
The loss of Nyeem Wartman-White and the lack of experience in the linebacker corps initially brought a challenge to the Nittany Lion defense this season, until Jason Cabinda and Troy Reeder took the expanded roles and made the most of them in the 2015 season.

Penn State basketball clinched third place at the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic with a 75-69 win over Kent State in the last non-conference game of the season.
26 points from Shep Garner simply wasn't enough for Penn State in the first game of the 2015 Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic, as the Lions fell to Colorado 71-70.

New Offensive Coordinator Joe Moorhead and interim Ricky Rahne both come into the TaxSlayer Bowl with intriguing offensive schemes designed for lethal passing attacks.
Penn State's 4,000 Jewish undergraduates comprise 10 percent of its total population, the ninth largest Jewish population of any public U.S. university according to Hillel College Guide Magazine's Fall 2015 edition.