Going into the 2022 football season, Nittany Lions Wire will be looking at each scholarship player listed on the Penn State roster.
Over the preseason, each profile will cover where the player is from, how recruiting websites rated them coming out of high school, and what role they will play for James Franklin this season.
Keyvone Lee has been Penn State’s leading rusher each of the past two seasons in his first two seasons with the program. Lee quickly emerged as a player to watch during his true freshman season when he stepped up to make up for the sudden retirement of Journey Brown and the early injury to Noah Cain. And in 2021, Lee was one of three preseason Doak Walker Award watch list players on Penn State’s roster. Penn State’s running game failed to produce a single 100-yard rusher in any game last season, but Lee showed at times he is capable of being a featured back, although he still has some room to develop as well.
Preseason Player Profile
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Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL
Ht: 6-0
Wt: 234
247Sports Composite Ranking
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Class in 2021: Freshman
Career Stats
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Year
G
Att
Yards
YPA
Rec
Yards
Total TDs
2020
9
89
438
4.9
12
66
4
2021
12
104
495
4.8
14
115
2
Depth Chart Overview
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After the departure of Noah Cain to LSU through the transfer portal this offseason, Keyvone Lee is easily the best returning running back Penn State has on the roster heading into the 2022 season. Lee has led the Nittany Lions in rushing each of the past two seasons, and he should be expected to be the top running back to start the new season.
However, Penn State has added one of the top running backs in the nation in the Class of 2022 with Nick Singleton, and adding Kaytron Allen is another nice piece to the running…
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