18 Hawkeyes 30-24. Latest on Penn State Nittany Lions defensive end Shaka Toney including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Penn State defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos (99) sacks Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley (4) during the Big Ten football game against no. Your email address will not be published. Scott didn't often leave the field in 2018, but there's plenty of reason for optimism. Penn State defensive end Shaka Toney (18) and Penn State linebacker Jesse Luketa (40). Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. At safety look for Taylor and Wade. Betting the Big 10 (Week One): Do You Think You Can Beat Our Picks? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Many young players also had the opportunity to show what they can do. Learn how your comment data is processed. There are many question marks for the Nittany Lion offense entering summer practice, but the Penn State defense is an area that fans arguably do not need to worry about. There’s reason to buy into the hype heading into 2019 now that Pry has the most raw talent at his disposal during his time in State College. In addition to Toney, fellow junior Gross-Matos will undoubtedly continue his dominance from 2018 this Fall. What does that mean for defensive coordinator extraordinaire Brent Pry? Welcome to every season of the past however many years, save for that brief sideshow performance by those Barkley, McSorley, Godwin, and Gesicki fellows. The Nittany Lions finished only behind Alabama, who has plenty of talent in the pipeline as always and will now welcome 15 four or five-star recruits on the defensive side of the ball in 2019. Ultimately, the success of this unit will hinge on Pry's ability to get the most out of his defensive tackles and safeties, because the rest of this unit is absolutely loaded. Losing Miller and Givens is undoubtedly huge and a few years ago could have been a very big issue for the Nittany Lions, but not now. Without the loss of too many players at one position, the Penn State defense has depth in each spot. Pry's group is going to have talent, production, and experience on its side when the team runs through that tunnel on opening day. Koa Farmer is the only starter that will not be returning to Linebacker U this season. In addition, he had three interceptions, seven passes defended, and one fumble recovery. The offense has a lot of question marks with a young quarterback, young running backs, and a relatively inexperienced receiving corps. Junior defensive end Shaka Toney is poised to have a big year in tandem with Yetur Gross-Matos. At linebacker, Parsons replaces Koa Farmer (53.9% of the snaps), but that was already functionally happening in 2018 as Farmer was really only the starter in name by the end of the season, with Parsons spelling him early and often in games. The good thing with that is that there are many other veterans that will still be suiting up in blue and white. Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State Nittany Lions community, Bleacher Report Ranks Penn State as #2 Defense in College Football for 2019 Season, Indiana 36, Penn State 35: What Twitter Had to Say, Michael Penix was short... but it’s Penn State’s fault for letting it come down to that, Three Takeaways From Penn State’s 36-35 Loss to Indiana, 100 days until Penn State Football countdown, Penn State as the second-best defense in all of college football. By the end of the 2019 season, Gross-Matos, Windsor, Reid, and Taylor should all be potential high draft picks (with Gross-Matos oozing top-10 potential). Required fields are marked *. The defense though finally has enough depth to get through if any unforeseen issues were to happen. In 2018 Gross-Matos played in all 13 games where he tallied 54 total tackles, 20 for loss, and eight sacks. For starters, the 2019 defense is returning plenty of production from the 2018 squad. The biggest losses for the Nittany Lions on the defensive side of the ball came in the front and the back. Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com The other group that lost more than one starter and leader is the Penn State secondary. 4 defensive end in the 2019 class and the top player in the state of New York standing at 6-foot-5 and 220 pounds, according to 247Sports, Isaac chose the Nittany Lions out of 30 total offers, including his final four of Penn State, Syracuse, Texas A&M and Miami (FL). Now, Penn State is finally in a good place concerning depth on both sides of the ball, but especially on defense. As an independent site, we're committed to delivering Nittany Lions fans the news and analysis they deserve, all while remaining free. Roar Lions Roar is where Penn State fans gather. The group looked good in the 2019 Blue-White game. Toney, Castro-Fields, and Wade should be ready to enter their senior seasons as breakout performers in 2019 as juniors. Parsons led the team in tackles as a true freshman, despite not being a full-time starter. (Joe Hermitt | jhermitt@pennlive.com) It should! Instead, he will be suiting up in black and silver with the Raiders in the NFL. Reid was coming off of an injury last season and was right on par with where he was pre-injury. But the good news for Penn State is its defensive coordinator is no dummy. Further, the potential 2020 NFL Draft prospect forced two fumbles and recovered one. The No. Even with some key losses after 2018, the depth that the Penn State defense has built over the last two seasons puts the group in a very good spot entering summer practice. Parsons should find himself named among the very best defenders in all of college football. Taylor will be a key part in Penn State’s defense again this season. Jayson Oweh played in two games as a true freshman last season and will likely play quite a few minutes as the season progresses. Penn State defensive end Shaka Toney tackles Michigan running back Hassan Haskins during the second quarter on Oct. 19, 2019. 18 Iowa at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Bleacher Report Ranks Penn State as #2 Defense in ... four or five-star recruits on the defensive side of the ball in 2019. Fast-forward back to present day, and James Franklin finds his team ready to enter training camp in the unfamiliar, yet the very familiar position of touting an experienced and potentially dominant defense, but an offense with a lot to prove and plenty of questions to answer. Simply put, it's time to pull out all the stops and lead his defensive unit to glory. Penn State defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos runs a drill during the team's first practice on Aug. 3, 2019. The Juniors will not be alone, senior Robert Windsor picked up momentum ending the 2018 season and will likely keep that going throughout the summer. Per Dan Smith's snap count summary from last season, seniors played just 19.2% of the total snaps on the defensive side of the ball. The defensive line lost both Shareef Miller and Kevin Givens. 17 Nittany Lions defeated the no. The defense will be much more experienced than 2018, when the unit easily surpassed expectations while breaking in so many new faces. This is even more evident on the defensive line. Barring any injuries, the Penn State defense is poised to pick up right where it left off in 2019. The biggest loss at defensive end is Shareef Miller (68.1% of the snaps), but Toney, as well as backups Daniel Joseph, Shane Simmons, and Jayson Oweh, have more than enough talent to fill his shoes. Castro-Fields and primary backup corner Donovan Johnson have both shown big-time potential in their snaps and will look to take it to the next level in 2019. To break it down even further, the starting group will feature five new starters as compared to last year's squad, but of those "new" starters, safety Lamont Wade is the only one who didn't feature heavily into the rotation in 2018. Finally, at safety, the biggest loss is Nick Scott (87.7%). That's not to say that returning production alone guarantees anything, but when you combine these numbers with the fact that the entire projected starting lineup, save for Micah Parsons, will be upperclassmen in 2019 and have therefore been around the program for some time, it's a recipe for success. Luckily for Franklin, he has a deep and talented defense ready to explode and step up as one of the very best in college football. There is a lot of time between now and the first game of the 2019 season, but Penn State’s defense is poised and ready to take on a lot of work.
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