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Penn State Football: Week 8 Studs and Duds against Indiana

By Corey Hunter

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 20: Robert Windsor #54, Ryan Bates #52 and Yetur Gross-Matos #99 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate as they leave the field after the game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. Penn State won 33-28. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 20: Robert Windsor #54, Ryan Bates #52 and Yetur Gross-Matos #99 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrate as they leave the field after the game against the Indiana Hoosiers at Memorial Stadium on October 20, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. Penn State won 33-28. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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STATE COLLEGE, PA – OCTOBER 13: Yetur Gross-Matos #99 of the Penn State Nittany Lions hurries Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
STATE COLLEGE, PA – OCTOBER 13: Yetur Gross-Matos #99 of the Penn State Nittany Lions hurries Brian Lewerke #14 of the Michigan State Spartans on October 13, 2018 at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

DE – Yetur Gross-Matos

Defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos had the game of his young career – statiscally at least.  The true Sophomore established a career-high with 10 tackles, including six solo stops.  His 10 tackles were the most by a defensive lineman since Austin Johnson made 10 stops against Northwestern in 2015, and they are the most tackles by defensive end since Carl Nassib made 10 tackles against Temple in 2015 (information courtesy of gopsusports.com).

Anytime you are mentioned in the same sentence as PSU greats Austin Johnson and Carl Nassib, you are doing things well, and Yetur Gross-Matos has been a bright spot on a defensive line that has struggled at times this season.  Both he and Shareef Miller have been the two constants at defensive end.

Gross-Matos currently ranks eighth on the Nittany Lions in tackles, but he leads all Penn State defensive lineman in tackles.  He is second on the squad with four sacks, which is two-and-a-half more sacks than he had in all of his freshman season last year.  Gross-Matos is easily showing why he was a highly-rated recruiting “get” for Penn State in 2017.  With potentially two more years to continue to grow and mature, Gross-Matos could be one of Penn State’s best defensive ends before his Nittany Lion career is over.

Now let’s take a look at this week’s Duds of the game.

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