2022 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Selected honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media.
Season: Has appeared in 12 games on the offensive line, making five starts...Named the coaching staff's Offensive Player of the Week following Auburn (9/17).
at Purdue (9/1): HelpedPenn State gain 406 yards, including 308 through the air. Ohio (9/10): Aided the Penn State offense gain 572 yards...Nittany Lion freshmen (true and redshirt) combined for 423 of the 572 yards (74 percent)...Blocked for Sean Clifford, Drew Allar and Christian Veilleux, who combined for 338 passing yards...Paved way for the Nittany Lions to gain 234 yards rushing, including touchdown runs of 44 and 70 yards, both by Nicholas Singleton. at Auburn (9/17): Assisted the Nittany Lion offense in netting 477 yards of offense in the road victory...Helped Penn State finish with 245 yards rushing...Paved the way for five Nittany Lion rushing touchdowns...Prior to the five rushing touchdowns, Auburn had allowed just one rushing score in its last seven games dating back to 2021...Blocked for the freshmen tandem of Singleton and Kaytron Allen, who each had two rushing scores...Singleton had runs of 54 and 53 yards. Central Michigan (9/24): Penn State totaled 403 yards of offense in the win...Helped Clifford account for four touchdowns (3 passing, 1 rushing)...Paved way for Allen's 111 yards on the ground and one touchdown. Northwestern (10/1): Penn State totaled 360 yards of offense including 220 yards on the ground. at Michigan (10/15): Sean Clifford recorded 74 yards on the ground, including a career-best 62-yard run. Minnesota (10/22): Helped pave the way for Nicholas Singleton (79 yards) and Kaytron Allen (77 yards) who both topped 75 rushing yards in the game... Also pass blocked for Sean Clifford, who set his season high in passing yards in the game. Ohio State (10/29): Collected his first start of the season...Helped the offense put up 482 total yards, including 371 passing yards from Sean Clifford...Helped Kaytron Allen average 6.3 yards per carry on 12 carries while totaling two touchdowns. at Indiana (11/5): Helped the Nittany Lion running backs record four rushing touchdowns on the day...Paved the way for the offense to put up 483 total yards while only allowing one sack. Maryland (11/12): Helped the offense record its third straight game of 400-plus total yards...Blocked for a rushing attack that eclipsed the 200-yard mark for the fourth time this season...Offensive line did not allow a sack. at Rutgers (11/19): Paved the way for the fifth 200-yard rushing game of the season and the fourth consecutive game of 400-plus total yards of offense...Helped pave way for Allen to rush for a career-high 117 yards. Michigan State (11/26): Helped the rushing attack outgain the Spartans 160-25 on the ground...Blocked for Sean Clifford as he completed his sixth four-touchdown game of his career and led the offense to its fifth consecutive game with 400-plus total yards.
2021 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Season: Appeared in 11 games, making two starts at left tackle...Was one of 13 Nittany Lions to make their first career start.
Ball State (9/11): Helped guide the Penn State offense to 493 yards of total offense...Blocked for Sean Clifford as he recorded 230 yards and a touchdown...Helped guide three different rushers to 60-plus yards on the ground. Auburn (9/18): Guided the Penn State offense to 391 total yards....Blocked for Clifford as he threw for 280 yards and two touchdowns on the day. Villanova (9/25): Helped Clifford throw for a career-high 401 yards and four touchdowns...Guided the Penn State offense to 509 total yards. at Ohio State (10/30): Guided Penn State to 394 yards of total offense...Helped lead Clifford to a career-high 35 completions for 361 yards and a passing touchdown. at Maryland (11/6): Paved way for the Penn State offense to 456 yards...Blocked for Clifford as he threw for 363 yards and three touchdowns. Michigan (11/13): Helped guide the Nittany Lion offense to 332 total yards...Guided Keyvone Lee to 88 yards rushing. Rutgers (11/20): Helped the Penn State offense to 407 yards of total offense...Helped true freshman Christian Veilleux throw for three touchdowns in his first career appearance. at Michigan State (11/27): Helped guide the Penn State to 374 yards of total offense...Blocked for Clifford as he threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns.
2020 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in eight games, primarily on special teams.
2019 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Appeared in four games on the offensive line.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time letterman for head coach Ben Kleinhans at Metea Valley High School...Was a team captain as a senior...Claimed a second-team spot on USA Today’s All-USA Illinois Football Team as a senior...Named DuPage Valley All-Conference in 2016 and 2017...Selected as team MVP as a senior...Was a consensus three-star prospect by all three recruiting services – 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals...Rated as the No. 16 prospect in Illinois and the No. 73 offensive tackle in the country by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 52 offensive tackle in the country, No. 50 prospect in the region and No. 8 recruit in the state of Illinois by ESPN...Ranked as the No. 46 offensive tackle and No. 10 prospect in Illinois by Rivals.
PERSONAL
Full name is Bryce James Effner...Son of Lynn and Jim Effner...Has two sisters, Brittney and Briana...Hobbies include hunting, off-roading and grilling...Volunteered at Feed My Starving Children and at Hesed House, which is homeless shelter in Aurora..Majoring in psychology.