Tag: 2022 Penn State Football Preview

Penn State Top 25 Players for 2022: Curtis Jacobs

Penn State top 25 players in 2022: Curtis Jacobs, linebacker

Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.

One of the biggest questions for the Penn State defense this season comes at the school’s signature position of linebacker. After losing a pair of starters to the NFL, [autotag]Curtis Jacobs[/autotag] looks to be the provider of stability for a unit in some transition this fall. After getting a good amount of starting experience last season, Jacobs appears ready to be an anchor for the defense and prove he is ready to be a defensive leader that will give opposing offenses nightmares.

Penn State Top 25 Players for 2022: KeAndre Lambert-Smith

Penn State top 25 players in 2022: KeAndre Lambert-Smith part of a key receiver trio

Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.

Penn State is looking forward to the potential of its wide receiver group in 2022, and [autotag]KeAndre Lambert-Smith[/autotag] will be a part of that mix. Alongside Parker Washington and Mitchell Tinsley, Lambert-Smith has big-play potential as he has shown during his first couple of seasons with the Nittany Lions.

Penn State Top 25 players for 2022: Mitchell Tinsley

Penn State Top 25 Players in 2022: Mitchell Tinsley, wide receiver

Head coach [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] has just started to learn the ways of the transfer portal, and to kick off things in 2022 he has found a playmaker. Former Western Kentucky Hilltopper [autotag]Mitchell Tinsley[/autotag] decided to leave the pass happy offense for a chance at something special in State College.

Quarterbacks Sean Clifford and Drew Allar should be very happy that Franklin found Tinsley in the portal. When you watch him you see a receiver with a similar skillset to what they had in [autotag]Jahan Dotson[/autotag], same role too.

Whether or not he can play the same and do as well for the Nittany Lions is to be determined. For now, enjoy Mitchell Tinsley in this offense because from day one he will make it better.

Penn State top 25 players for 2022: Kalen King

Penn State football’s top 25 players in 2022: Kalen King taking over at CB

Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.

Penn State has built a solid foundation in the defensive secondary in recent years. Even after losing [autotag]Jaquan Brisker[/autotag] and [autotag]Tariq Castro-Fields[/autotag] to the NFL this season, the secondary looks to be in solid shape in 2022, and the continued rise of [autotag]Kalen King[/autotag]. The sophomore steps into a key role for the defense in 2022 as he takes over a starting job at cornerback, and there is a lot of excitement about his next steps in the role this fall.

Penn State Top 25 players of 2022: Joey Porter Jr.

Joey Porter Jr. is easily one of the top players on Penn State’s roster in 2022.

Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.

[autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] has built a complete team at Penn State, not many programs can say that. What he and his staff do best is develop talent, yeah it is fun to get 5-star recruits but they get coached the same as walk-ons. Thanks to that approach we have seen a major influx of talent to the NFL and across the entire roster.

One major project that has proven to be more than just his father’s name is [autotag]Joey Porter Jr.[/autotag] What he has turned into is a complete corner who can help in many coverages and he has the big frame of his famous NFL father. All of that combined has Penn State with a special corner roving the field for the Nittany Lions.

Penn State Top 25 players for 2022: Sean Clifford

Penn State football’s top 25 players for 2022: QB Sean Clifford

Penn State’s roster for the 2022 season has a good mix of returning veterans and experience and fresh new faces expected to jump in and contribute this fall. Nittany Lions Wire will be taking a look at 25 of the most important players on the roster for the 2022 season all throughout the month of July by profiling one player each day.

Each player should play some kind of role in the success of the Nittany Lions this season as [autotag]James Franklin[/autotag] looks to lead Penn State back to winning enough games to be considered for a lucrative bowl game at the end of the season.

A quarterback is always going to be considered among the most important players on a team’s roster, and that is unquestionably the case in Happy Valley. With [autotag]Sean Clifford[/autotag] deciding to return for a sixth year of college football, he is already under a bit of a microscope going into the 2022 season with plenty of past experience to dissect and young backup options waiting in the wings for their chance to lead the offense.