TEAM
- Penn State falls to 14-21 all-time against Ohio State and 8-13 in Columbus.
- The Nittany Lions moved to 13-17 all-time in regular season matchups that feature two AP Top 10 teams.
- Penn State is now 43-77-1 all-time against AP Top 10 opponents and 17-53-1 all-time against AP Top Five opponents.
- Penn State host Rutgers on Senior Day at 3:30 p.m. on BTN.
OFFENSE
KJ Hamler
- WR KJ Hamler extended his streak to all 24 games of his career with a catch.
- Hamler has had a reception of 20 or more yards in 14 consecutive games.
- Hamler now has 1,590 career receiving yards, ranking 16th all-time at Penn State.
- Hamler has 16 catches of 20 or more yards this season, including three catches of 50 or more yards.
Journey Brown
- RB Journey Brown had a rushing touchdown for the third-straight game.
Pat Freiermuth
- TE Pat Freiermuth extended his streak to 23 consecutive games with a catch, and 23 of his first 24 career games.
Will Levis
- QB Will Levis had his third career rushing touchdown in the third quarter.
- Levis rushed for 34 yards on a career-high 19 carries. His previous high was six carries at Maryland.
Sean Clifford
- QB Sean Clifford completed 10 passes for 71 yards.
- Clifford now has 2,521 passing yards on the season, moved into 12th at Penn State. He moved past Tony Sacca (2,488, 1991).
- With 178 completions on the season, Clifford ranks 14th at Penn State.
- With 71 total yards on the day, Clifford now has 2,895 total yards for the season. He moved into ninth at Penn State, passing Daryll Clark (2,874 yards, 2008).
Justin Shorter
- WR Justin Shorter tied a career high with three catches. He also had three receptions against Idaho.
DEFENSE
Lamont Wade
- S Lamont Wade tied a Big Ten record with three forced fumbles on the day. He is the fifth player in Big Ten history to have three forced fumbles in a game, joining Michigan's Jerry Hartman (vs. Indiana, 10/21/1967), Ohio State's Antoine Winfield (at Pittsburgh, 9/23/1995), Iowa's Bob Sanders (vs. Minnesota, 11/15/2003) and Northwestern's Ifeadi Odenigbo (vs. Western Illinois, 9/20/2014).
- Wade is the third player to have three forced fumbles in a Big Ten game.
- Wade is the sixth player in FBS since 2000 to have three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in a game. The last occurrence was Kansas State's Jayd Kirby against Kansas in 2017.
- Wade is the second Big Ten player since 2000 to have three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in a game. The last occurrence was Northwestern's Ifeadi Odenigbo vs. Western Illinois in 2014.
- Wade now has four career forced fumbles.
- Wade's fumble recovery in the third quarter, off of a Micah Parsons strip, is the first of his career.
- Wade posted his second career double-digit tackle performance with 10 stops. His other was a career-high 11 tackles against Purdue.
- Wade tied a career high with two tackles for loss. He also had two against Kent State in 2018.
- Wade matched a career best with a full sack. He also had a full sack in two previous games with the last time coming against Purdue.
Micah Parsons
- LB Micah Parsons forced a fumble for the second week in a row, the fourth forced fumble by Parsons of his career.
- Parsons has forced a fumble in two-straight games.
- Parsons recovered a fumble in the third quarter. It was Parsons' first career fumble recovery.
- Parsons posted his sixth 10-tackle performance of the season.
Cam Brown
- LB Cam Brown recovered his second fumble of the season in the Ohio State end zone for a touchback in the first quarter.
Garrett Taylor
- S Garrett Taylor set a career high with 13 tackles. His previous career high was 10 in two games with the last coming at Minnesota.
- Taylor recorded his third career double-digit tackle game and his second this season.
Jayson Oweh
- DE Jayson Oweh tied a career high with three tackles. He had three tackles in three previous games with the last time coming at Michigan State.
Brandon Smith
- LB Brandon Smith recorded a solo tackle for loss, matching his career high. His last game with a full tackle for loss came against Idaho.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Blake Gillikin
- P Blake Gillikin landed two punts inside the Ohio State 10. He now has 96 career punts inside the 20 and 52 career punts inside the 10.
- Gillikin landed a punt at the Ohio State 9 in the first quarter and another punt at the Ohio State 10 in the second quarter.
Jake Pinegar
- K Jake Pinegar converted a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter and two extra point attempts.
- On Pinegar's second extra point, he hit his 100th career extra point.
- With 100 career extra points, Pinegar broke a tie for eighth all-time at Penn State with Al Vitiello (98, 1971-72).
Jordan Stout
- K Jordan Stout had a touchback on all four kickoffs.
KJ Hamler
- KR KJ Hamler had a 26-yard kick return to open the game.
- Hamler now has 934 career kick return yards, ranking eighth all-time at Penn State. He moved past Gary Brown (920, 1987-90) and Curt Warner (922, 1979-82).
- With 40 career kick returns, Hamler ranks eighth all-time at Penn State. He broke a tie with Gary Brown (38, 1987-90) and Miles Sanders (38, 2016-18).