Alijah Carnell
Penn State Nittany Lions
74
Average

Alijah Carnell

Penn State Nittany LionsAverage
LDTDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Iowa State
2nd String / Backup

Is Alijah Carnell starting?

Alijah Carnell is listed 2nd string at LDT for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt sophomore · #56 · 6'5", 299 lbs

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Depth at LDT · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 19285Siale TaupakiStarter
  2. 25674Alijah CarnellYou
  3. 39868Dallas Vakalahi
  4. 49461De'Andre Cook

Penn State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Penn State

Penn State plays Washington away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Bishop Gorman, ranked #2,155 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 74 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,155 NatlTeam Share1%
Henderson, NV
Jersey
#56
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
299 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—60.50.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8333
National Rank
#2155
High School
Bishop Gorman
Hometown
Las Vegas, NV

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; 48th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 74.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 48% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 23% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LNUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Alijah Carnell's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

6 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks
Usage / Involvement25%
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