Amin Vanover: DE · Penn State · #15.
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Amin Vanover
Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. Fifth year in the Penn State defensive front. On tape: 4 tackles against Ohio State, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
21 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Penn State | 21 | 9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2023 | Penn State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 14 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2021 | Penn State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 48 | 25 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-12@ West Virginia | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-27vs Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-0vs Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-11vs UCLA | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20vs No. 4 Ohio State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-10@ Purdue | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 26-25@ Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 44-7vs Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 37-45vs No. 1 Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 38-10vs No. 12 SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-14vs No. 8 Boise State | 6 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-27vs No. 3 Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 21 | 9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
17%4 sacksTFL rate
21%4 TFLHurry rate
14%3 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
54%4 of 6 pressures21 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
5 seasons under James Franklin — 45-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
41.8%
437 pass / 609 run
Plays / game
65.4
16 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
457 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #335 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Penn State, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
