Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Penn State
PJ Mustipher
DT • 6'4" • 321 lbs • Owings Mills, MD, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
PJ Mustipher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
28
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Penn State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Player Story
PJ Mustipher built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Owings Mills, MD wearing No. 97, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of PJ Mustipher's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Penn State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
PJ Mustipher, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Penn State. PJ Mustipher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 140
- TFL
- 10.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
PJ Mustipher quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Penn State · DT
- Career Tackles
- 140
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Illinois
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · McDonogh School · Penn State
- High school pipeline
- Clay-Chalkville · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 33 tackles · DT 29th (top 15%) · Big Ten 117th (top 19%) · National 1,203rd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 14.7 |
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 35 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 9 | 35 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 50.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 10 | 33 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 18.1 |
Related Context
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PJ Mustipher played DT for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, PJ Mustipher recorded 140 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Penn State paired 4 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Penn State
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
15.3
Usage
3.3
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 0. Auburn: 1. Central Michigan: 0. Northwestern: 0.5. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 0. Indiana: 0. Maryland: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 1 by 14.2. Central Michigan: 6 by 25. Northwestern: 8 by 38.3. Michigan: 6 by 25. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Indiana: 1 by 4.2. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.2 · Games = 8 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Michigan State | W 35-16 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Rutgers | W 55-10 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Maryland | W 30-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | @ Indiana | W 45-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | vs Ohio State | L 31-44 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Michigan | L 17-41 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Northwestern | W 17-7 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Central Michigan | W 33-14 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Auburn | W 41-12 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | @ Purdue | W 35-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
PJ Mustipher story
PJ Mustipher built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive tackle from Owings Mills, MD wearing No. 97, spending time with Penn State. The clearest part of PJ Mustipher's career was his defensive production: 140 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 46 career games in the available record. That gives PJ Mustipher's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Penn State
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Penn State | 2 | 7.8 | 1.6 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 6.5 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 6.5 | 18.3 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 5.5 | 22.3 | 5.2 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 25.5 | 7.2 | -1.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 1.5 | 15.3 | 3.3 | -2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Illinois
Week 16 · W 56-21 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Villanova
Week 4 · W 38-17
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Rutgers
Week 14 · W 27-6 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Memphis
Week 1 · W 53-39 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 5 · W 24-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Penn State
4 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 7.2 usage
50.6
#2
2019 Postseason · Penn State
40.9
6.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Penn State
40.9
6.5 primary · 18.3 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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