PLAYER BIOS 103 all-purpose yards...Rushed 19 times for 83 yards and one touchdown...Scored on 1-yard plunge in the third quarter to knot the game at 28-28...Caught two passes for 20 yards...Hauled in an 18-yard touchdown grab for the go-ahead score early in the fourth quarter. vs. USC (1/2): Set the Penn State sophomore record and ranks No. 3 all-time on the single-game charts with 306 all-pupose yards - marking just the fourth game in Penn State history of 300plus all-purpose yards...Totaled three touchdowns in the game... Rushed for a Penn State bowl record 194 yards and two touchdowns on 25 attempts...His 79-yard rushing score in the third quarter is the second-longest offensive scoring play in Penn State bowl history, behind Ki-Jana Carter’s 83-yard rushing TD in the 1995 Rose Bowl... Had a 24-yard touchdown run in the second quarter...Caught five passes for 55 yards and one score...Hauled in an over-the-shoulder touchdown pass near the end of the third quarter...Returned two kickoffs for 57 yards. » 2016 GAME-BY-GAME
Rushing (Carries-Yards-TD) KENT STATE 22-105-1; at Pitt 20-85-4; TEMPLE 9-68-1; at Michigan 15-59-0; MINNESOTA 20-63-1; MARYLAND 31-202-1; OHIO STATE 12-99-0; at Purdue 18-207-2; IOWA 20-167-1; at Indiana 33-58-2; at Rutgers 16-92-1; MICHIGAN STATE 12-14-1; vs. Wisconsin 19-831; vs. USC 25-194-2. Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TD) KENT STATE 1-17-0; at Pitt 2-45-1; TEMPLE 2-7-0; at Michigan 5-770; MINNESOTA 1-(-3)-0; MARYLAND 0-0-0; OHIO STATE 0-0-0; at Purdue 3-70-0; IOWA 1-44-1; at Indiana 2-34-0; at Rutgers 2-25-0; MICHIGAN STATE 2-11-0; vs. Wisconsin 2-20-1; vs. USC 5-55-1. » BARKLEY’S CAREER OFFENSIVE STATISTICS & GAME HIGHS
Att.-Yds. Avg. TD LG Rec.-Yds. Avg. TD LG 2015 182-1,076 5.9 7 56 20-161 8.1 1 32 2016 272-1,496 5.5 18 81 28-402 14.4 4 44 CAREER 454-2,572 5.7 25 81 48-563 11.7 5 44 Rushing Attempts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33; at Indiana, 11/12/16 Rushing Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207; at Purdue, 10/29/16 Rushing Touchdowns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4; at Pitt, 9/10/16 Longest Rush . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 yards; at Purdue, 10/29/16 Receptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6; at Northwestern, 11/7/15 Receiving Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77; at Michigan, 9/24/16 Receiving Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1; Four Times: Last vs. USC, 1/2/17 Longest Reception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 yards; Iowa, 11/5/16 All-Purpose Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306; vs. USC, 1/2/17 Note: Has three kickoff returns for 74 yards in 2016 (1 at Pitt, 2 vs. USC).
RYAN
52 BATES
6-4 ➤ 312 ➤ Jr./So. Eligible Offensive Line ➤ Warrington, Pa. DUS » 2016
Awards: Selected as a Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of American and USA Today...Named honorable mention Campus Insiders Freshman All-America...Named to the ESPN.com Big Ten All-Bowl Team...Named to the BTN.com and ESPN. com All-Big Ten Freshman Teams...Named to the Pro Football Focus Big Ten Team of the Week following his performance vs. Iowa (11/5). Season: Started all 14 games...One of 18 first-time starters in 2016...One of 27 freshmen (22 redshirt, 5 true) to appear in 2016... One of two offensive linemen to start all 14 games (Brian Gaia)... Started games at left guard and left tackle. Kent State (9/3): Made his first career start in his first career game...Helped pave the way for Saquon Barkley’s 105-yard rushing effort and protected Trace McSorley, who posted his first career 200yard passing game. at Pitt (9/10): Part of an offensive line that
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cleared the way for Saquon Barkley’s four rushing touchdowns... Blocked for Trace McSorley’s 332 passing yards, which ranks tied for No. 16 in Penn State single-game history. Temple (9/17): Part of a line that didn’t allow a sack...Paved the way for three rushing touchdowns...Protected Trace McSorley in his third career 200yard passing effort. at Michigan (9/24): Helped Saquon Barkley move into the top-30 on the career rushing list...Protected Trace McSorley, who threw a touchdown pass in his fifth straight game. Minnesota (10/1): Helped Penn State to 471 yards of total offense, the most since racking up an identical total vs. Rutgers in 2015... Protected Trace McSorley to the tune of 408 yards of total offense (335 passing, 73 rushing), the third-highest total in school history... Opened up the left side on Saquon Barkley’s game-winning 25-yard touchdown run in overtime. Maryland (10/8): Paved the way for 372 total rushing yards, the third-highest total for a Penn State team in Big Ten play and fourth-most in a game and fourth-most in any game for Penn State in the last 20 years...Guided the offense to 524 total yards, the most since 2014 vs. UCF (511) and the most in Big Ten play since 2012 vs. Indiana (546). Ohio State (10/22): Cleared the way for Saquon Barkley’s 99 rushing yards. at Purdue (10/29): Helped Penn State gain more than 500 total yards, ending the game with 511...Blocked for Saquon Barkley’s 207 rushing yards and Trace McSorley’s 228 yards passing...Had a key downfield block that helped spring Barkley on his 81-yard touchdown run...Helped Penn State score eight offensive touchdowns in the game...Integral part of Penn State scoring 62 points, its most points since scoring 66 vs. Coastal Carolina in 2006 and the most in a Big Ten game since tallying 63 vs. Illinois in 2005. Iowa (11/5): Blocked for a 167-yard rushing effort by Saquon Barkley and a 240-yard passing night for Trace McSorley...Helped Penn State to 599 yards of total offense, the most since recording 661 yards at Rutgers (1995) and the highest total offense output by Penn State against a Big Ten team since 653 yards against Michigan State (1994)...Overall, Penn State rushed for 359 yards...His efforts enabled the Nittany Lions to go 7-of-14 on third down and the offense did not have a single three-and-out in the game. at Indiana (11/12): Helped protect Trace McSorley during his 332-yard passing game, the third of his career - all coming in 2016...Started at left guard before moving to left tackle after Paris Palmer left the game. at Rutgers (11/19): Helped Penn State pile up eighth game of 400-plus yards and the fourth game in 2016 with at least 500 yards...Protected Trace McSorley to the tune of 210 yards passing, his eighth 200-yard passing game of the season. Michigan State (11/26): Instrumental in Penn State gaining 463 yards of total offense, its ninth game with at least 400 yards...Helped Trace McSorley pile up 389 yards of total offense, the fifth-most in program history...McSorley threw for 376 yards - the sixth-highest total in school history - with four touchdown passes and rushed for 13 yards. vs. Wisconsin (12/3): Helped Penn State score 38 points, the most scored by a Wisconsin opponent since 2014 (Ohio State, 59)...Protected quarterback Trace McSorley, who threw for 384 yards, which ranks No. 4 in Penn State history and broke the Big Ten Championship game passing record...Also gave McSorley time to connect on a Big Ten Championship game-record four passing touchdowns...Paved the way for Saquon Barkley’s 83 yards rushing, which enabled him to break Evan Royster’s Penn State sophomore rushing record. vs. USC (1/2): Helped Penn State become the first team in Rose Bowl history with a 175-yard rusher and receiver in a game (Chris Godwin, 187 receiving yards and Saquon Barkley, 194 rushing yards)...Barkley and Godwin broke the Penn State bowl records for rushing yards and receiving yards in a bowl game, respectively...Penn State’s 465 yards of total offense are fourth in the school’s bowl history and the most since the 1996 Outback Bowl (487)...Protected Trace McSorley to the tune of 254 yards, including a Penn State bowl-record-tying four touchdown passes.
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13 BLACKNALL 6-3 ➤ 212 ➤ Sr./Sr. Eligible
Wide Receiver ➤ Manalapan, N.J. Telecommunications » 2016
Awards: Named Academic All-Big Ten for the second time in his career. Season: Appeared in nine games with seven starts...Owned six catches of 20-plus yards in 2016...Posted career highs with 15 receptions, 347 yards and three touchdown catches. Kent State (9/3): Made two catches for 24 yards...Had a 21-yard grab on the left sideline on the first play of Penn State’s third scoring drive of the game. Ohio State (10/22): Made a great backshoulder catch for 37 yards to set up first-and-goal at the OSU 2-yard line, which led to a Trace McSorley 2-yard touchdown scamper. at Purdue (10/29): Caught one pass for 42 yards...His 42-yard reception came on the first play of a drive that eventually ended in a 29-yard field goal by Tyler Davis. Iowa (11/5): Made his lone catch in the first quarter, a 19-yard touchdown grab to open the scoring. at Indiana (11/12): Caught a 43-yard pass from Trace McSorley near the end of the third quarter to set up Penn State’s third score of the game. Michigan State (11/26): Had three catches for 29 yards...Converted a second-and-long with a 16-yard catch on Penn State’s first touchdown drive of the game...Made an 8-yard grab on third-and-3 during Penn State’s opening drive of the second half, a drive it scored the go-ahead touchdown on. vs. Wisconsin (12/3): Posted career highs in catches (6), receiving yards (155) and touchdown catches (2)...All six of his catches gained at least 10 yards...Hauled in a 40-yard touchdown pass for his first score of the game late in the second quarter...Had a career-long 70-yard catchand-run for a touchdown on the first play of Penn State’s first second half possession...The 70-yard reception is the third-longest passing play in Big Ten Championship game history...His 155 receiving yards are a Big Ten Championship game record, surpassing Ohio State’s Devin Smith’s 137 yards in 2014. » 2016 GAME-BY-GAME
Receiving (Receptions-Yards-TD) KENT STATE 2-24-0; at Pitt DNP; TEMPLE DNP; at Michigan DNP; MINNESOTA DNP; MARYLAND 0-0-0; OHIO STATE 1-35-0; at Purdue 1-42-0; IOWA 1-19-1; at Indiana 1-43-0; at Rutgers 0-0-0; MICHIGAN STATE 3-29-0; vs. Wisconsin 6-155-2; vs. USC DNP. » BLACKNALL’S CAREER OFFENSIVE STATISTICS & GAME HIGHS
Att.-Yds. Avg. TD LG Rec.-Yds. Avg. TD LG 2014 1-(-1) (-1.0) - (-1) 11-112 10.2 1 24 2015 - - - - 8-248 31.0 1 59 2016 - - - - 15-347 23.1 3 70 CAREER 1-(-1) (-1.0) - (-1) 34-707 20.8 5 70 Receptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6; vs. Wisconsin, 12/3/16 Receiving Yards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155; vs. Wisconsin, 12/3/16 Receiving Touchdowns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2; vs. Wisconsin, 12/3/16 Longest Reception. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 yards; vs. Wisconsin, 12/3/16