Additionally, Jeanty’s yards after contact (1,889) exceed every FBS running backs’ rushing total since Oklahoma State’s Chuba Hubbard led the NCAA with 2,094 total rushing yards in 2019. Jeanty also forced an NCAA-record 143 missed tackles this season.

The College Football Playoff quarterfinal round will see the No. 5 Penn State Nittany Lions (12-2) meeting the No. 8 Boise State Broncos (12-1) in the Fiesta Bowl at 7:30 p.m. ET in Glendale,

Penn State and Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl? It has to be one of the more interesting matchups of the college football playoff quarterfinal round. The two programs meet Dec. 31 in Glendale, Arizona. James Franklin’s Nittany Lions are fresh off a 38-10 pummeling of SMU on Saturday at Beaver Stadium.

Jeanty will face a Penn State defense that limited SMU to 58 rushing yards in a 38-10 shellacking last weekend in the first round of the CFP. The Nittany Lions rank seventh in the country against the run, allowing 100.4 yards per game. Jeanty often picks up that many yards in a half.

The running game will be front-and-center when third-seeded Boise State meets sixth-seeded Penn State in the Fiesta Bowl in a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game.