Snap Counts: Oregon

Only 36 players had at least one snap in Penn State’s 30-24 double-overtime loss to Oregon, one of the fewest counts since I started writing this article in 2023.

NOTE: Season totals are in parentheses

Offense: 60 snaps (267)

Quarterbacks

Drew Allar: 60 (240)

Running Backs

Nicholas Singleton: 34 (134)
Kaytron Allen: 28 (125)

Wide Receivers

Kyron Hudson: 48 (200)
Trebor Peña: 44 (175)
Devonte Ross: 36 (123)
Liam Clifford: 3 (69)

Tight Ends

Luke Reynolds: 45 (148)
Khalil Dinkins: 39 (160)
Andrew Rappleyea: 21 (83)

Offensive Line

Drew Shelton: 60 (240)
Vega Ioane: 60 (206)
Nick Dawkins: 60 (240)
Nolan Rucci: 60 (231)
Anthony Donkoh: 56 (206)
TJ Shanahan: 4 (75)
Cooper Cousins: 2 (69)

Defense: 78 snaps (269)

Defensive Ends

Dani Dennis-Sutton: 62 (161)
Zuriah Fisher: 62 (115)
Chaz Coleman: 17 (87)
Jaylen Harvey: 8 (67)

Defensive Tackles

Zane Durant: 62 (153)
Alonzo Ford Jr: 45 (106)
Xavier Gilliam: 40 (111)
Ty Blanding: 9 (55)
Owen Wafle: 2 (45)

Linebackers

Amare Campbell: 75 (195)
Tony Rojas: 70 (174)
Dominic DeLuca: 17 (97)
Anthony Speca: 2 (46)

Cornerbacks

AJ Harris: 78 (179)
Zion Tracy: 78 (125)
Audavion Collins: 46 (118)
Elliot Washington II: 36 (101)

Safeties

Zakee Wheatley: 78 (161)
King Mack: 78 (148)

Notes & Thoughts:

• Zakee Wheatley and King Mack played every snap at safety. The Antoine Belgrave-Shorter experiment has appeared to come to an abrupt end. I cannot remember a game since Anthony Poindexter has been the safeties coach that he did not rotate his safeties a single time, even in the biggest games.
• The lack of depth at defensive end became more apparent in the second have as Dani Dennis-Sutton and Zuriah Fisher started to wear down.
• Overall, the defense played well given six of the starters played 70 or more snaps, and eight played at least 62 snaps.
• Nicholas Singleton had six more snaps than Kaytron Allen. The run game struggled all night until the final quarter, but Allen was more efficient (4.5 YPC) than Singleton (1.9 YPC).
• Kyron Hudson had 48 snaps without a single catch. He has faded since his solid performance in the first game of the season.
• The offensive line is what it is at this point. Outside of a few snaps after Donkoh went down in the first half and a couple of six-lineman formations with Cooper Cousins, it was the same offensive line all night. They struggled to get a push in the run game until the fourth quarter and yielded relentless pressure on Drew Allar. I thought they would jell as they stopped rotating so much, but that has not been the case.