Josiah Zayas
Penn State Nittany Lions
67
Depth

Josiah Zayas

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NBDefenseDepth
2nd String / BackupAsk about his stats

Is Josiah Zayas starting?

Josiah Zayas is listed 2nd string at NB for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Freshman · #17

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Depth at NB · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 1786Zion TracyStarter
  2. 21767Josiah ZayasYou
  3. 32061Tyrell Chatman
  4. 41657Donte Nastasi

Penn State Starting Lineup

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Up next for Penn State

Penn State plays Minnesota at home on Sat, Nov 14. The listed kickoff time is 07:00 PM ET.

Jersey
#17
Class
FR

Josiah Zayas is currently behind Zion Tracy at NB on the Penn State depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 75 overall this season.

Why this rating?

On a 87-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 67.

Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-14 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 31WPURTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-17

Oct 17LMICHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final L 21-18

Oct 10LUSCTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-23

Oct 3LNUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-13

Sep 26LWISTKL 0
TKL
0
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final L 24-20

Sep 19WBUFFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 55-13

Sep 12WTEMTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-9

Sep 5WMRSHTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-0

Josiah Zayas's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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