{"id":480878,"date":"2025-12-30T21:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/480878\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:13:10","slug":"penn-state-set-to-get-a-big-piece-back-in-2026-in-ol-anthony-donkoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/480878\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State set to get a big piece back in 2026 in OL Anthony Donkoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Penn State\u2019s roster in Matt Campbell\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> first season as head coach got a big boost on Tuesday, as starting offensive lineman Anthony Donkoh<\/a><\/strong> announced that he will be returning to the Nittany Lions for his senior season. Donkoh started 11 games as a redshirt sophomore in 2025, playing both right guard and right tackle. He was the lone returning starter for Penn State in the Pinstripe Bowl win over Clemson on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis past year has been nothing short of a blessing,\u201d Donkoh wrote in a social media post. \u201cThrough the adversity, trials and challenges we faced both as a team and individually, God has remained faithful through it all.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to sincerely thank Coach [James] Franklin<\/a><\/strong>, Coach [Phil] Trautwein<\/a><\/strong> and the entire coaching staff for everything they have poured into my life over the past three years. You have each played an instrumental role in my development as a man, and I truly wish y\u2019all continued success in your careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat being said, it is a great honor to announce that I will be staying at Penn State for the 2026 season!!! I have full confidence in Coach Campbell, Coach [Ryan] Clanton<\/a><\/strong> and the rest of the staff, and I believe they will help restore Penn State\u2019s tradition of excellence while continuing to support my growth to be the man that God has called me to be!\u201d<\/p>\n

Donkoh a top retention priority for Penn State<\/p>\n

Donkoh was highlighted as a top priority to bring back for Penn State<\/a><\/strong>, which will undergo a roster facelift this offseason thanks to departures and the coaching change. On Monday, junior offensive lineman Cooper Cousins<\/a><\/strong> and redshirt freshman tackle Owen Aliciene<\/a><\/strong> also announced their intentions to return in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Aldie (Va.) Lightridge product has started 21 games over the last two seasons. He was Penn State\u2019s starter at right tackle for most of the 2024 season before suffering a knee injury. Despite some rust to start the season, Donkoh settled in as a versatile piece. Per Pro Football Focus, he allowed just one sack this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that I have more to give than I personally thought I could. So it really pushed me to, like, try some new things out that I wouldn\u2019t have if I wasn\u2019t dealing with the thing I was dealing with at the moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Talk about it in the Lions Den!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Penn State\u2019s roster in Matt Campbell\u2019s first season as head coach got a big boost on Tuesday, as…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":480879,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[217872,1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-480878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-anthony-donkoh-23-lightridge","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115810586118153214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}