Projecting Who's Staying and Who's Leaving from Penn State After Bowl Game

The offseason has begun for the Penn State Nittany Lions, who exited the College Football Playoff in the semifinals after a 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.

Once again, the program had a successful yet unsatisfying season. Penn State finished the regular season 11-1, snuck into the Big Ten Championship Game—where the team dropped a shootout to Oregon—and earned a trip to the inaugural 12-team Playoff.

However, the Nittany Lions lost to Ohio State for the eighth straight year. They fell behind early against Oregon in the conference title matchup and dropped yet another Top 5 matchup.

PSU rolled through the first two rounds of the CFP against SMU (38-10) and Boise State (31-14).…