Penn State
Tier 2Big Ten · FBS · Tier 2 · 85 players
- Head coach
- Matt Campbell · Program Builder
- Playbook
- PENN STATE · 6 formations, 464 plays
83OVR
86OFF
81DEF
Roster split
85 players by side of the ball
- Offense3946%
- Defense4249%
- Special teams45%
Position split
Players per position group; shades follow the side of the ball
- QB56%
- RB45%
- WR89%
- TE67%
- OL1619%
- DL1720%
- LB911%
- DB1619%
- ST45%
Class mix
19 seniors in their final year
- Freshman2833%
- Sophomore2327%
- Junior1518%
- Senior1922%
Abilities per player
How many abilities each player has
- No abilities5767%
- 1 ability1619%
- 2 abilities67%
- 3 or more67%
Recruiting regions
38% of players are from the Northeast
- Northeast3238%
- Southeast1720%
- Midwest1821%
- South Central911%
- West810%
Ratings vs FBS average
Roster average against all 9,944 FBS players
Penn StateFBS average
OVR
+2.5
SPD
+1.3
ACC
+0.9
AGI
+0.9
STR
+2.3
AWR
+1.1
Overall distribution
Players in each overall band
1
15
50
18
1
Starter vs backup
Top two on the depth chart at each position; a wide gap means thin depth
StarterBackup
QB
−13
HB
−2
WR
−3
TE
−7
LT
−7
LG
−11
C
−10
RG
−6
RT
−13
LEDG
−1
REDG
0
DT
0
SAM
–
MIKE
−11
WILL
−5
CB
−1
FS
−16
SS
−13
K
−8
P
−5
Ability coverage
Abilities across the roster, most widely held first
- With ability
- 28/85
- Different abilities
- 41
- Platinum
- 9
Rollercoaster5
Team Player4
Blow Up3
Escape Artist3
Hammer3
Second Level3
Winning Time3
Balanced2
Size by position
Height and weight of every player
OffenseDefenseSpecial teams
Recruiting footprint
Hometown states across 28 states
- Pennsylvania17
- Iowa8
- Texas7
- New Jersey6
- Maryland5
- New York5
- Florida4
- 21 other states32
Roster snapshot from 2026-10-05.