Penn State vs. Iowa projected starting lineup and depth chart for Week 8 | 2025 college football season

The Penn State Nittany Lions (3-3) will face the Iowa Hawkeyes (4-2) in Week 8 of the 2025 college football season on Saturday. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. ET from Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

Ahead of the Penn State vs. Iowa game, here's a look at the projected lineups for both teams.

Penn State vs. Iowa projected starting lineup for Week 8

Penn State projected starting lineup

Here's a look at Penn State's projected starters on offense vs. Iowa:

Position	Starter
WR-X	#1 Kyron Hudson (RS SR/TR)
WR-Z	#5 Devonte Ross (SR/TR)
WR-SL	#8 Trebor Peña (RS SR/TR)
LT	#66 Drew Shelton (SR)
LG	#71 Olaivavega Ioane (RS JR)
C	#53 Nick Dawkins (RS SR)
RG	#68 Anthony Donkoh (RS SO)
RT	#72 Nolan Rucci (RS SR/TR)
TE	#85 Luke Reynolds (SO)
QB	#17 Ethan Grunkemeyer (RS FR)
RB	#13 Kaytron Allen (SR)

Here's a look at Penn State's projected starters on defense vs. Iowa:

Position	Starter
LDE	#33 Dani Dennis-Sutton (SR)
LDT	#28 Zane Durant (SR)
RDT	#50 Alonzo Ford Jr. (RS SR/TR)
RDE	#36 Zuriah Fisher (RS SR)
WLB	#13 Tony Rojas (JR)
MLB	#24 Amare Campbell (JR/TR)
LCB	#4 A.J. Harris (JR/TR)
SS	#6 Zakee Wheatley (RS SR)
FS	#16 King Mack (JR/TR)
RCB	#2 Audavion Collins (RS JR/TR)
NB	#7 Zion Tracy (JR)

Here's a look at Penn State's projected starters on special teams vs. Iowa:

Position	Starter
PT	#99 Gabriel Nwosu (RS SR)
PK	#94 Ryan Barker (RS SO)
KO	#99 Gabriel Nwosu (RS SR)
LS	#48 Tyler Duzansky (RS SR)
H	#14 Riley Thompson (SR/TR)
PR	#8 Trebor Peña (RS SR/TR)
KR	#16 King Mack (JR/TR)

Iowa projected starting lineup

Here's a look at Iowa's projected starters on offense vs. Penn State:

Pos	Starters
WR-X	2 Phillips, Sam (RS SR/TR)
WR-Z	15 Vander Zee, Reece (SO)
WR-SL	5 Gill, Jacob (RS SR/TR)
LT	59 Lauck, Trevor (RS SO)
LG	70 Stephens, Beau (RS SR)
C	65 Jones, Logan (GR)
RG	58 Pieper, Kade (RS SO)
RT	67 Dunker, Gennings (RS SR)
TE	88 Large, Hayden (GR/TR)
QB	11 Gronowski, Mark (SR/TR)
RB	28 Moulton, Kamari (RS SO)

Here's a look at Iowa's projected starters on defense vs. Penn State:

Pos	Starters
LDE	48 Llewellyn, Max (RS SR)
LDT	95 Graves, Aaron (SR)
RDT	91 Pace, Jonah (RS SR/TR)
RDE	49 Hurkett, Ethan (GR)
WLB	43 Sharar, Karson (RS SR)
MLB	36 Montgomery, Jayden (RS JR)
LCB	2 Hall, TJ (SR)
SS	4 Entringer, Koen (RS JR)
FS	1 Nwankpa, Xavier (SR)
RCB	8 Lee, Deshaun (RS JR)
NB	6 Lutmer, Zach (RS SO)

Here's a look at Iowa's projected starters on special teams vs. Penn State:

Pos	Starters
PT	9 Dakin, Rhys (SO)
PK	18 Stevens, Drew (SR)
KO	18 Stevens, Drew (SR)
LS	45 Worrell, Bryant (GR/TR)
H	99 Nissen, Ty (GR/TR)
PR	21 Wetjen, Kaden (SR)
KR	21 Wetjen, Kaden (SR)

Penn State vs. Iowa depth chart for Week 8

Penn State depth chart

Here's a look at Penn State's depth chart for its offense:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
WR-X	1	Hudson, Kyron (RS SR/TR)	3	Howard, Koby (FR)
WR-Z	5	Ross, Devonte (SR/TR)	2	Clifford, Liam (RS SR)	86	Enterline, Aaron (RS FR)
WR-SL	8	Peña, Trebor (RS SR/TR)	4	Denmark, Tyseer (RS FR)
LT	66	Shelton, Drew (SR)	77	Aliciene, Owen (FR)	74	Williams, J'ven (RS SO)
LG	71	Ioane, Olaivavega (RS JR)	54	Shanahan Jr., TJ (RS SO/TR)	55	Onoh, Chimdy (RS SO)
C	53	Dawkins, Nick (RS SR)	52	Rulli, Dominic (RS JR)
RG	68	Donkoh, Anthony (RS SO)	50	Cousins, Cooper (SO)	63	Birchmeier, Alex (RS SO)
RT	72	Rucci, Nolan (RS SR/TR)	70	Sexton, Garrett (RS FR)
TE	85	Reynolds, Luke (SO)	16	Dinkins, Khalil (RS SR)	87	Rappleyea, Andrew (RS SO)	89	Furmanek, Finn (RS SO)	18	Schlaffer, Joey (RS SO)
QB	17	Grunkemeyer, Ethan (RS FR)	14	Smolik, Jaxon (RS SO)	19	Lambert, Jack (RS SO)
RB	13	Allen, Kaytron (SR)	10	Singleton, Nicholas (SR)	26	Wallace, Cam (RS SO)	24	Smith, Corey (RS FR)

Here's a look at Penn State's depth chart for its defense:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
LDE	33	Dennis-Sutton, Dani (SR)	19	Coleman, Chaz (FR)	20	Williams, Mylachi (RS FR)	93	Mears, Bobby (RS SO)
LDT	28	Durant, Zane (SR)	39	Blanding, Ty (RS SO)	45	White, Enai (RS JR/TR)	52	Adirika, Randy (FR)
RDT	50	Ford Jr., Alonzo (RS SR/TR)	54	Gilliam, Xavier (RS FR)	34	Wafle, Owen (RS FR/TR)	90	Andrews, Liam (RS FR)	94	Cook, De'Andre (RS FR)
RDE	36	Fisher, Zuriah (RS SR)	44	Harvey, Jaylen (RS FR)	99	Kemajou, Yvan (FR)
WLB	13	Rojas, Tony (JR)	32	Wylie, Keon (RS JR)	40	Speca, Anthony (SO)
MLB	24	Campbell, Amare (JR/TR)	0	DeLuca, Dominic (RS SR)	8	Nelson, DaKaari (RS SO)
LCB	4	Harris, A.J. (JR/TR)	9	Washington II, Elliot (JR)	35	Armstead, Tyler (RS FR)
SS	6	Wheatley, Zakee (RS SR)	10	Lane, Dejuan (SO)	27	Payne Jr., Lamont (RS SO)
FS	16	Mack, King (JR/TR)	3	Belgrave-Shorter, Antoine (RS FR)	21	Toure, Vaboue (RS FR)
RCB	2	Collins, Audavion (RS JR/TR)	5	Dixson, Daryus (FR)	23	Joseph, Jahmir (FR)
NB	7	Tracy, Zion (JR)	17	Woseley Jr., Kenny (RS FR)	31	Dinkins, Kolin (RS JR)

Here's a look at Penn State's depth chart for its special teams:

Pos	No.	Player 1	No.	Player 2	No.	Player 3	No.	Player 4	No.	Player 5
PT	99	Nwosu, Gabriel (RS SR)	14	Thompson, Riley (SR/TR)
PK	94	Barker, Ryan (RS SO)	98	Parker, Matthew (FR)
KO	99	Nwosu, Gabriel (RS SR)	98	Parker, Matthew (FR)
LS	48	Duzansky, Tyler (RS SR)	35	Sokach-Minnick, Blaise (RS JR)	92	Dufault, Andrew (RS FR)
H	14	Thompson, Riley (SR/TR)	99	Nwosu, Gabriel (RS SR)
PR	8	Peña, Trebor (RS SR/TR)	4	Denmark, Tyseer (RS FR)
KR	16	Mack, King (JR/TR)	10	Singleton, Nicholas (SR)

Iowa depth chart

Here's a look at Iowa's depth chart for its offense:

Pos	Starter	Backup 1	Backup 2
WR-X	Phillips, Sam RS SR/TR	Howard, Dayton RS SO	Parker, KJ RS FR
WR-Z	Vander Zee, Reece SO	Anderson, Seth RS SR/TR	-
WR-SL	Gill, Jacob RS SR/TR	Wetjen, Kaden SR	-
LT	Lauck, Trevor RS SO	Dotzler, Jack RS JR	-
LG	Stephens, Beau RS SR	Jones, Leighton RS SO	-
C	Jones, Logan GR	Myslinski, Michael RS SR	-
RG	Pieper, Kade RS SO	Winter, Cael RS SO	-
RT	Dunker, Gennings RS SR	Leonard, Cannon RS SO	-
TE	Large, Hayden GR/TR	Ortwerth, Zach JR	Vonnahme, DJ RS FR
QB	Gronowski, Mark SR/TR	Brown, Hank RS SO/TR	Hecklinski, Jeremy RS FR/TR
RB	Moulton, Kamari RS SO	Williams, Xavier RS FR	McNeil, Nathan FR

Here's a look at Iowa's depth chart for its defense:

Pos	Starter	Backup 1	Backup 2
LDE	Llewellyn, Max RS SR	Merrieweather, Kenneth RS SO	-
LDT	Graves, Aaron SR	Hubert, Will RS JR	-
RDT	Pace, Jonah RS SR/TR	Hawthorne, Bryce RS SO/TR	Pittman, Jeremiah RS SR
RDE	Hurkett, Ethan GR	Allen, Brian RS JR	-
WLB	Sharar, Karson RS SR	Rexroth, Jaxon RS SR	-
MLB	Montgomery, Jayden RS JR	Van Kekerix, Landyn RS JR/TR	-
LCB	Hall, TJ SR	Watson, Jaylen SO	Barros, Shahid GR/TR
SS	Entringer, Koen RS JR	-	-
FS	Nwankpa, Xavier SR	Kolarik, Kael RS JR	-
RCB	Lee, Deshaun RS JR	Godfrey Jr., Rashad RS FR	-
NB	Lutmer, Zach RS SO	-	-

Here's a look at Iowa's depth chart for its special teams:

Pos	Starter	Backup 1	Backup 2
PT	Dakin, Rhys SO	Nissen, Ty GR/TR	-
PK	Stevens, Drew SR	Buhr, Caden FR	-
KO	Stevens, Drew SR	Buhr, Caden FR	-
LS	Worrell, Bryant GR/TR	Speltz, Ike RS FR	-
H	Nissen, Ty GR/TR	-	-
PR	Wetjen, Kaden SR	Phillips, Sam RS SR/TR	-
KR	Wetjen, Kaden SR	-	-

How to watch Penn State vs. Iowa game? TV channel and live stream details for Week 8 contest

The Penn State vs. Iowa Week 8 game will not be broadcast on TV. Instead, the game will be live streamed exlusively on Peacock.