Penn State will be without one of its top defensive players on the roster this weekend when the Nittany Lions host Kent State for a mid-Saturday afternoon non-conference matchup. Head coach James Franklin announced this week that the team will be without safety, Kevin Winston Jr., for an extended period of time due to a long-term injury. This week’s player availability confirmed that for this week with Winston Jr. being among the players officially ruled out on the Penn State player availability report.
Big Ten teams are required to provide a player availability report prior to their respective games each week as part of a new conference policy put into place for the 2023 season.
The following players were listed as out for Penn State for the Kent State game.
- [autotag]Kevin Winston Jr.[/autotag]
- [autotag]Jaxon Smolik[/autotag]
- [autotag]Kari Jackson[/autotag]
- [autotag]Keon Wylie[/autotag]
- [autotag]Zuriah Fisher[/autotag]
- [autotag]Mason Robinson[/autotag]
- [autotag]Mehki Flowers[/autotag]
- [autotag]Peter Gonzalez[/autotag]
- [autotag]Andrew Rappleyea[/autotag]
- [autotag]Sam Siafa[/autotag]
- [autotag]Liam Andrews[/autotag]
- [autotag]De’Andre Cook[/autotag]
- [autotag]T.A. Cunningham[/autotag]
Penn State hosts Kent State at 3:30 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.
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