BSD’s position-by-position previews continue with the safeties. While the Nittany Lions will be tasked with replacing Ji’Ayir Brown, its a unit that returns three players with starter-level snaps, while having a couple highly-touted prospects waiting in the wings.
Projected Starters
Keaton Ellis
As we talked about back in the winter, it seems likely that there’s going to be a four-man rotation at safety like we saw last year. Who the “starters” are only seems important in title only, but with Ellis being a fifth-year senior on a team that might lack some leadership, we can safely assume that Ellis will be tabbed as a starter.