Penn State Football

Depth Chart & Injury Report Week Eight: Ohio State

Franklin was forced to make some major changes to the depth chart following the bye week.

By Rowen Oct 19, 2016, 8:56am EDT

A bye week, the announcement that starting RT Andrew Nelson is out for the year, and Ohio State looming makes this depth chart one of the more intriguing ones since Week 1. There was some shuffling of the O-line following the loss of Nelson, with Paris Palmer moving into the starting role at left tackle and Brendan Mahon moving to the starting role on the right side (as he did in the Maryland game following Nelson’s injury) . True freshman Will Fries will back-up Palmer at left tackle, and redshirt freshman Steven Gonalez moves ahead of Wendy Laurent as the back-up left guard.

On the defensive side of the ball, redshirt junior Curtis Cothran moved ahead of Kevin Givens. Cothran made his season debut in the Minnesota game after missing the first 4 games. It isn’t good news that Cabinda and Bell still don’t appear on the depth chart, but they haven’t officially been ruled out either.

OFFENSE

Quarterback

9 Trace McSorley (6-0, 205, Jr./So.)

2 Tommy Stevens (6-4, 218, So./Fr.)

7 Jake Zembiec (6-3, 205, Fr./Fr.)

Running Back

26 Saquon Barkley (5-11, 223, So./So.)

6 Andre Robinson (5-9, 216, So./Fr.)

8 Mark Allen (5-6, 181, Jr./So.)

24 Miles Sanders (5-11, 205, Fr./Fr.)

Wide Receiver (X)

12 Chris Godwin (6-1, 205, Jr./Jr.)

84 Juwan Johnson (6-4, 213, So./Fr.)

31 Gordon Bentley (6-0, 198, Sr./Jr.)

Wide Receiver (H)

5 DaeSean Hamilton (6-1, 205, Sr./Jr.)

13 Saeed Blacknall (6-3, 212, Jr./Jr.)

19 Gregg Garrity (5-10, 170, Sr./Sr.)

Wide Receiver (Z)

3 DeAndre Thompkins (5-11, 190, Jr./So.)

11 Irvin Charles (6-4, 219, So./Fr.)

Tight End/H-Back

88 Mike Gesicki (6-6, 252, Jr./Jr.)

89 Tom Pancoast (6-3, 235, Sr./Jr.)

18 Jonathan Holland (6-4, 245, So./Fr.)

Left Tackle

73 Paris Palmer (6-7, 300, Sr./Sr.)

71 Will Fries (6-6, 295, Fr./Fr.)

76 Sterling Jenkins (6-8, 328, So./Fr.)

Left Guard

52 Ryan Bates (6-4, 305, So./Fr.)

57 Steven Gonzalez (6-4, 334, So./Fr.)

62 Michal Menet (6-4, 296, Fr./Fr.)

Center

72 Brian Gaia (6-3, 295, Gr./Sr.)

55 Wendy Laurent (6-2, 297, Gr./Sr.)

64 Zach Simpson (6-3, 292, So./Fr.)

Right Guard

66 Connor McGovern (6-5, 310, Fr./Fr.)

53 Derek Dowrey (6-3, 323, Gr./Sr.)

55 Wendy Laurent (6-2, 297, Gr./Sr.)

Right Tackle

70 Brendan Mahon (6-4, 320, Sr./Jr.)

77 Chasz Wright (6-7, 343, Jr./So.)

71 Will Fries (6-6, 295, Fr./Fr.)

DEFENSE

Defensive End

94 Evan Schwan (6-6, 263, Gr./Sr.)

19 Torrence Brown (6-3, 257, Jr./So.)

46 Colin Castagna (6-4, 253, So./So.)

Defensive Tackle

52 Curtis Cothran (6-5, 280, Sr./Jr.)

30 Kevin Givens (6-1, 275, So./Fr.)

93 Antoine White (6-2, 290, Jr./So.)

Defensive Tackle

41 Parker Cothren (6-4, 295, Sr./Jr.)

54 Robert Windsor (6-4, 305, So./Fr.)

56 Tyrell Chavis (6-3, 298, Jr./Jr.)

Defensive End

90 Garrett Sickels (6-4, 260, Sr./Jr.)

48 Shareef Miller (6-5, 255, So./Fr.)

97 Ryan Buchholz (6-6, 270, So./Fr.)

Will Linebacker

31 Cameron Brown (6-5, 215, Fr./Fr.)

43 Manny Bowen (6-1, 220, So./So.)

20 Johnathan Thomas (5-11, 220, Jr./So.)

Middle Linebacker

47 Brandon Smith (6-0, 228, Sr./Jr.)

33 Jake Cooper (6-1, 230, So./So.)

25 Von Walker (5-11, 213, Sr./Sr.)

Sam Linebacker

43 Manny Bowen (6-1, 220, So./So.)

7 Koa Farmer (6-1, 222, Jr./So.)

25 Von Walker (5-11, 213, Sr./Sr.)

Boundary Cornerback

29 John Reid (5-10, 191, So./So.)

1 Christian Campbell (6-1, 194, Jr./Jr.)

17 Garrett Taylor (6-0, 193, So./Fr.)

Free Safety

2 Marcus Allen (6-2, 202, Jr./Jr.)

28 Troy Apke (6-1, 206, Jr./Jr.)

9 Jarvis Miller (6-2, 205, So./Fr.)

Strong Safety

6 Malik Golden (6-0, 205, Gr./Sr.)

4 Nick Scott (5-11, 200, Jr./So.)

23 Ayron Monroe (5-11, 204, So./Fr.)

Field Cornerback

15 Grant Haley (5-9, 185, Jr./Jr.)

12 Jordan Smith (5-10, 185, Sr./Sr.)

37 Kyle Alston (5-9, 180, Sr./Jr.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Punter

93 Blake Gillikin (6-2, 182, Fr./Fr.)

92 Daniel Pasquariello (6-1, 197, Jr./Jr.)

37 Chris Gulla (6-1, 196, Sr./Jr.)

Placekicker

95 Tyler Davis (5-11, 180, Sr./Jr.)

99 Joey Julius (5-10, 258, Jr./So.)

90 Alex Barbir (5-9, 195, Fr./Fr.)

Kick Offs

99 Joey Julius (5-10, 258, Jr./So.)

95 Tyler Davis (5-11, 180, Sr./Jr.)

90 Alex Barbir (5-9, 195, Fr./Fr.)

Holder

37 Chris Gulla (6-1, 196, Sr./Jr.)

16 Billy Fessler (5-11, 188, Jr./So.)

93 Blake Gillikin (6-2, 182, Fr./Fr.)

Long Snapper

44 Tyler Yazujian (5-11, 235, 5th/Sr.)

41 Zach Ladonis (6-2, 236, Sr./Jr.)

96 Kyle Vasey (6-2, 242, Jr./So.)

Kick Returners