Penn State Football - 2026 Running Backs

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1:04When Team USA steps onto the world stage, we're not just watching. We're cheering together. This winter, we're all on the same team. Comcast, proud partner of Team USA. Hi, everyone and welcome to State of State, a Penn State football show presented by Fandall, play your game. I'm Tom Hanifan. He is former Penn State quarterback, Tommy Stevens. Today, we're taking a look at Penn State's 2026 running back room. This is going to look very different than what people saw last year. Hell, the last four years from Penn State football, where it was the K-Tron Allen and Nick Singleton show. Best of luck to those two in the upcoming NFL draft. They performed well at the Combine Pro Day, coming up, all that sort of stuff. But I want to look at what potentially could be a running back by committee situation. But also, there's the possibility that this is Carson Hanson being your bell cow

2:05and you have some supplemental pieces. So I think this is very curious going into 2026 because I expect the Penn State offense while there's going to be different players, different coaches, and to a degree, a different scheme. I think it's going to feel very similar for Penn State fans. This is going to be an offense predicated on running the football, running it often, playing with tight end heavy sets, and throwing the football in intelligent ways, trying to get the ball maybe down to feel a little bit more than they have in the past with Rocco Beck. But let's stick with the running backs for now. First of all, how difficult is it going to be for this offense, Tommy, to replace the two most productive backs in program history? Yeah, I mean, anytime you say that about any program, it's going to be very, very tough. But especially at a place like Penn State, where there have been a lot of really, really good running backs that have come through this place. So big shoes to fill, obviously. But I don't think that these kids should look at it that way. Just come in, do what you were brought here to do essentially.

3:10You know, you're here for a reason. You know, obviously, the staff feels some type of way for their guys. They're bringing it over from Iowa State in Hanson, but we're able to get a couple harder to get from Ohio State as well. And so these kids are talented and more than capable of performing well. So, you know, I don't want to give them any, I guess, unrealistic expectations, but expecting them to have big years just because of the style of offense that we're expecting have been stayed at least at this point. Let's start off with the aforementioned Carson Hanson transfer from Iowa State. He was the primary running back last season for the cyclones. He comes in with over 1,000 yards from scrimmage recorded in 2025. He had 952 yards on the ground, 5.1 yards per carry, six rushing touchdowns, long a 65, and then he chipped in with 19 catches for 134 yards through the air and averages 7.1, no receiving touchdowns, and can also contribute on kickoff special teams,

4:15those sorts of things. So he does bring a valuable skill set to the table. He's somebody that Matt Campbell has spoken glowingly of, and you can understand why I'm coming over from Iowa State, but we're just consistently a guy that had sounded like Campbell and his staff asked him to do just about everything, and he delivered on just about everything. Is he going to beat you in a 40 yard dash? Well, Nick Singleton, probably not, but he is a tough SOB, and I think being able to bring that type of mentality to the big 10 is going to be useful, 62, 220 pound bumper at a Lakeville, Minnesota. I think he will fit in nicely into what Penn State is going to try to do, and I don't think it's going to be a duplicate of K-Tron Allen by any means, but I think it will pick up where K-Tron left off, at least, in terms of success between the tackles. From what you've seen with Carson Hanson, what do you like about his game? Yeah, I think he's the perfect guy to bring in, and to say this offense is perfect, just

5:20because he's played in this offense, right? I do think that he is going to create issues in the box, and yeah, maybe he won't run the fastest 40, but I do know this. The guy had five straight games at the end of the year, at the 100 plus, and when it starts getting a little bit colder in the big 10, that's going to be necessary, so he is coming off of some good years at Iowa State, and can only hope that he's going into his best year, and his last year of college football here at Penn State, so excited for him, it's a guy that I think can really help, with not only help, and other guys learning the offense being there, and being a minute, so it's always hard saying an established guy when he's when he's new, but it's a guy that is established in this offense, just because he's coming over with everybody else too, so he'll be able to help guys in that running back room learn a new system, along with, I don't know, maybe depending on how much they will learn the

6:22past, or maybe he can also help with some of the receivers too, I mean, I'm not sure how they're being taught over there, but again, I've said it many times in the past, anytime you're able to have guys that are familiar with the system that have been around, it's only going to help elevate the other guys that are not only in the room, but in the offensive department totally, so really excited about him, I think that he is shown that he's more capable of being the the workhorse for lack of a better term. And there's change for that room in general, and that you have new running backs coach Savon Huggins, who's spent four years at Boston College, notably working recently with Turbo Richard, who had a lot of success, not to mention Cairobe shows, some guys who've gone off and had success in the National Football League and had success while they were at Boston College, so Savon Huggins going to lead the charge for the running backs, but as we talked about a lot on this show when it comes to, especially the offensive side of the ball, tons of familiarity with offensive coordinator Taylor Mauser and of course

7:24head coach Matt Campbell, you know you're starting quarterback in Rocco Becht, there's going to be familiarity on the offensive line, wide receiver, tight end, you know, a lot of familiar faces for Carson Hanson to work with. I don't think it's going to look exactly like this will be a blast in the past for Penn State fans, I think this is even just a year before your time, but remember Zach's Winak, 6'1", 230 pounds, I think these guys are built similarly, Zach was maybe not as fleet of foot and had a little bit more weight on him, but he was a muscular bulldozer. Man was tough. He was tough, he was fun to watch. I think Hanson's a little bit more fleet of foot and brings more diverse skill sets to the table, but I guess I look overall at this running back room. I don't think this is like a carbon copy of, for instance, I'm sure he watched a little bit of Oregon last year, Oregon had four to five different running backs who are using it any given time. I don't think it's that wealth of riches at the running back position that like Oregon had last year, but you might have your primary guy, for instance, in the way Oregon had

8:28Whittington featured last year. But Hanson might be the featured guy. I don't know what the split is on carries, but to me, it feels like there's four guys that can really hop in and contribute here and keep that running back position fresh throughout a game. What do you say? Absolutely. I think all guys are more than capable. I mean, we've got it to come back to Penn State and two guys that are actually coming back from Penn State. We had a cam all of us that was, I believe, in the portal for a little bit, and then in Flint and Martin, who was also playing, had a big game of bull game, if I remember right. So both those guys, I guess I can't really say, both cam hasn't really played a ton, but the guys that are, I guess, established college guys have shown, all shown that they have the capability of being the guy. We kind of use the example with the tight end, when we talked about them about having multiple tight end ones, also could be the case here.

9:31And then again, these guys are recruited for a reason, right? But they're brought here to a place like Penn State where, you know, it's a select, you know, Penn State's Tier 1 program, right? So anybody that's in the program, it bugs me whenever, you know, people get, I don't know, get crushed and aren't living to maybe some of the expectations that give guys, there's nobody here really by mistake. And there's a reason to be excited about all the guys that are in the room. So I think it's now on the head of the Oregon example, definitely a case where you can see multiple different guys. And it also only helps having what we expect to see in the style of offense with these type of guys getting into some heavy personnel with the tight ends and running behind the combo sets, getting matchups, getting, you know, whatever the case may be, right? You can go on and on about all the different types of ways of getting the running back to ball. But it's going to be a little bit different than probably what Penn State fans have seen

10:35in the past, but a reason to be excited. I think that it's kind of going back to, I mentioned this last time we were on, or maybe it was two or three episodes ago, I can't remember, but about football possibly kind of going back to the hard-nosed, you know, getting 20 guys in the box and then seeing, you know, who's tougher. So I definitely think these guys have the skill set for that, not just in the running back department, but the way that this Penn State roster is being built. I think it's the most basic principle of football, these big people, move small people, like it's, it never goes out of style, is it sexy for, you know, watch on TV, maybe not, but use that Michigan team, Sam's the cheating in 2023, but like just bulldoze people, be offensive line and on the defensive line. And Georgia did that for many years, Alabama did that for many years on the same thing. You could even argue that what Miami and Indiana put on the field while, yeah, Fernando

11:36Mendoza and Carson Beckett throw the ball. Those were predicated on great offensive lines, really good defensive lines. So if you can win in the trenches and you can run the football and play good defense, you're always going to have success in this sport. I want to, I want to get to James Peoples, I don't want to forget about Cam Wallace and Quentin Martin because as much as like, I think there's my, my Penn State fanhood would love to see all four guys get utilized. I think the very strong possibility that you'll see is Carson Hanson is the feature back. And then James Peoples is your number two back, whether it's, you know, 70, 30 or 50, 50, I have no idea. And hopefully we learn more here in spring ball. And it's not to say, oh, you're ruling out Quentin Martin Jr. and Cam Wallace, we get to them in a minute, but their lack of experience is a factor. Do you all of a sudden give them a handful of touches, a game per game, whether it be in the passing game, the running game, it's yet to be seen. But let's start with Peoples, transfer from Ohio State. It looked to me, Tommy, that he was a talented kid just in a crowded running back room,

12:41not to say that it was a whole bunch of A plus running backs. The bow Jackson kid has talented over a thousand yards rushing. Obviously, a team that went into the college football playoff and had a lot of success last year. But it's not that James Peoples' lactability, it was just to, like, getting more opportunities to be featured. And he played in 11 games last year for Ohio State, ultimately 344 yards rushing 5.6 yards per carry, three rushing touchdowns, 10 catches, 50 yards, no receiving touchdowns. So I mean, it's not that he was unproductive on the ground. It was just a matter of getting showcased a little bit more and maybe Penn State's the place to do it. Do you expect a full-fledged competition between Peoples and Hanson to the point that just Peoples supplant Hanson? Well, see, man, it really just based off of the things that I've seen. And I don't want to discredit the people's kid by any stretch of the imagination. It just seems more so that a guy that is coming from the same system is going to have a better

13:42chance just given his style of play. So I mean, it can't happen. I've seen it happen before, but it will be tough, I would say, for him. But with that being said, they kind of have two different skill sets, in my opinion. I think that the people's kid kind of gives more of maybe your elusive style versus run through your face, which is going to be a great compliment to Hanson. And so I kind of see it the same way as you. I think it's going to be those two guys that are going to be just based off of, well, what we know now, which isn't much, but based off of what they've had in the success they had in the past, guy coming over from the same place, same coaching staff, a lot of familiarity there, I would expect him to see more touches. But at the same time, man, if Peoples is being explosive and making it hard to keep him off the field, who knows what will happen. Ultimately, you've got to try to do your best at getting your playmakers the ball.

14:47And guys that are going to break games open for you. So I've said this a few times about many of the other positions. I think we talked about it first, maybe with the receivers and then the tight ends. But having guys that are proven, have proven track record is a good problem to have. So definitely excited about all the backs that Penn State has, but especially those two guys. Speaking of Ohio State, I know Penn State fans love to hear that. If you're looking to place a little action regarding the NFL draft coming up next month, four out of the top eight picks for the number two overall selection are Ohio State Buckais. You could pick R. Vell Reese minus 125 or the likes of Sonny Stiles, Caleb Downs, or Caden McDonald with our friends at Fandall. A Fernando Mendoza is going for minus 20,000 for number one overall through the Raiders. So I think that's probably a foregone conclusion, but hey, the Jets could land a buck guy.

15:47And I think Penn State fans will probably sit here and be like, you know what? Good for them. Take a buck guy. That's fantastic. James Peoples, you mentioned it a moment ago. If you're getting that between the tackles, no nonsense from Carson Hanson, then maybe James Peoples is the pop and explosivity, thunder and lightning gets abused all the time. But he's about 510, little over 200 pounds. And it's something you and I have talked about for a couple of weeks now is we got to wait until spring camp and you'll start to hear this guy's flashing. This guy's buzzing. You know, well, this guy looked really sharp or something like that. But I do see a world where Peoples is not maybe the number one guy, but he is that dude potentially in this offense, whether it's a carry or it's reception where it's like he can give us some life. He can give us a jolt and we create maybe a separate package for him. What do you think? Yeah, I agree. I agree. And if that's the ceiling, if that's the floor for him, then we're in good hands.

16:48So it's exciting to have this problem, right? Anytime you have a lot of talented guys, and this is the problem that a place like Penn State should have. This is kind of what this place has been in the past as far as having many talented guys all capable of playing, and so while it might not be the most, I don't know, attractive thing for maybe the younger guys in the room, and we kind of talked about Quentin Martin a little bit. We talked about Cam, Wallace a little bit, and just being able to, it might not be the best situation for those two, but you know, I look back at some of the teams of the past of like, you know, the Alabama's that we were talking about, the, the George's and just like the level of depth that you were able to see on those teams, like I look back years and years ago to, I believe it would have been Derek Henry senior year at Alabama.

17:50Maybe I'm not, maybe it's not the exact right one, but basically I remember seeing, I'm blacking on his name now, saying it's running back, it was teammates with him, I can't remember. Yes, sorry, not Mark Ingram, but the other one, Alvin Camera, sorry, Alvin Camera, Alvin Camera was at Alabama and couldn't get on the field, right? And so like that's pretty telling, and so it's just because a guy is kind of maybe crowd or on a crowded depth chart doesn't necessarily mean that he's not talented enough to play. So this is hopefully a problem, a problem that Penn State will have for years to come, who's having a lot of talented players in the building, it's only going to make these guys better. United Health Group is bringing in-home treatment directly to patients, closing caregabs, identifying risks earlier and improving patient outcomes. In 2025, patients received over 19 million home visits, learn more UnitedHealthGroup.com slash commitment.

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21:01Speaking of transferring, that's kind of what Cam Wallace flirted with. I guess you could say this past cycle. Wallace has an interesting story, and that he missed 2024 with a substantial injury. And James Franklin talked about it as the amount that he's had to overcome physically, mentally and emotionally is substantial. A lot of players deal with it in very difficult ways, especially when you arrive someplace and you hope and expect to be productive almost immediately. He's listed at 5.9 roughly 200 pounds, so size is not necessarily on his side. At the same time, early last year in games against Nevada and Villanova, he had some spark. He had some life. There was the Saquon-esque hurdle over a defender against Nevada, ironically wearing number 26 last season. So everybody freaked out, oh my god, another guy, here we go again, Penn State running back. Here we go. And then the rest of the season, it wasn't Cam Wallace's year. So he come into this year, we mentioned Hanson, now he got peoples there and it feels like

22:04you know who one and two are. And Cam Wallace is going to have to work on his body. It sounds like in this offseason to make himself somebody that you could see a three-headed, four-headed monster at running back because this is definitely a proof of it opportunity. When you hear about in this day and age, a player going into the portal and then electing to return as someone who has transferred granted before the craziness of the modern transfer portal era, what is that signal to you about Cam Wallace? Yeah, you know, ultimately the guy wants to play, I talked about, you know, how the competitors mindset in the past and yeah, I'm sure that the things haven't gone exactly how Cam drew it up from the very beginning of his career. But ultimately, again, I kind of mentioned this before, this guy is not here by mistake, he is a more than capable guy and is very, very talented, just hasn't really gotten maybe a fair shake recently and kind of dealt a bad hand for lack of a better term.

23:08So we'll see, man, it's, I think for me, I think the guy loves Penn State, I'm sure anybody, I've never really, of all the guys that I've, especially given my time at Penn State, the guys that left Penn State, nobody really disliked Penn State, everybody's loved Penn State, right? It's a place that you can, you can really fall in love with, especially when you're living that experience, right? And so, you know, going into the portal makes me think the guy was possibly flirting with hey, like what is, is there, it reminds me a lot of my junior year at Penn State where this was before the portal, but, you know, I was exploring opportunities within the rules pouring away, freaks out, we had to go through compliance and all that, but there's a much harder process before the portal, so, you know, just seeing if there is a better opportunity out there for him, and I had no problem with that, and I don't think anybody else should, I mean, it's obviously going to be a crowded room, the guy's not getting any younger. So, you know, guys want to play, and so if that means you have to go somewhere else to

24:12play, then hey, man, good for you, don't hopefully it's somewhere that Penn State doesn't have to play, and he doesn't beat us up, but I ultimately, again, I think he's a more than, more than capable guy, I think he's talented, and hopefully, and for his sake, things can kind of start falling in the right direction for him. Now, in terms of incumbent Penn State running backs, the other one to talk about is Quentin Martin, Jr. Pennsylvania kid listed at, I have it right here, got him a 6-1-2-5, right? 6-1-2-5. So between Martin, Jr. and Wallace, both registered sophomores, both with plenty of years of eligibility, a Pennsylvania kid. The thing that I think jumped out with him was the fact that he started the pinstripe ball against Clemson cold, did not record a carry all season. The expectation for those who don't remember going into the pinstripe ball was that Kate Tron Allen was scheduled to play, and was a late scratch right before the game.

25:14Then you have Quentin Martin, Jr. going there against Clemson, 20 carries for 103 yards, 5.2 yards per carry, and one reception. Can you articulate how difficult it is for any player to go from zero participation and a running back to go from zero carries to 20 in a bowl game that mattered to this program? I bet he was sore. That's the first thing that I can think of. Man, it takes incredible strength, and I'm not even talking about physical strength. Incredible strength to continue to develop when the year probably wasn't going exactly how he wanted, right? I mean, again, keep kind of going back to it, guys want to play. They wouldn't have gotten to this level if they weren't competitive, if they weren't reaching to be a part of the reason that's something that I always tried to hang my

26:15head on. I wanted to be a part of the solution. I wanted to help in any way possible. Ultimately, guys just want to have a role. They want to help in some way. When you're not able, I remember looking back, I keep going back on my own experiences, but I remember there was a time when I think it would have been my first, sorry, my second year, so my Redshire freshman year, I'm able to play now because the Redshire rules were different then. So I'm able to play, traces the starter, and we're at the halfway point, and the only thing that I've kind of come into do is take a knee, or maybe had a couple carries, that I was not really a part of the success that we were having. I just wanted to have a role, and I learned to help in some way. I remember going to Joe Murray's office and I was like, man, can I run down on kickoff? Can I do something here? I haven't been tackled in 600 days. I miss, I'm missing something here. It's this is tough on me. He was like, well, here I'm telling you right now, you're not going to run down on kickoff, that's not happening.

27:16But we're going to maybe try to find you a role, and that's kind of the birth of what became that lion role that I had. Going back to him, I'm sure it was probably tough on him, especially in a situation where Penn State was struggling, and I guarantee he was like, man, I've got two guys ahead of me that are really, really talented, but I feel like I can help somehow, and so I'm sure he stayed to the process and kept trying to get better and better, and then what his number was called in a time of need, he showed up a big time for Penn State, and so a lot of respect for that kid and another guy that I'm rooting for. You would know, obviously, from what you just outlined, but the sport and any sport really, it's being ready for when your number is called, and I think that's life is just you never know when that opportunity is going to come, and I don't think anybody's ever truly ready for an opportunity, you just kind of have to roll with the punches.

28:20And I think it was such a feel good story coming out of the Penn Stripe Bowl, Penn State fans were related to see Quentin Martin Jr. retained and stay with the team, and then you see Hanson come in, you see peoples come in, and inevitably it's like, yeah, like you understand Hanson and peoples will probably be one and two, but that's not ruling out Quentin Martin Jr. having a goal and finding his way onto the field because there's plenty of time to fight for that type of role within the next handful of months, hopefully we learn more about him in Spring Ball, and I don't want to rule out Deante Sheffi is a two-freshman at a state college area high, so excited to see what we can learn about him during Spring Ball. Do you expect him to perform in 2026, not necessarily coming in and learning is probably going to be his lot in life and special teams potentially, so we'll see what happens with the rest of the running back room, but I think at its maximized potential, you could have four guys that contribute. My gut says it's going to be a one-two punch of Hanson and peoples, and maybe you get a

29:22little dash of Martin and Wallace here and there, hoping guys stay healthy, but I think there should be confidence with Hanson and peoples for Penn State fans, but it's just not going to be singleton and K-Tron Al, and I think that's the challenge of this year is this is just going to feel different for Penn State fans, you know what I mean? Oh, yeah, especially me. I feel like those two guys have been there since I left. I feel like they've been there for a very long time, and they both were incredible pieces to Penn State's success over the years, and so I definitely wish both those guys best of luck. But the gap is going to be different. It's going to be different not seeing those guys in a Penn State uniform next year, but it opens the door for what we've talked about today. You've got guys that are more than capable, and a lot of mouths, the feed for sure, but I do think this is obviously, you know, knock on wood here. I don't want anything bad ever happened to any of the athletes that anywhere, I would

30:24never wish injury on anybody, but unfortunately in a violent game like football and the style of play that we've kind of outlined throughout the last couple weeks of the shows, there's going to be a lot of collisions. So it's, you know, as I've been told in the past, it's not if, it's when. So if that is to happen, then yeah, you've got guys you can fall back on that are more than capable of carrying the weight. So, you know, if that is to, if that does happen, then, then we'll see a little bit more of maybe some of the other guys, but I kind of see it the same way as you. I think I think Hanson is going to be the favorite to be the day one starter, and then, and then people's will be the, the, the combo back, I guess you could say, the guy can kind of take some weight off his shoulder to give a little change of pace, and then, you know, potentially see a little bit of, of Quentin Martin Jr., and in some role, we'll, we'll see what happens. Two-year point, our mutual friend Justin King has said, football is a 100% injury rate.

31:26So you just roll with the punches. Yeah. I got one last plug here for our friends at Fandall. We are of course fans of the Canadian football league, the CFL here on state of state. Tommy Stevens is a great cup champion as of last year with the Saskatchewan Rough Riders. He's back with Ryder Nation this upcoming year, according to Fandall as of right now. If you want a bet on Saskatchewan to win the gray cup in 2026 plus 600 right now according to Fandall, best odds belong to the Montreal Alloets at plus 320. So I believe they've got Saskatchewan listed at fourth overall in the CFL. Are you offended by that? Hey, there's the, there's potential for money to be made. Not by you. Not by me. Hands are clean. Hands are clean. It is, but it is, man. I mean, there's a lot of things that happen over the course of an off season, especially in this league for those that aren't familiar. You don't see many people sign even two-year deals in this league.

32:27Two-year deals is considered rare. You're starting to see a little bit more of it. I mean, shoot. I decided to be your deal to stay here. And I love this place. It's been great to me. It's actually the most similar place to a Penn State as far as overall passion that I've been since I've left. So I've really fallen in love with Saskatchewan and then being here and playing here. But, you know, anytime for the people that aren't familiar with our team, we had two guys that were on rookie deals this year have 1,000 yards receiving. So anytime you're able to do that and pro football, it's a very, very hard thing to retain. So we had one guy, Dante Myers, who is now going to the Cincinnati Bengals, more than deserving, happy for him. If things don't work out there, we would love to have him back. But we've got a lot of depth at the receiver position that we'll be back. And this league, it's very important to have Canadian depth because you have to have a certain number of Canadians on a field. I think we've got the two best Canadians in the entire league at receiver on our team this year.

33:30And between Ken Schaefer Baker and Sam Mellus. And so definitely, definitely excited to, to, you know, in terms, run it back with this group. We'll return and I want to say 16 or maybe 17 of our 24 starters. Yes, 24 because there's 12 guys on the field each time here. So we'll see, man, we've got our work cut out for us. We're going to have an even bigger target on our back this year, but it's just the way that we like it. The disrespect from Fandall, our friends, but we invite you to play. I said for a moment, the next best professional football outside of the NFL is in the CFL. So I hope you check that out. This is a Saskatchewan Ruff Rider's podcast for the foreseeable future. Thank you all for tuning in and checking out our breakdown of the 2026 running backs for Penn State football. Hop in our comments section on YouTube. Get at us on social media. Tell us what you would like to hear about here during the off season. Penn State Spring Ball will begin on March 24th concludes April 25th with Blue White Weekend.

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