These Penn State stars earned high praise from media members.
The 2025 Penn State Nittany Lions football roster is riddled with star power, and members of the Big Ten media furthered this claim.
Ahead of Big Ten Media Days, the conference released its 2025 Big Ten Preseason Honors list, and three Nittany Lions made the 16-player group. This is tied for the most selections in the conference with Ohio State.
The players honored from Penn State were QB Drew Allar, DE Dani Dennis-Sutton, and RB Nicholas Singleton.
Other honorees include:
QB Luke Altmyer, Illinois
OLB Gabe Jacas, Illinois
DL Mikail Kamara, Indiana
DB D’Angelo Ponds, Indiana
OT Gennings Dunker, Iowa
C Logan Jones, Iowa
DB Koi Perich, Minnesota
OLB Matayo Uiagalelei, Oregon
DB Dillon Thieneman, Oregon
SAF Caleb Downs, Ohio State
WR Jeremiah Smith, Ohio State
LB Sonny Styles, Ohio State
The Nittany Lions have grand expectations for this season, even appearing as the no. 1 team in the country in ESPN's 2025 post-spring Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings.
Allar, Singleton, and crew will combine for what could possibly be the best offense of the James Franklin era, and at the very least, his best offense since Saquon Barkley left for the NFL.
Meanwhile, Dennis-Sutton headlines a defense filled with both returning production and a handful of key transfer portal additions, including North Carolina transfer LB Amare Campbell and Alabama transfer S King Mack.
They will be led by new Defensive Coordinator Jim Knowles, whose Ohio State defense last season led the nation in points allowed per game - a staggering number of 12.9 PPG.
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