Trebor Pena

Senior wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 49 catches, 552 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Penn State · Sr. · #8

5′10″ · 186 lb · Ocean Township, NJ

CFB Index 56 · #162 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Penn State for 2026

The numbers

552

receiving yards · 2025

49 catches · 2 TD · 11.3 per catch

Best game: 5 rec, 100 yds, 1 TD, vs Clemson

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Penn State. 2025: 49 catches, 552 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2020.
Transferred from Syracuse to Penn State in 2025.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Catch rate: 66th percentile.

The full scouting read

Trebor Pena

WR · Penn State · Sr · #8

Wins underneath on volume and route precision. Across six seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, Fran Brown and Terry Smith. He has two of these now, the latest All-ACC in 2024. The receipt: 100 rec yds, 5 receptions against Clemson — Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

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

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

2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy

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

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #162 of 485?

High confidenceFading13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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).

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%

Splits & context

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
Road6g	3.7	36.5	8.9	0.2

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

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 · 2025

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #162 of 485 WRs

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 estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025

W 22–10

at Clemson

5 rec · 100 yds · 1 TD

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

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · Clemson · 3&8 · Q4 · EPA +7.01Trebor Pena 73 Yd pass from Ethan Grunkemeyer (Quinton Martin Jr. Run for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 11 · Indiana · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.87Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short middle to #8 T.Pena caught at IND39, for 43 yards to the IND13 (#7 L.Moore), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Villanova · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.70Drew Allar pass complete to Trebor Pena for 19 yds to the VILL 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Rutgers · 4&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.67(12:38) Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short left to #8 T.Pena caught at PSU46, for 7 yards to the RU46 (#9 J.Elad; #4 S.Robinson), 1ST DOWN. #9 J.Elad injured on the play
Week 12 · Michigan State · 4&2 · Q1 · EPA +2.47#17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short right to #8 T.Pena caught at MSU45, for 7 yards to the MSU38 (#43 M.Spencer), 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Indiana · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +2.03Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short middle to #8 T.Pena caught at PSU46, for 6 yards to the PSU47 (#12 D.Boykin; #4 A.Fisher), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Clemson · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +1.97No Huddle-Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short left to #8 T.Pena caught at PSU36, for 14 yards to the PSU36, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 13 · Nebraska · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.91Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short right to #8 T.Pena caught at NEB42, for 29 yards to the NEB31 (#8 D.Singleton), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 11 · Indiana · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.67Shotgun #17 E.Grunkemeyer pass complete short right to #8 T.Pena caught at IND46, for 21 yards to the IND40 (#4 A.Fisher), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Nevada · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.63Drew Allar pass complete to Trebor Pena for 15 yds to the NEV 1 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 46-11vs Nevada	7	74	10.6	0	18	Season-high 100 yds
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 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@ Ohio State	3	11	3.7	0	6
Wk 11	L 24-27vs 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 22-10@ Clemson	5	100	20.0	1	73
Total		49	552	10.3	2	73

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

Trebor Pena

20207 games

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2025 snapshot

Situational

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Awards

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Signature game

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