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Penn State's linebacker room lacks depth — These Nittany Lions must figure it out

Weak defense from Penn State's devastating loss to UCLA, combined with Tony Rojas' untimely injury, creates a big hole for the Nittany Lions at the linebacker position.

Penn State football linebackers Tony Rojas and Amare Campbell | Scott Taetsch/GettyImages

The Penn State linebacker corps was exposed on Saturday by UCLA in a devastating loss on the road.

The ground game for the Bruins (1-4, 1-1 Big Ten) racked up 280 yards rushing with 128 of those yards coming from quarterback Nico Iamaleava. This was a surprise for the Nittany Lions (3-2, 0-2 Big Ten) defense, which only gave up 116.