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Penn State

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Recruiting#30the 2027 class
Offense#3146 touchdowns in 2025
Defense#22by rating, of the 68
Money$27–43Mspend #7
Week 3 · NextBuffalo at Penn State12:00 PM ET
OverviewDepth ChartThis weekNIL & RosterPlayer MovementDraft

Depth Chart

Offense · best 11 by role and valueTap a jersey for the profile, swap and compare in the live field →
10102020303040405050
WRROBINSON$0.4MEskildsen
WRESKILDSEN$0.4MHoward
SLOTHOWARD$0.3MSowell
TEBRAHMER$2.2MBurkle
LTGOODMAN$1.5MSexton
LGCOUSINS$0.7MBuhr
CBUHR$0.4MRiker
RGRIKER$0.4MDonkoh
RTSEXTON$0.5MOnoh
QBBECHT$1.2MManske
RBPEOPLES$1.3MMartin
Defense · 4-2-5
10102020303040405050
DEFORD$1.2MGranville
DTANDREWS$1.6MTaupaki
DTTAUPAKI$0.5MWilliams
DEGRANVILLE$1.0MKemajou
LBEBEL$1.7MRojas
LBROJAS$1.6MBacon
CBDIXSON$1.3MJoseph
CBJOSEPH$0.4MCollins
NBWILLIAMS$0.2MNeal
SNEAL$0.6MPatton
SPATTON$0.4MCooper

The chip is the model price. Best 11 by role and value from the 2026 roster and the NIL valuations.

The schedule

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SEP 5vs MarshallW 45-0
SEP 12@ TempleW 27-9
SEP 19vs BuffaloW 55-13
SEP 26vs WisconsinL 20-24
OCT 3@ NorthwesternL 13-34
OCT 10vs USCL 23-31
OCT 17@ MichiganL 18-21
OCT 31vs Purdue
NOV 7@ Washington
NOV 14vs Minnesota
NOV 21vs Rutgers
NOV 28@ Maryland
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This week

Week 3: the game, our number against the market, one trend.

Buffalo at Penn State
Kickoff
2026-09-19 12:00 PM ET
The line
Penn State -40.8 · O/U 49.5
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Our number vs the market

No lean on this one.

Our number and the market are within a field goal.

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Roster & NIL

Who is paid, who is worth it, and where the money sits.

$35Mmodel payroll across 70 priced players
Where the money sits
DL$9.8M
DB$6.0M
LB$5.6M
OL$5.0M
TE$2.8M
WR$2.2M
QB$2.0M
The top five
1
Benjamin BrahmerTE · Senior · 4-star · starter
96.0model$1.9M
2
Kooper EbelLB · Senior · 3-star · starter
86.2model$1.5M
3
Liam AndrewsDT · Sophomore · starter
$1.4M
4
Tony RojasLB · Junior · starter
82.2model$1.3M
5
Malachi GoodmanOT · Freshman · starter
$1.3M
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Player Movement

Who came through the portal, who left, and what each room looks like now.

Position rooms · by Model Score
TE83Brahmer, Burkle
LB81Ebel, Rojas
QB78Becht
IOL73Donkoh, Buhr
WR72Sowell, Howard
EDGE67Kemajou, Mcpherson
S66Cooper, Neal
RB64Hansen, Peoples
CB62Dixson, Zayas
IDL60Williams, Nnodim
Portal flow · 38 in, 48 out
In $16.3M
Benjamin BrahmerTE · from Iowa State
$2.2M
Kooper EbelLB · from Iowa State
$1.7M
Caleb BaconLB · from Iowa State
$1.5M
James PeoplesRB · from Ohio State
$1.3M
34 more
Out $17.2M
Amare CampbellLB · to Tennessee
$2.1M
Xavier GilliamDL · to Tennessee
$2.1M
Mylachi WilliamsEDGE · to Virginia Tech
$1.6M
Ethan GrunkemeyerQB · to Virginia Tech
$1.5M
44 more
Net −$0.9M
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Draft

Penn State on the 2027 board, our rank beside the consensus.

On the 2027 board · 13 Penn State players
Tony RojasOLB · No. 117 our boardconsensus 131 ↑
Kooper EbelLB · No. 163 our board86.2modelconsensus 164 ↑
Audavion CollinsCB · No. 191 our board59.9modelconsensus 196 ↑
Benjamin BrahmerTE · No. 207 our board96.0modelconsensus 228 ↑
Anthony DonkohOG · No. 214 our board75.9modelconsensus 263 ↑
Andrew RappleyeaTE · No. 218 our board66.9modelconsensus 211 ↓
Marcus Neal JrS · No. 265 our board66.6modelconsensus 280 ↑
Jeremiah CooperS · No. 277 our board69.0modelconsensus 278 ↑
Moving on our board · since Oct 12
Risers
Nobody moved.
Fallers
Nobody moved.
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