In mid-January, it was reported that at least 11 Penn State football players had, since the end of the 2018 regular season, either decided to transfer or put their names in the NCAA transfer database signaling a probable intent to move on. While one of those potential movers subsequently pulled his name out, another has since placed his name into the growing-in-infamy portal.
According to 247Sports.com, and also confirmed by ESPN‘s Cole Cubelic over the weekend, Cam Sullivan-Brown is now listed in the NCAA’s transfer database. The wide receiver is now able to speak to other football programs without receiving permission from his current school, while also maintaining the ability to withdraw his name and return to Happy Valley.
Per NCAA rules, the school is also permitted to pull Sullivan-Brown’s scholarship at the end of the semester in which he put his name into the transfer database.
Sullivan-Brown was a three-star member of the Nittany Lions’ 2017 recruiting class.
After taking a redshirt as a true freshman, the Maryland product started one of the 13 games in which he played this past season. In limited action, he caught four passes for 49 yards.
As for the other Happy Valley departures? From our Jan. 17 posting:Three of those transfers/potential transfers, tight end Danny Dalton, offensive lineman Alex Gellerstedt and safety Ayron Monroe, were the most recent additions to the list of potential player personnel attrition at the football program. The other eight with at least one foot out the door are (deep breath) linebackers Dae’lun Darien (HERE) and Brelin Faison-Walden; wide receivers Juwan Johnson (HERE) and Brandon Polk; safeties Isaiah Humphries (HERE) and Lamont Wade; cornerback Zech McPhearson; and offensive tackle Sterling Jenkins.
The biggest of the losses would be Johnson, who started seven games this past season and caught 25 passes for 352 yards and a touchdown, and Polk, who also started seven games and totaled 162 yards and two touchdowns on nine receptions. Monroe (pictured) played in 33 games during his time with the Nittany Lions and was viewed as a potential starting safety in 2019, while McPherson (23 games played/12 in 2018) and Wade (24/12) saw significant action the past two seasons.
The only other transfer/potential transfer who played in more than 10 games while in Happy Valley was Darien, whose 15 appearances included eight this past season.