#97

PJ Mustipher

Senior defensive tackle on Penn State's 2022 roster.

DT · Penn State · Sr. · #97

6′4″ · 321 lb · Owings Mills, MD

CFB Index 14 · #262 of 278 interior linemenLow confidencePenn State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

DT recruit

No. 78 nationally · Signed with Penn State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle on Penn State's roster.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Penn State, 140 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201810 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of McDonogh School

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#78 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018–2022

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under James Franklin — 42-19 over that span.

2018Penn State9-4HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2019Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

14Below cohort / limited sample #262 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Tackles#1161 / 2755 · 57th pct

Solo tackles#1268 / 2755 · 53rd pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

Tackles for loss#2143 / 2755 · 18th pct

0.5

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

14 · #262 of 278 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #262 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Penn State	33	17	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Penn State	21	16	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2020	Penn State	35	13	1.5	1.0	1	--	--
2019	Penn State	37	14	4.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Penn State	14	7	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		140	67	10.5	3.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 35-31@ Purdue	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 3	W 41-12@ Auburn	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 33-14vs Central Michigan	6	3	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 17-7vs Northwestern	8	4	0.5	—	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	L 17-41@ Michigan	6	4	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 31-44vs Ohio State	3	1	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Indiana	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 30-0vs Maryland	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 55-10@ Rutgers	1	0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 35-16vs Michigan State	5	2	0.0	—
Total		33	17	0.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

PJ Mustipher

201810 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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