Josiah Zayas
Penn State Nittany Lions
67
Depth2nd String / Backup
Is Josiah Zayas starting?
Josiah Zayas is listed 2nd string at NB for Penn State Nittany Lions.
Freshman · #17
See full Penn State Nittany Lions depth chart ›Depth at NB · Penn State Nittany Lions
- 1786Zion TracyStarter
- 21767Josiah ZayasYou
- 32061Tyrell Chatman
- 41657Donte Nastasi
Penn State Starting Lineup
Top defensive backs in the Big Ten
- Jersey
- #17
- Class
- FR
Josiah Zayas is currently behind Zion Tracy at NB on the Penn State depth chart, a Big Ten team rated 78 overall this season.
Why this rating?
On a 87-rated defense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 67.
Team defense (SP+)
87
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-14 for role; −6 depth penalty
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Oct 10LUSCTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 31-23
Oct 3LNUTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final L 34-13
Sep 26LWISTKL 0
- TKL
- 0
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 0
Final L 24-20
Sep 19WBUFFTKL 3
- TKL
- 3
- SOLO
- 3
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 55-13
Sep 12WTEMTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 0
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 27-9
Sep 5WMRSHTKL 2
- TKL
- 2
- SOLO
- 2
- SACK
- 0
- INT
- 0
- PD
- 0
Final W 45-0
| OPP | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | LUSC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | LNU | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | LWIS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | WBUFF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | WTEM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 5 | WMRSH | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josiah Zayas's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
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