2015 Penn State Nittany Lions Roster

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Record: 7-6 (58th of 128) (Schedule & Results)

Conference: Big Ten (East Division)

Conference Record: 4-4

Coach: James Franklin (7-6)

Points For: 301

Points/G: 23.2 (101st of 128)

Points Against: 284

Opp Pts/G: 21.8 (27th of 128)

SRS: 6.46 (43rd of 128)

SOS: 4.77 (16th of 128)

Bowl Game: Lost TaxSlayer Bowl 24-17 versus Georgia

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Roster includes most starters and key reserves. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). Read more about our data coverage.

Roster

Roster Table
Player	Class	Pos	Summary
Christian Hackenberg	JR	QB	192 Cmp, 359 Att, 2525 Yds, 16 TD
Trace McSorley	FR	QB	20 Cmp, 40 Att, 185 Yds, 2 TD
Jackson Erdmann	FR	QB
Billy Fessler	FR	QB
Tommy Stevens	FR	QB
Nick Scott	FR	RB	30 Att, 133 Yds, 4.4 Avg
Saquon Barkley	FR	RB	182 Att, 1076 Yds, 5.9 Avg
Akeel Lynch	JR	RB	55 Att, 282 Yds, 5.1 Avg
Mark Allen	FR	RB	27 Att, 98 Yds, 3.6 Avg
Johnathan Thomas	FR	RB	11 Att, 42 Yds, 3.8 Avg
Brandon Johnson	SR	RB	4 Att, 23 Yds, 5.8 Avg
Adam Geiger	JR	RB
Andre Robinson	FR	RB
Troy Shorts	FR	RB
Geno Lewis	JR	WR	17 Rec, 196 Yds, 11.5 Avg
Brandon Polk	FR	WR	6 Rec, 57 Yds, 9.5 Avg
DeAndre Thompkins	FR	WR	3 Rec, 33 Yds, 11.0 Avg
Chris Godwin	SO	WR	69 Rec, 1101 Yds, 16.0 Avg
DaeSean Hamilton	SO	WR	45 Rec, 580 Yds, 12.9 Avg
Saeed Blacknall	SO	WR	8 Rec, 248 Yds, 31.0 Avg
Gregg Garrity	JR	WR	1 Rec, 4 Yds, 4.0 Avg
Matt Zanellato	SR	WR
Gordon Bentley	SO	WR
Irvin Charles	FR	WR
Dan Chisena	FR	WR
Juwan Johnson	FR	WR
Juwan Johnson	FR	WR
Jake Kiley	JR	WR
Josh McPhearson	SO	WR
Tyler Shoop	FR	WR
Javon Turner	FR	WR
Kyle Carter	SR	TE	14 Rec, 135 Yds, 9.6 Avg
Mike Gesicki	SO	TE	13 Rec, 125 Yds, 9.6 Avg
Brent Wilkerson	JR	TE	6 Rec, 39 Yds, 6.5 Avg
Nick Bowers	FR	TE
Adam Breneman	SO	TE
Jonathan Holland	FR	TE
Charles Idemudia	JR	TE
Tom Pancoast	SO	TE
Dominic Salomone	JR	TE
Tyler Davis	SO	K
Chris Gulla	SO	K
Joey Julius	FR	K
Nick Boumerhi	FR	K
Jordan Wombacker	FR	K
Brandon Bell	JR	LB
Manny Bowen	FR	LB
Jason Cabinda	SO	LB
Jake Cooper	FR	LB
Koa Farmer	FR	LB
Troy Reeder	FR	LB
Brandon Smith	SO	LB
Von Walker	JR	LB
Nyeem Wartman-White	JR	LB
Gary Wooten Jr.	JR	LB
Matthew Baney	SR	LB
Jack Haffner	JR	LB
Ben Kline	SR	LB
Jordan Dudas	SR	DB
Robby Liebel	FR	P
Daniel Pasquariello	SO	P
Zach Ladonis	SO	KR
Evan Schwan	JR	DE
Marcus Allen	SO	S
Troy Apke	SO	S
Tarow Barney	SR	DT
Torrence Brown	FR	DE
Christian Campbell	SO	CB
Curtis Cothran	SO	DE
Parker Cothren	SO	DT
Malik Golden	JR	S
Grant Haley	SO	CB
Austin Johnson	JR	DT
Jordan Lucas	SR	S
Carl Nassib	SR	DE
Amani Oruwariye	FR	CB
John Reid	FR	CB
Garrett Sickels	SO	DE
Jordan Smith	JR	CB
Antoine White	FR	DT
Trevor Williams	SR	CB
Tyler Yazujian	JR	LS
Anthony Zettel	SR	DT
Kyle Alston	SO	CB
Ryan Bates	FR	G
Ryan Bates	FR	G
Noah Beh	FR	T
Joe Berg	FR	S
Brendan Brosnan	FR	T
Ryan Buchholz	FR	DE
Kamonte Carter	FR	DE
Colin Castagna	FR	DE
Nick Cox	FR	LS
Desi Davis	FR	CB
Adam DeBoef	FR	G
Tom Devenney	SO	C
Derek Dowrey	JR	G
Will Eikenberry	FR	DE
Brian Gaia	JR	G
Evan Galimberti	SO	G
Kevin Givens	FR	DE
Kevin Givens	FR	DE
Steven Gonzalez	FR	G
Albert Hall	JR	T
Bryant Harper	JR	S
Colin Harrop	JR	S
Joe Holmes	FR	DT
Sterling Jenkins	FR	T
Jack Lasher	FR	G
Wendy Laurent	JR	C
Brendan Mahon	SO	G
Angelo Mangiro	SR	C
Jarvis Miller	FR	S
Shareef Miller	FR	DE
Ayron Monroe	FR	S
Andrew Nelson	SO	T
Paris Palmer	JR	T
John Petrishen	FR	S
Kevin Reihner	SR	C
Charlie Shuman	FR	T
Zach Simpson	FR	G
Anthony Smith	SO	S
Chance Sorrell	FR	T
Garrett Taylor	FR	CB
Brian Tomasetti	SO	S
Kyle Vasey	FR	LS
Robert Windsor	FR	DT
Daquan Worley	FR	CB
Chasz Wright	FR	G

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