A unit that’s not quite gotten its due as an elite defense over the last few years is Penn State football. Regularly the Nittany Lions churn out productive, top-tier defenses, but a major reason that the media love isn’t there for them is the heavily rotational approach, especially on the defensive line.
Defensive line coach Sean Spencer opts to play a multitude of players up front like most teams, but the depth this line has allows him to go sometimes three-deep at certain positions. The D-Line did lose two key stars to the NFL Draft in Shareef Miller and Kevin Givens.