JB Nelson  Sr
OL 57 Donnie Harbour  Fr
OL 58 Ian Harvie  Jr
OL 61 Liam Horan  Fr
OL 63 Alex Birchmeier  So
OL 64 Eagan Boyer  Fr
OL 65 Jim Fitzgerald  Jr
OL 66 Drew Shelton Sr
OL 67 Henry Boehme  So
OL 68 Anthony Donkoh  So
OL 70 Garrett Sexton  Fr
OL 71 Olaivavega Ioane  Jr
OL 72 Nolan Rucci  Sr
OL 73 Caleb Brewer  Fr
OL 74 J'ven Williams  So
OL 75 Matt Detisch  Jr
OL 76 Mason Carlan  Sr
OL 77 Owen Aliciene Fr
WR 81 Donte Nastasi  So
WR 81 Lyrick Samuel Fr
WR 82 Ethan Black  So
TE 83 Brian Kortovich Fr
WR 84 Peter Gonzalez  Fr
TE 85 Luke Reynolds So
WR 86 Aaron Enterline  Fr
TE 87 Andrew Rappleyea  So
TE 88 Andrew Olesh Fr
TE 89 Finn Furmanek  So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 0 Dominic DeLuca (C)  Sr
CB 2 Audavion Collins  Jr
CB 3 Antoine Belgrave-Shorter  Fr
CB 4 A. J. Harris Jr
CB 5 Daryus Dixon Fr
S 6 Zakee Wheatley  Sr
CB 7 Zion Tracy Jr
LB 8 DaKaari Nelson  So
CB 9 Elliot Washington II Jr
S 10 Dejuan Lane So
LB 11 LaVar Arrington II Fr
CB 12 Jon Mitchell  Fr
LB 13 Tony Rojas Jr
S 14 Braz Thomas Fr
S 16 King Mack Jr
CB 17 Kenny Woseley Jr.  Fr
DE 18 Max Granville  Fr
DE 20 Mylachi Williams  Fr
S 21 Vaboue Toure  Fr
LB 24 Ta'Mere Robinson  So
LB 25 Alex Tatsch Fr
S 27 Lamont Payne Jr.  So
DT 28 Zane Durant Sr
S 28 Karson Kiesewetter  So
LB 30 Kari Jackson  Fr
S 31 Kolin Dinkins  Jr
LB 32 Keon Wylie  Jr
DE 33 Dani Dennis-Sutton Sr
DT 34 Owen Wafle  Fr
CB 35 Tyler Armstead  Fr
DE 36 Zuriah Fisher  Sr
LB 37 Beckham Dee  Fr
LB 38 Winston Yates  So
DT 39 Ty Blanding  So
S 39 Jashaun Green  Jr
LB 40 Anthony Speca  Fr
DE 42 Mason Robinson  So
DE 43 Dayshaun Burnett Fr
DE 44 Jaylen Harvey  Fr
LB 45 Jackson Pryts  Jr
DE 45 Enai White  Jr
DE 47 Aidan Probst  Fr
DT 50 Alonzo Ford Jr.  Sr
DT 52 Randy Adirika Fr
DT 54 Xavier Gilliam  Fr
DT 56 Joseph Mupoyi  So
DT 58 Kaleb Artis  Jr
DT 88 Sam Siafa  Jr
DT 90 Liam Andrews  Fr
DE 92 Smith Vilbert GS
DE 93 Bobby Mears  So
DT 94 De'Andre Cook  Fr
DE 95 Jordan Mayer  So
DE 99 Yvan Kemajou Fr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 35 Blaise Sokach-Minnick  Jr
LS 48 Tyler Duzansky  Sr
K 91 Chase Meyer  Jr
LS 92 Andrew Dufault  Fr
K 94 Ryan Barker  So
P 95 Riley Thompson (C) Sr
K 98 Matthew Parker Fr
P 99 Gabriel Nwosu  Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Terry Smith – Associate head coach/defensive recruiting coordinator/cornerbacks
  • Jim Knowles – Defensive coordinator
  • Andy Kotelnicki – Offensive coordinator
  • Justin Lustig – Special teams coordinator/outside linebackers/nickels
  • Deion Barnes – Defensive line
  • Stan Drayton – Running backs
  • Marques Hagans – Offensive recruiting coordinator/wide receivers
  • Ty Howle – Co-offensive coordinator/tight ends
  • Anthony Poindexter – Co-defensive coordinator/safeties
  • Phil Trautwein – Offensive line
  • Chuck Losey – Assistant AD/performance enhancement
  • Torrence Brown – Defensive graduate assistant
  • Kevin Ceh – Offensive graduate assistant
  • Jordan Lucas – Defensive graduate assistant
  • Danny O'Brien – Quarterbacks
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 22, 2025

References

  1. ^ "2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Penn State Football Transfer Portal". On3.com. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  3. ^ Boley, Austin. "Penn State 2025 football schedule released". WGAL.com. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
  4. ^ "2025 Penn State Football Schedule". FBS Schedules. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
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