Penn State football started the 2025 season out with impressive standards. Not only were the Nittany Lions expected to be national champions by the end of the season, but players declaring for the draft — specifically those who no longer have college eligibility remaining — had first-round aspirations.
After Oregon came into Beaver Stadium and caused an complete collapse and destruction of the season and those hopes, the long list of potential first-rounders got kicked off one-by-one.
Guard Vega Ioane is the last Nittany Lion standing that has a real shot at making it into the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft.