Penn State Football: Lions Position Grades versus Iowa

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IOWA CITY, IOWA- SEPTEMBER 23: Cornerback Lamont Wade #38 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes on September 23, 2017 at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by Matthew Holst/Getty Images) /

Secondary

This group continues make waves despite missing John Reid the entire year. Penn State football’s back-end keeps making plays. To start off, safety Marcus Allen forced his fourth career fumble and it resulted in a key drive stop for the Nittany Lions.

Allen also added five total tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack. Every game he seems to make at least one highlight play that flips momentum. Senior Christian Campbell made a nice pass break-up and Grant Haley picked up Allen’s fumble to round out the big plays in this unit.

Penn State football got some lucky breaks due to key drops, but this secondary has held every opposing offense to 200 or fewer passing yards. That’s simply because this defense back end doesn’t give up big plays.

If there’s a group on defense that’s already in midseason form, it’s the secondary. The DBs can flat out make ball.

Grade: A-

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