Penn State Football: final depth chart projection for the offense in 2022

Penn State Football wide receivers and tight ends

Wide Receivers

Starters – Parker Washington, Mitchell Tinsley, KeAndre Lambert Smith

Backups – Malick Meiga, Tre Wallace, Kaden Saunders

Third String – Liam Clifford, Omari Evans, Jaden Dottin

The top end of the wideout’s depth chart is a given: Washington and Tinsley will be the 1-2 punch. However, the third starting spot figured to be a battle between KeAndre Lambert-Smith and Malick Meiga. As the far more experienced player, Lambert-Smith will win that job, forcing Meiga into a backup role.

Joining him will likely be Harrison “Tre” Wallace–who has incredible athleticism that was on display in the spring scrimmage–as well as one of the staples of the 2022 recruiting class: Kaden Saunders.

That leaves Liam Clifford, Jaden Dottin, and another member of the 2022 class in Omari Evans to round out the back end of what figures to be anyone who could see meaningful snaps at wideout in the upcoming season.

Tight Ends

#1 – Theo Johnson

#2 – Brenton Strange

#3 – Tyler Warren

You could almost hit shuffle on these three and have a good chance to predict the depth chart, regardless of the outcome.

As the tight end who potentially has the highest ceiling of the trio, and also someone who was utilized more often down the stretch of last season, I expect Theo Johnson to be TE1 to begin the season

Behind him, Strange was utilized more last year than Warren was, and he is also the more experienced of the two, giving him a slight advantage.

All three of these tight ends should get a near equal amount of playing time, though.