Two more enter NCAA transfer portal
Two more potential transfers have started the process at Penn State.
Confirmed by Blue White illustrated, junior tight end Danny Dalton and junior offensive linemen Alex Gellerstedt joined Tuesday's announcement from Ayron Monroe that they were indeed entering the NCAA's new transfer portal.
According to Pro Football Focus' advanced statistics, Monroe played in 149 special teams snaps and 73 defensive snaps through the course of the season, while Gellerstedt is recorded as having one snap on special teams, and Dalton played in just the opener and second game of the season as Penn State's starting tight end before being quickly supplanted thanks in part to undisclosed injury. He would not return to action until seeing one snap in Penn State's win at Rutgers in the next-to-last game of the regular season.
With three more likely transfers on the table, the Nittany Lions are currently at a trajectory for 73 filled scholarships for the 2019 season.
| Pos | Fresh | RS Fresh | Soph | Junior | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
QB |
Roberson Johnson |
Levis* |
Clifford* |
|
Stevens* |
|
RB |
Cain Ford |
|
Brown* Slade |
|
|
|
WR |
Dunmore |
George* Shorter* |
Dotson Hamler* Hippen-hammer* Sullivan-Brown* |
|
|
|
TE |
Strange |
Kuntz* |
Freiermuth |
|
Bowers* Holland* |
|
OL |
Wallace Wormley |
Effner* Scruggs* Walker* |
Holmes* Miranda* |
Fries* Menet* Whigan |
Gonzalez* |
|
DE |
Beamon Isaac |
Oweh* Tarburton* |
|
Joseph* Matos Simmons* Toney* |
|
|
DT |
|
Culpepper* Hawkins* |
Barber* Hansard* Thorpe* Mustipher |
Jordan* Shelton* |
Windsor* |
|
LB |
Dixon Smith |
Katshir* |
Brooks* Luketa Parsons |
|
Brown Miller* Johnson |
|
CB |
Ellis Wilson Porter Rudolph |
Gordon* |
Brown* Johnson* |
Castro-Fields |
Reid* |
|
S |
|
|
Sutherland* |
Brisker |
Petrishen* Taylor* |
|
K/P |
|
|
Pinegar |
|
Gillikin |
|
# |
16 |
13 |
21 |
11 |
12 |
|
Tot |
16/85 |
29/85 |
50/85 |
61/85 |
73/85 |
Currently, Penn State has 12 scholarship players confirmed on the transfer portal. That list included Manny Bowen, Isaiah Humphries, Brandon Polk, Juwan Johnson, Irvin Charles, Brelin Faison-Walden, Zech McPhearson, Lamont Wade and Dae'lun Darien.
Before the season, the squad also saw early retirements of Ryan Buchholz, Torrence Brown, Jordan Miner and Nana Asiedu, while Ryan Bates, Connor McGovern, Kevin Givens, Miles Sanders and Shareef Miller all declared for the NFL Draft following the Citrus Bowl.