Penn State is hosting a talented offensive lineman who is in the transfer portal.
Per 247Sports, Utah State offensive lineman Teague Anderson is going to PSU for an official visit Thursday.
Penn State is set to host Utah State offensive line transfer Teague Andersen on a visit later this week. It's been a busy Transfer Portal entry for the Lehi product; Houston, Mizzou and K-State have all gotten looks: https://t.co/xbtdMWITA7
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Anderson, a 6-foot-5, 305-pounder who is a three-star transfer per 247Sports, has already visited Houston, which he did Monday, Missouri the next day and is set to wrap up a Kansas State visit. This weekend, heโs scheduled to take a visit to NC State, which he plans to do Saturday.
Anderson is a local guy, coming from Lehi, Utah. Coming out of high school, he was a top-100 interior offensive line prospect and chose Utah State over Power Four schools such as Baylor and Indiana.
ANDERSON AT UTAH STATE
Anderson redshirted his first season in 2022. As a redshirt freshman the next season, he played in 12 of Utah Stateโs 13 games, starting seven. Per Utah Stateโs website, Anderson excelled in an interesting statistic that the program keeps track of.
โPlayed in 660 snaps during the season and posted 22.0 knockdownsโฆ Played a career-high 86 snaps against Colorado State (10/7) and had a career-high 4.0 knockdownsโฆ Played 84 snaps at New Mexico (11/24) and had 2.0 knockdownsโฆ Also had 3.0 knockdowns against both Idaho State (9/9) and Nevada (11/11).โ
This season, Anderson played in 11 of 12 regular-season games, picking up 788 snaps. He was Utah Stateโs regular starter at right tackle, a position of strength for Penn State.
WOULD HE FIT AT PSU?
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – NOVEMBER 16: Penn State Nittany Lions offensive lineman Anthony Donkoh (68) lines up before the snap during the college football game between the Purdue Boilermakers and Penn State Nittany Lions on November 16, 2024, at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire)
So how would Anderson fit in at Penn State
Well, the team is looking pretty solid at tackle.
On the right side, Anthony Donkoh will be set to enter his third season and Nolan Rucciโ who played well in place of the injured Donkoh in this past Saturdayโs Big Ten title game against Oregonโ has another year of eligibility. Starting left tackle Drew Shelton also has one more year of eligibility.
On the interior , RG Sal Wormley will be out of eligibility, as will center Nick Dawkins. Left guard Vega Ioane has two years of eligibility left. Ioane, however, could conceivably declare for the draft.
So if Anderson picks Penn State out of the transfer portal, heโd likely either have tickets positions or get used to being a reserve.
Anderson has two years of eligibility left.
