A pair of Penn State defenders who had previously been on interim suspension are no longer with the program, Nittany Sports Now has confirmed.
Greg Pickel of Blue-White Illustrated first reported this Saturday
Jameial Lyons and Kaveion Keys weren’t seen at the media’s first practice viewing window of fall camp Wednesday, and it was later confirmed by a Penn State spokesperson that they were suspended “to deal with a personal matter.”
Saturday morning, Pickel reported that the two are no longer with the program.
#BREAKING: Suspended Penn State football defenders Jameial Lyons and Kaveion Keys are no longer enrolled at the school and, thus, are off the Nittany Lions' roster.
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— Greg Pickel (@GregPickel) August 3, 2024
The roster pages for both players are no longer on Penn State’s website.
Each player was entering his second season in college football, both starting their careers at Penn State in 2023.
Lyons was expected by many to breakout in his second season.
Initially, it looked like, even with Chop Robinson and Adisa Isaac gone, Penn State would still be loaded enough at defensive end to make it challenging for Lyons to get a ton of playing time. Dani Dennis-Sutton is back from last season and expected to start, as is Abdul Carter, a first-team all-conference linebacker who Penn State moved to DE over the winter. Penn State also has veterans Amin Vanover and Zuriah Fisher on the depth chart, but Fisher suffered a serious injury during spring practice, which could provide opportunity for Lyons to get on the field faster. If Lyons can be a better version of what he was as a true freshman, there’s no reason he can’t continue to progress.
Keys, a second year LB from Richmond, Virginia, would have likely competed with veteran will Dom DeLuca for playing time at the SAM linebacker position.
The reasoning for these two no longer being with the program is not yet known.
