Penn State ranks among the top 10 college football programs with 50 former Nittany Lions on NFL rosters this season.
Here’s a list of those players, the years they played at Penn State, their NFL teams and their updated statistics through 15 games of the regular season:
Saquon Barkley, RB (2015-17), Philadelphia Eagles
Barkley has carried 261 times for 1,072 yards and seven touchdowns in his second season with the Eagles and eighth in the NFL. He also has 37 catches for 273 yards and two TDs.
Ryan Bates, OL (2016-18), Chicago Bears
Bates has played in all 15 games in his second season with the Bears and his seventh in the NFL.
Jaquan Brisker, S (2019-21), Chicago Bears
Brisker ranks third on the team with 77 tackles, including 40 solo stops and a sack, and has one interception and five passes defended in his fourth season with the Bears.
Ji’Ayir Brown, S (2020-22), San Francisco 49ers
Brown has 64 tackles, including 38 solo, two interceptions, one forced fumble and five passes defended in his third season with the 49ers.
Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons celebrates one of 12.5 sacks last month against Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps
Abdul Carter, LB (2022-24), New York Giants
Carter has 40 tackles, including 23 solo and 3.5 sacks, in his rookie season with the Giants. He also has five tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries.
Tariq Castro-Fields, CB (2017-21), Philadelphia Eagles
Castro-Fields is on the practice squad in his second season with the Eagles and his fourth in the NFL.
Dan Chisena, WR (2015-19), Carolina Panthers
Chisena is on the practice squad in his first season with the Panthers and his fifth in the NFL.
Sean Clifford, QB (2017-22), Cincinnati Bengals
Clifford is on the practice squad in his first season with the Bengals and his third in the NFL.
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson, after making a key catch, is tackled just short of the goal line by Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Jaylen Watson during the first half of Super Bowl 59 on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. The two teams will play Sept. 14 in a Super Bowl rematch. (Ashley Landis/AP)
Jahan Dotson, WR (2018-21), Philadelphia Eagles
Dotson has 15 catches for 222 yards and one touchdown in his second season with the Eagles and his fourth in the NFL. He also has returned five punts for a 9.6 average.
Arnold Ebiketie, LB (2021), Atlanta Falcons
Ebiketie has 36 tackles, including 17 solo, with two sacks, five tackles for loss and one pass defended in his fourth season with the Falcons.
Olu Fashanu, OL (2020-23), New York Jets
Fashanu has started all 15 games at tackle in his second season with the Jets.
Pat Freiermuth, TE (2018-20), Pittsburgh Steelers
Freiermuth has 35 receptions for 372 yards and four touchdowns in his fifth season with the Steelers. He has played in every game and has made four starts.
Will Fries, OL (2017-20), Minnesota Vikings
Fries has started all 15 games at guard in his first season with the Vikings and his fifth in the NFL.
Mike Gesicki, TE (2014-17), Cincinnati Bengals
Gesicki has caught 24 passes for 247 yards and two touchdowns in his second season with the Bengals and his seventh in the NFL. He has played in 11 games with one start.
Blake Gillikin, P (2016-19), Arizona Cardinals
Gillikin is on injured reserve after averaging 51.7 yards on 22 punts in his third season with the Cardinals and his sixth in the NFL.
Kevin Givens, DT (2016-18), San Francisco 49ers
Givens has two tackles in four games in his sixth season with the 49ers.
Chris Godwin, WR (2014-16), Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Godwin has 25 catches for 244 yards and one touchdown in seven games, including four starts, in his ninth season with the Buccaneers.
Yetur Gross-Matos, DE (2017-19), San Francisco 49ers
Gross-Matos has four tackles and one pass defended in five games in his second season with the 49ers and his sixth in the NFL.
Daequan Hardy, CB (2019-23), Pittsburgh Steelers
Hardy is on the practice squad in his first season with the Steelers and his second in the NFL.
Adisa Isaac, DE (2019-23), Baltimore Ravens
Isaac is on injured reserve in his second season with the Ravens.
Coziah Izzard, DT (2022-24), New Orleans Saints
Izzard is on the practice squad in his rookie season with the Saints.
Austin Johnson, DT (2013-15), Jacksonville Jaguars
Johnson has nine tackles, one sack, one pass defended and one forced fumble in 11 games in his first season with the Jaguars and his ninth in the NFL.
Theo Johnson, TE (2020-23), New York Giants
Johnson has started all 15 games and has 45 catches for 528 yards and five touchdowns in his second season with the Giants.
DaQuan Jones, DT (2010-13), Buffalo Bills
Jones has played in 12 games with 12 starts and has 22 tackles, three sacks, two passes defended, one interception and one forced fumble in his fourth season with the Bills and 12th in the NFL.
Jalen Kimber, CB (2024), Cincinnati Bengals
Kimber is on the practice squad in his rookie season with the Bengals.
Kalen King, CB (2021-23), Carolina Panthers
King is on the practice squad in his first season with the Panthers and his second in the NFL.
Kobe King, LB (2021-24), New York Jets
King has six tackles in seven games in his rookie season with the Jets.
Jesse Luketa, LB (2018-21), Los Angeles Rams
Luketa is on injured reserve in his first season with the Rams and his fourth in the NFL.
Connor McGovern, OL (2016-18), Buffalo Bills
McGovern has started all 15 games at center in his third season with the Bills and his seventh in the NFL.
PJ Mustipher, DT (2018-22), Arizona Cardinals
Mustipher has 32 tackles and one pass defended in 15 games in his second season with the Cardinals.
Hunter Nourzad, OL (2022-23), Kansas City Chiefs
Nourzad has played in nine games in his second season with the Chiefs.
Amani Oruwariye, CB (2015-18), Baltimore Ravens
Oruwariye has one tackle in one game and is on injured reserve in his first season with the Ravens and his sixth in the NFL.
Odafe Oweh, LB (2019-20), Los Angeles Chargers
Oweh has 23 tackles and seven sacks in 10 games, including one start, in his first season with the Chargers and his fifth in the NFL.
Micah Parsons, DE (2018-19), Green Bay Packers
Parsons has 41 tackles, 12.5 sacks, one pass defended and two forced fumbles and is on injured reserve in his first season with the Packers and his fifth in the NFL.
Joey Porter Jr., CB (2019-22), Pittsburgh Steelers
Porter has 47 tackles, one sack, 14 passes defended and one interception in 12 games (all starts) in his third season with the Steelers.
Jaylen Reed, S (2021-24), Houston Texans
Reed has 14 tackles and one fumble recovery in seven games, including one start, and is on injured reserve in his rookie season with the Texans.
Chop Robinson, LB (2022-23), Miami Dolphins
Robinson has 20 tackles, four sacks, one pass defended and one forced fumble in 14 games, including two starts, in his second season with the Dolphins.
Miles Sanders, RB (2016-18), Dallas Cowboys
Sanders has 20 carries for 117 yards and one touchdown and eight catches for 30 yards in his first season with the Cowboys and his seventh in the NFL. He’s on injured reserve.
Nick Scott, S (2015-18), Carolina Panthers
Scott has started all 15 games and has 95 tackles, three passes defended, one interception and one fumble recovery in his second season with the Panthers and his seventh in the NFL.
Juice Scruggs, OL (2018-22), Houston Texans
Scruggs has played in 10 games, including one start, in his third season with the Texans.
Chris Stoll, LS (2017-22), Seattle Seahawks
Stoll has played in all 15 games in his third season with the Seahawks.
Jordan Stout, P (2019-21), Baltimore Ravens
Stout has punted 48 times for a 50.5 average and a 44.9 net average in his fourth season with the Ravens.
Brenton Strange, TE (2019-22), Jacksonville Jaguars
Strange has 37 receptions for 434 yards and two touchdowns in 10 games, all starts, in his third season with the Jaguars.
Mitchell Tinsley, WR (2022), Cincinnati Bengals
Tinsley has eight catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns in 15 games, including four starts, in his first season with the Bengals and his third in the NFL.
Rasheed Walker, OL (2019-21), Green Bay Packers
Walker has started all 15 games at tackle in his fifth season with the Packers.
Caedan Wallace, OL (2019-23), New England Patriots
Wallace has played in three games in his second season with the Patriots.
Tyler Warren, TE (2020-24), Indianapolis Colts
Warren has 66 receptions for 748 yards and four touchdowns and has six carries for 8 yards and one TD in his rookie season with the Colts.
Parker Washington, WR (2020-22), Jacksonville Jaguars
Washington has 45 catches for 645 yards and four touchdowns in 14 games, including six starts, in his third season with the Jaguars. He has 20 punt returns for 325 yards and two TDs and three kickoff returns for 75 yards.
Kevin Winston Jr., S (2022-24), Tennessee Titans
Winston has 34 tackles, one sack and one pass defended in 10 games, including six starts, in his rookie season with the Titans.
Sal Wormley, OL (2019-24), Jacksonville Jaguars
Wormley is on the practice squad in his rookie season with the Jaguars.