Every former Penn State football player in the 2024 NFL Playoffs
Penn State has never made the College Football Playoff, but plenty of Nittany Lions will be important in the NFL playoffs starting on Saturday.
By Josh Yourish
The 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions missed out on the College Football Playoff and James Franklin has never taken the team to the CFP in its decade of existence. However, plenty of former Nittany Lions are headed to the playoffs in the NFL.
College football has already crowned its champion, but the NFL is just beginning its postseason and with former Penn State football players on 10 of the 14 playoff teams, it is looking likely that a Nittany Lions finishes this season with a ring.
There are 38 former Penn State players in the NFL and 18 of those 38 are on playoff rosters heading into Wild Card weekend.
Starting with the AFC, here is every former Nittany Lion in the NFL playoffs.
AFC
No. 1 Baltimore Ravens
OLB. Odafe Oweh. . Round 1, No. 31. 2021. player. Odafe Oweh. 26. . Odafe Oweh
Jordan Stout. 2022. Jordan Stout. player. . Jordan Stout. 26. . Round 4, No. 130. P
No. 2 Buffalo Bills
Ryan Bates. 16. Undrafted. G. 2019. Ryan Bates. Ryan Bates. . player.
player. . 2014. Round 4, No. 112. DaQuan Jones. DaQuan Jones. 16. DaQuan Jones. . DT
Connor McGovern. player. Connor McGovern. . 2019. Round 3, No. 90. . Connor McGovern. G. 16
No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs
Donovan Smith. player. 124. . OT. Donovan Smith. . 2015. Round 2, No. 34. Donovan Smith
No. 4 Houston Texans
S. Adrian Amos. Adrian Amos. 2015. Round 5, No. 142. Adrian Amos. . . player. 10
Juice Scruggs. . 2023. Juice Scruggs. 10. . Round 2, No. 62. Juice Scruggs. player. C
No. 7 Pittsburgh Steelers
player. Round 2, No. 61. Allen Robinson II. Allen Robinson II. WR. 55. Allen Robinson II. . . 2014
Pat Freiermuth. TE. . Round 2, No. 55. Pat Freiermuth. Pat Freiermuth. player. 2021. 55.
. Joey Porter Jr.. CB. 55. Joey Porter Jr.. Round 2, No. 32. . 2023. Joey Porter Jr.. player