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HOME GAME SPECIAL: NEWS COVERAGE INSIDE Published independently by students at Penn State 2018Vol. 119 No.BIG 5 Aug.TEN 30-Sept. 5, 2018 PREVIEW@DailyCollegian ? BIG 10 ? CHAMPIONS EAST WEST 1 2 ? ? 1 ? ? 3 ? ? 4 5 6 ? ? 4 3 2 ? ? 5 ? ? 7 ? ? 7 6 Collegian Creative PAGE A2 | AUG. 30-SEPT. 5, 2018 VERSUS THE DAILY COLLEGIAN PENN STATE Nittany Lions No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. 1 KJ Hamler WR/Fr. 29 Henry Fessler WR/Fr. 70 Juice Scruggs OL/Fr. 2 Isaiah Humphries S/Fr. 29 John Reid CB/Jr. 71 Will Fries OL/So. 2 Donovan Johnson CB/Fr. 30 Kevin Givens DT/Jr. 72 Bryce Effner OL/Fr. 2 Tommy Stevens QB/Jr. 31 Christopher Welde WR/Jr. 73 Mike Miranda OL/Fr. 3 DeAndre Thompkins WR/Jr. 32 Journey Brown RB/Fr. 74 Steven Gonzalez OL/Jr. 4 Nick Scott S/Sr. 33 Jake Cooper LB/Sr. 75 Des Holmes OL/Fr. 4 Ricky Slade RB/Fr. 33 C.J. Holmes RB/So. 76 Sterling Jenkins OL/Jr. 5 Tariq Castro-Fields CB/So. 34 Shane Simmons DE/So. 77 Chasz Wright OL/Sr. 5 Jahan Dotson WR/Fr. 35 Justin Neff S/Fr. 79 Charlie Shuman OL/Sr. 6 Cam Brown LB/Jr. 36 Jan Johnson LB/Jr. 80 Danny Dalton TE/H/So. 6 Justin Shorter WR/Fr. 37 Drew Hartlaub S/Fr. 80 Justin Weller WR/Fr. 7 Koa Farmer LB/Sr. 38 Lamont Wade CB/So. 81 Cam Sullivan-Brown WR/Fr. 8 Mark Allen RB/Sr. 39 Frank Di Leo LB/Jr. 82 Zack Kuntz TE/H/Fr. 9 Trace McSorley QB/Sr. 40 Nick Eury RB/So. 82 Tyler Shoop WR/Jr. 9 Jarvis Miller LB/Jr. 40 Jesse Luketa LB/Fr. 83 Nick Bowers TE/H/Jr. 10 Brandon Polk WR/Jr. 41 Joe Arcangelo TE/Jr. 83 Alex Hoenstine WR/Fr. 11 Micah Parsons LB/Fr. 42 Dae’Lun Darien LB/So. 84 Juwan Johnson WR/Jr. 12 Mac Hippenhammer WR/Fr. 42 Ellison Jordan DT/So. 85 Isaac Lutz WR/So. 13 Ellis Brooks LB/Fr. 45 Joe DuMond LB/So. 86 Daniel George WR/Fr. 13 Grayson Kline QB/Fr. 45 Charlie Katshir LB/Fr. 87 Pat Freiermuth TE/H/Fr. 14 Sean Clifford QB/Fr. 46 Nick Tarburton DE/Fr. 88 Dan Chisena WR/Jr. 14 Zech McPhearson CB/So. 48 Shareef Miller DE/Jr. 88 Judge Culpepper DT/Fr. 15 Michael Shuster QB/So. 49 Daniel Joseph DE/So. 89 Brandon Clark WR/Fr. 16 John Petrishen S/Jr. 49 Cade Pollard P/Fr. 89 Colton Maxwell WR/So. 17 Will Levis QB/Fr. 50 Max Chizmar LB/Fr. 90 Damion Barber DT/Fr. 17 Garrett Taylor S/Jr. 50 Will Knutsson OL/Fr. 90 Rafael Checa K/Fr. 18 Johnathan Holland TE/Jr. 51 Alex Gellerstedt OL/So. 91 Chris Stoll SN/Fr. 18 Shaka Toney DE/So. 51 Jason Vranic LB/Sr. 92 Jake Pinegar K/Fr. 19 Trent Gordon CB/Fr. 52 Ryan Bates OL/Jr. 93 Blake Gillikin P/K/Jr. 20 Jabari Butler CB/Jr. 53 Fred Hansard DT/Fr. 93 PJ Mustipher DT/Fr. 20 Johnathan Thomas RB/Sr. 53 Rasheed Walker OL/Fr. 94 Joe Calcagno SN/Fr. 21 Amani Oruwariye CB/Sr. 54 Robert Windsor DT/Jr. 95 Donnell Dix DE/Sr. 23 Ayron Monroe S/Jr. 55 Antonio Shelton DT/So. 95 Vlad Hilling K/Fr. 24 DJ Brown CB/Fr. 58 Evan Presta DT/Fr. 96 Matt Aloni SN/Fr. 24 Miles Sanders RB/Jr. 62 Michal Menet OL/So. 96 Kyle Vasey SN/Sr. 25 Brelin Faison-Walden LB/So. 63 Collin De Boef OL/Fr. 97 Carson Landis K/P/Fr. 26 Jonathan Sutherland S/Fr. 64 Zach Simpson OL/Jr. 98 Kevin Cahill SN/Fr. 27 Aeneas Hawkins DT/Fr. 66 Connor McGovern OL/Jr. 98 Dan Vasey DL/LS/Fr. 27 Cody Romano S/Fr. 68 Hunter Kelly OL/DL/So. 99 Yetur Gross-Matos DE/So. 28 Jayson Oweh DE/Fr. 69 C.J. Thorpe OL/Fr 99 Justin Tobin K/So. Appalachian State Mountaineers No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. No. Name Position/Elig. 2 Zeb Speir QB/Sr. 26 Matthew McQuinn LB/Fr. 60 Noah Hannon OL/So. 2 Corey Sutton WR/So. 26 Marcus Williams Jr. RB/So. 62 Weston Gillespie OL/So. 3 Darrynton Evans RB/So. 27 A.J. Beach DB/Jr. 63 Ivan Reyes OL/So. 4 Clifton Duck DB/Jr. 27 DeMarcus Harper RB/So. 64 Will Hardin OL/So. 4 Dominique Heath WR/Sr. 28 Jay Person LB/Fr. 65 Gage Blackston OL/Fr. 5 Thomas Hennigan WR/So. 29 John Gliarmis K/Fr. 66 Will Israel DL/Fr. 6 Desmond Franklin DB/Jr. 29 Devonte Harrison LB/So. 67 Logan Wright OL/So. 6 Camerun Peoples RB/Fr. 30 Zareon Hayes LB/Fr. 68 Brody Barrett DL/Jr. 7 Jacob Huesman QB/So. 30 Clayton Howell P/Fr. 69 Joe Hartung OL/Fr. 7 Josh Thomas DB/Jr. 31 Nick Hampton LB/Fr. 70 Cooper Hodges OL/Fr. 8 Stephon Brown QB/Fr. 33 Jordan Mitchell LB/Fr. 73 Cole Garrison OL/So. 8 Shemar Jean-Charles DB/So. 34 Nakendrick Clark RB/Jr. 74 Anderson Hardy OL/Fr. 9 Austin Exford DB/Sr. 35 Miller Gibbs TE/Fr. 75 Victor Johnson OL/Jr. 9 Jackson Gibbs QB/Fr. 36 Brock Mattison DL/Fr. 77 Josh Headlee OL/Fr. 10 Tim Frizzell LB/So. 37 Tanner Ellenberger LB/Fr. 78 Chandler Greer OL/Sr. 10 Tanner Wilson QB/Fr. 39 Zion Madden CB/Fr. 79 Luke Burnette OL/Fr. 11 Jeremy Level DB/So. 39 Xavier Subotsch P/So. 80 AJ Hall WR/Fr. 11 Jalen Virgil WR/So. 40 Logan Doublin LB/Fr. 81 Braden Collins WR/Fr. 12 Steven Jones DB/Fr. 41 Michael Rubino K/Jr. 82 Richard Tucker WR/Fr. 12 Zac Thomas QB/So. 42 Harrison Taylor DL/Fr. 83 Jake Henry WR/Fr. 13 Peyton Derrick QB/Fr. 43 Hansky Paillant DL/Fr. 84 Mike Evans TE/Jr. 13 Kaiden Smith DB/So. 44 Anthony Flory LB/Sr. 85 Michael Queen WR/So. 14 Malik Williams WR/So. 45 Trey Cobb LB/Fr. 86 Trey Ross TE/Fr. 15 Mock Adams WR/Jr. 46 Chris Washington DL/Fr. 87 Collin Reed TE/Jr. 16 Shaun Jolly DB/Fr. 47 Okon Godwin DL/Sr. 88 Cameron Pack DL/So. 17 Tae Hayes DB/Sr. 48 Demetrius Taylor DL/So. 88 Henry Pearson TE/Jr. 17 Trey McCollum WR/So. 49 Blythe Hall LB/So. 89 Devin Papenheim TE/Jr. 18 Brad Absher WR/Sr. 50 Keaton Forbes LB/Fr. 89 Dorian Pickett DL/Fr. 19 Daetrich Harrington RB/So. 51 Tyler Bird LB/Fr. 90 Chris Willis DL/So. 19 Mike Price DB/Fr. 51 Baer Hunter OL/So. 91 Tommy Dawkins DL/So. 20 Noel Cook LB/Jr. 52 Tobias Edge-Campbell OL/Sr. 91 Chandler Staton K/So. 20 A’Darius Purifoy WR/So. 52 D’Marco Jackson LB/Fr. 92 Myquon Stout DL/Sr. 21 Ryan Huff DB/Fr. 53 Max Durschlag LS/Fr. 93 Elias McMurry LS/Sr. 21 Dysaun Razzak WR/Fr. 54 Jermaine McDaniel Jr. DL/Fr. 94 Josh Houser DL/Jr. 22 Jace Frisbee LB/Fr. 55 Matt Williams OL/So. 95 George Blackstock DL/Fr. 22 D’Andre Hicks RB/Fr. 56 Nate Haskins OL/So. 96 Markell Clark DL/So. 24 Akeem Davis-Gaither LB/Jr. 57 Elijah Diarrassouba DL/So. 97 Caleb Spurlin DL/So. 25 Kaleb Dawson DB/Fr. 58 Ryan Neuzil OL/So. 98 E.J. Scott DL/Jr. 25 Jalin Moore RB/Sr. 59 Jordan Fehr LB/Jr. 99 Jordon Earle DL/Fr. K.J. Hamler emerging as a team leader By Tyler King spring. “He’s been having a been a really good leader.” THE DAILY COLLEGIAN really, really good spring. He’s While wanting to get Hamler creating explosive plays and as many touches as possible is It’s hard to find K.J. Hamler blocking well. He’s out there a given, it’s interesting to hear without a smile on his face — saying, basically, ‘I want this Franklin describe a redshirt whether he’s on the practice job.’” freshman as a team leader. field or walking around campus. Every player we talked to in Hamler acts as a team leader Just about every coach and the spring said Hamler made in a nontraditional way, how- player tabbed the redshirt the play of the spring. The ever. For obvious reasons, most freshman wide receiver as the IMG Academy product busted team leaders are guys who have standout player from spring through a Cover 2 defense and been around for multiple years practices. Well, as Penn State’s found himself wide open down and know what the coaching first depth chart for the 2018 the middle for a touchdown. staff expects from the team on a season shows, Hamler contin- Plays like this really show- day-to-day basis. ued to stand out during training case Hamler’s explosive ability But, Hamler brings an camp. In a bit of a surprising — a huge reason why he earned infectious form of energy to move, Hamler was listed as the himself a starting spot. the team, one that reminds of starting slot receiver in advance “When you talk to our defen- Franklin of one recent graduate of the Nittany Lions’ season sive coaches about guys that that became one of the faces of opener against Appalachian scare them when they have the the program –– Marcus Allen.