Penn State Football: Position grades versus Ohio State

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STATE COLLEGE, PA – SEPTEMBER 29: Garrett Taylor #17 of the Penn State Nittany Lions makes an interception in the first half against the Ohio State Buckeyes on September 29, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Secondary

It was certainly a weird game for the secondary, 157 of the 270 Ohio State passing yards were on screens. Yes, the fault of not being able to tackle after a screen pass can fall on the secondary, but to think positively, they didn’t really get beat downfield at all.

That’s an extremely frustrating thing because on a night where Ohio State should have had below 170 passing yards, they were able to get 270 because of poor defense against the screens. Safety Garrett Taylor had his first career interception in addition to four tackles.

Corners Tariq Castro-Fields and John Reid each had a pass defended. They combined for seven tackles. Corner Amani Oruwariye had four tackles. Safety Nick Scott had five tackles.

Grade: B-

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