Trebor Pena

#8 · WR · Sr. · Penn State5′10″ · 186 lb · Ocean Township, NJ

Trebor Pena is a wide receiver who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Penn State.

Pena wins underneath on volume and route precision. The six seasons span two programs and four head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, Fran Brown and Terry Smith. That makes two seasons with an honor, the latest All-ACC in 2024. A game that shows it: 100 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Clemson — Bowl, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

Runs precise routes in tight quarters. Volume player who keeps chains moving.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Will PaulingCincinnati · 2022 · 89% season match
Gabriel BenyardKennesaw State · 2024 · 88% season match
Cam RossUConn · 2023 · 87% season match
Jaylin LaneVirginia Tech · 2024 · 87% season match
Kyrese RowanUtah State · 2024 · 86% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Penn State	49	552	11.3	2	73
2024	Syracuse	84	941	11.2	9	50
2023	Syracuse	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Syracuse	22	203	9.2	0	30
2021	Syracuse	2	69	34.5	1	62
2020	Syracuse	1	−1	−1.0	0	--
Career		158	1,764	11.2	12	73

Season	Team
2025	Penn State	11	69	16	71
2024	Syracuse	12	72	--	120
2023	Syracuse	--	--	--	9
2022	Syracuse	2	8	331	182
2021	Syracuse	1	17	421	131
2020	Syracuse	--	--	225	--
Career		26	166	993	513

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 46-11vs Nevada	7	74	10.6	0	18
Wk 2	W 34-0vs Florida International	2	32	16.0	0	30
Wk 3	W 52-6vs Villanova	4	60	15.0	1	23
Wk 5	L 24-30vs No. 6 Oregon	2	16	8.0	0	12
Wk 6	L 37-42@ UCLA	3	15	5.0	0	12
Wk 7	L 21-22vs Northwestern	2	5	2.5	0	4
Wk 8	L 24-25@ Iowa	3	19	6.3	0	13
Wk 10	L 14-38@ No. 1 Ohio State	3	11	3.7	0	6
Wk 11	L 24-27vs No. 2 Indiana	6	99	16.5	0	43
Wk 12	W 28-10@ Michigan State	4	38	9.5	0	25
Wk 13	W 37-10vs Nebraska	4	47	11.8	0	29
Wk 14	W 40-36@ Rutgers	4	36	9.0	0	23
Bowl	W 22-10vs Clemson	5	100	20.0	1	73
Total		49	552	11.3	2	73

Signature game

Bowl · 2025

W 22-10

vs Clemson · neutral site

5 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

With E. Grunkemeyer — 260 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 79.4 · G. Nwosu — 45 yards per punt · 3 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · Clemson · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +7.01Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 73-yard pass.
Week 11 · Indiana · 3rd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.87Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 43-yard pass.
Week 3 · Villanova · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Drew Allar pass complete to Trebor Pena for 19 yds to the VILL 44 for a
Week 14 · Rutgers · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.67Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 7-yard pass.
Week 12 · Michigan State · 4th and 2 · Q1 · EPA +2.47Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 7-yard pass.
Week 11 · Indiana · 3rd and 5 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 6-yard pass.

4 more plays

Week 1 · Clemson · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +1.97Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 14-yard pass.
Week 13 · Nebraska · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 29-yard pass.
Week 11 · Indiana · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Grunkemeyer to Pena: a 21-yard pass.
Week 1 · Nevada · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Drew Allar pass complete to Trebor Pena for 15 yds to the NEV 1 for a

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

26%16 of his 61 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Teams and coaches

2020Syracuse1-10HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, slow tempo

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Syracuse6-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2025Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin and Terry Smith · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 56 (#162 of 485). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

56Quality starter #162 of 485 · 2025?

Fading13 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: long catch (87th percentile). Strength: rush yards (87th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#275 / 798 · 66th pct

72.1%

Explosive rate#403 / 798 · 50th pct

9.8%

EPA / target#494 / 798 · 38th pct

0.34

Yards / catch#586 / 798 · 27th pct

9.5

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#69 / 558 · 87th pct

Rush yards#38 / 287 · 87th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 218 · 81st pct

Receptions#123 / 558 · 78th pct

Rec yards#177 / 558 · 68th pct

552

Rec TDs#276 / 558 · 42nd pct

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Yards / catch#381 / 558 · 32nd pct

11.3

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

66th → 38th percentile

Explosive rate

60th → 50th percentile

Catch rate

51st → 66th percentile

TD rate

78th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

46th → 27th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	47.6	11.5	0.1
Road5g	3.4	23.8	6.7	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	43.1	11.0	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	41.7	9.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Terry Smith

Pass share

42.0%

339 pass / 469 run

Plays / game

62.2

13 games

Team sack rate

5.3%

318 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

49 catches and 11 carries in 13 games, about as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

56 · #162 of 485 WRs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #162 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #23 of 61 Big Ten WRs

How the All-Big Ten base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Starter

The No. 1,434 recruit in the country is starting at receiver in the Big Ten as a senior.

Trebor Pena

Style of play

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Situational

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Starter

Six seasons, two schools

Moves

2020 7 games

2024 13 games

2025 13 games