Penn State Football: Position grades versus Ohio State

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STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 29: Trace McSorley #9 of the Penn State Nittany Lions passes against the Ohio State Buckeyes on September 29, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Offensive Line

Other than the Appalachian State game, you can argue that the offensive line had their worst game of the season. Ohio State had four sacks, and 11 tackles-for-loss in Saturday night’s game. In addition, Miles Sanders was only able to run for 43 yards, as mentioned earlier.

The bad offensive line play was one of the reasons that Trace McSorley scrambled so many times during the game. He had minimal time to throw the football. The Nittany Lions are lucky that they have a mobile quarterback because if they didn’t he’d be getting killed.

The Buckeyes were also missing their best pass-rusher and defensive player in Nick Bosa. Bosa will likely be the number one pick in April’s draft, and could have caused even more chaos in this game. Penn State is lucky that he couldn’t play.

Grade: C+

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