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Last week, Kyle Carter--who was listed as "probable"--was the only player (aside from the counted-out Nyeem Wartman and Mark Arcidiacono) to appear on the injury report. We doubted just how probable he was, and he ended up not making the trip to West Lafayette, but the point is, this had been, and was, a very healthy football team.
Then last week happened. Penn State beat up on Purdue, but lost a couple of pieces, and a very key one, in the process.
Jordan Hill sprained his left knee--the good news is that it wasn't, as initially feared, a torn ACL, but that hardly intimates a one week recovery. He's listed as "day-to-day" by O'Brien, who certainly takes after his mentor Bill Belichick and refused to tip his hand regarding the availability of his players. It's incredibly unlikely that Hill will even make the trip to Lincoln, leaving Penn State with a huge hole on the defensive line, and without a senior leader.
For Kyle Carter, the prognosis is a little bit better--that ankle that kept him out of last week's game didn't seem to limit him during practice. Again, there's no real update from the coaching staff, and considering that he was officially probably last week tells us that even if O'Brien did open his mouth, he wouldn't say anything we could take stock in. Unofficially, I think it looks pretty good that Penn State will get another much needed offensive weapon back for Nebraska tomorrow.
Lastly, there's Curtis Dukes, who went off early with a concussion. He hasn't figured in much in the run game, or been too visible in the special teams, so Penn State likely won't be missing too much, but it's always very scary to see young men get head injuries, and we wish him a speedy and full recovery, even if that means he's played his last game in the blue and white.
On to the depth chart!
*-denotes player listed on injury report
| Off. | First Team | Second Team | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| HC | Bill O'Brien | ||
| QB |
#11 Matt McGloin |
#12 Steven Bench | #2 Shane McGregor |
| RB | #5 Bill Belton | #28 Zach Zwinak | #24 Derek Day |
| FB | #9 Michael Zordich | #35 Pat Zerbe | #45 P.J. Byers |
| TE-Y | #89 Garry Gilliam | #18 Jesse James | #84 Matt Lehman |
| TE-F | #87 Kyle Carter* | #82 Brian Irvin | #83 Brent Wilkerson |
| WR | #8 Allen Robinson | #15 Alex Kenney | #37 Evan Lewis |
| WR | #85 Brandon Moseby-Felder | #21 Trevor Williams | #80 Matt Zanellato |
| OT | #76 Donovan Smith | #70 Nate Cadogan | -- |
| OG | #65 Miles Dieffenbach | #60 Ty Howle | #66 Angelo Mangiro |
| OC | #54 Matt Stankiewitch | #62 Frank Figueroa | #55 Wendy Laurent |
| OG | #64 John Urschel | #75 Eric Shrive | |
| OT | #78 Mike Farrell | #58 Adam Gress |
#75 Eric Shrive |
| Def. | First Team | Second Team | Reserves |
| DE | #90 Sean Stanley | #86 C.J. Olaniyan | #31 Brad Bars |
| DT | #47 Jordan Hill* | #84 Kyle Baublitz | -- |
| DT | #91 DaQuan Jones | #93 James Terry | #99 Austin Johnson |
| DE | #18 Deion Barnes | #59 Pete Massaro | #98 Anthony Zettel |
| OLB | #6 Gerald Hodges | #43 Mike Hull | -- |
| MLB | #40 Glenn Carson | #33 Michael Yancich | -- |
| OLB | #42 Michael Mauti | #38 Ben Kline | -- |
| CB |
#12 Stephon Morris |
#3 DaQuan Davis | -- |
| SS | #10 Malcolm Willis | #23 Ryan Keiser | -- |
| FS | #7 Stephen Obeng-Agyapong | #27 Jake Fagnano | |
| CB | #4 Adrian Amos | #39 Jesse Della Valle | #1 Jordan Lucas |
| Sp. | First Team | Second Team | Reserves |
| K | #97 Sam Ficken | -- | -- |
| P | #45 Alex Butterworth | -- | -- |
| KR | #15 Bill Belton | #39 Jesse Della Valle | #4 Alex Kenney |
| PR | #37 Evan Lewis | #39 Jesse Della Valle | -- |
| LS | #60 Ty Howle | #44 Michael Furman | #57 Emery Etter |
| H | #23 Ryan Keiser | #37 Evan Lewis | -- |
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