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Penn State-Illinois Starting Lineups: Promising 2nd-Year Defender Getting 1st Start

Photo courtesy of DaKaari Nelson’s Twitter page

A promising second-year player is getting his first start at Penn State.

After Dom DeLuca got injured early in last Saturday’s 56-0 win over Kent State, DaKaari Nelson got a lot of time in his place.

Now, with DeLuca still hurt, Nelson is getting the start per Penn State’s first pregame lineup announcements.

Here’s the full list of starters.

PENN STATE SPECIAL TEAMS

P: Riley Thompson

LS Tyler Duzansky

K: Sander Sahaydak

KR: Nick Singleton

PR: Kaden Saunders

PENN STATE DEFENSE

DE: Abdul Carter

DT: Zane Durant

DE: Dani Dennis-Sutton

DT: Dvon J-Thomas

LB: DaKarri Nelson

LB: Tony Rojas

LB: Kobe King

S: Jaylen Reed

S: KJ Winston

CB: AJ Harris

CB: Jalen Kimber

CB: Cam Miller

CB: Elliot Washington

CB: AJ Harris

PSU OFFENSE

C: Nick Dawkins

LT: Drew Shelton

RT: Anthony Donkoh

LG Vega Ioane

RG: Sal Wormley

TE: Tyler Warren

WR: Liam Clifford

WR: Harrison Wallace III

WR: Julian Fleming

RB: Nick Singleton/Kaytron Allen

QB: Drew Allar

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