Penn State Football: Lions Position Grades versus Iowa
Defensive Line
Shareef Miller was so impactful, he earned a big chunk of this grade. Iowa’s Akrum Wadley is a nice back in his own right, but the Penn State football defense did an unbelievable job led by Miller. They contained him and stayed in the backfield a lot of the night.
Miller also added points himself with a key safety in the second quarter. If he hadn’t held onto Wadley in the end zone, who know what would’ve happened in overtime.
The D-Line also helped keep the passing game contained. Nathan Stanley threw for under 200 yards and a lot of that had to do with nice pressure up front. There weren’t a whole lot of stats to back that up, but the front looked solid. Without one of the key players in Torrence Brown, this defense still managed to thrive.