Senior wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 3 catches, 25 receiving yards.
6′1″ · 206 lb · Maineville, OH
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The numbers
receiving yards · 2025
3 catches · 8.3 per catch
Best game: 2 rec, 14 yds, at Ohio State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 3 catches, 25 receiving yards.
Liam Clifford
Beats you over the top. Liam Clifford has been at Penn State through two head coaches in four seasons. The receipt: 14 rec yds, 2 receptions against Ohio State — Week 10, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: James Franklin → Terry Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 0.5 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.2 | 2.8 | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2024 | Penn State | 18 | 286 | 15.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 8 | 89 | 11.1 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 42 | 530 | 12.6 | 1 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 2 | 4 | -- | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | Penn State | 1 | 12 | -- | 6 | -- |
| 2023 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 | 16 | -- | 12 | 1 |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 22–10
at Clemson
2 rush yds (1 car)
With E. Grunkemeyer — 260 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.4 · -11 rush yds (4 car) · G. Nwosu — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 52-6vs Villanova | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-42@ UCLA | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-22vs Northwestern | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-38@ Ohio State | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 13 | Season-high 14 yds |
| Bowl | W 22-10@ Clemson | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 3 | 25 | 9.0 | 0 | 13 |
Play style
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Penn State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · Penn State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Penn State · Last season: 7-6 (AP #7) · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #65
Player DNA
Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mark Walker’s 2022 season.
Matches Mark on
Differs from Mark on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Kahtero Summers’s path through Rhode Island.
Kahtero Summers
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jeff Weimer's junior season at West Virginia (2025).
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Differs from Jeff on
Player DNA