PJ Mustipher
PJ Mustipher
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Penn State. The receipt: 8 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Northwestern — Week 5, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 68 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State | 33 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 21 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Penn State | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 68 | 40 | 4.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Ricky Correia’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Maverick Hansen's graduate season at Michigan State (2022).
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