Vega Ioane is a force in the trenches. He is a true first off the bus enforcer. Ioane is equipped with a massive frame and carries 330lbs with ease. PFF has credited Ioane with yielding zero sacks or hits across 613 blocking snaps and only 4 hurries in 2025.
Penn State entered 2025 with national championship aspirations, but fell well short of expectations. The Nittany Lions barely reached bowl eligibility at 6-6.
STATE COLLEGE | Penn State offensive lineman Vega Ioane circled the 40-yard line, holding up a “Hire Terry Smith” poster for all to see, making sure to show the nearest camera operator.
Perhaps Penn State's best moment of its day at Ohio State was caught backstage at Ohio Stadium. There, Nittany Lions offensive lineman Vega Ioane jumped over a tunnel railing to help a Penn State football staffer push equipment up a stadium ramp.
#beef The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2025. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in long-term or NFL potential.
Who are some of the top Defensive Tackle prospects for Penn State Football in the class of 2027? Today I will cover that question and break down where the Nittany Lions stand with all of their Defensive Tackle prospects in the class of 2027.
Penn State's Vega Ioane made certain everyone knew who Pro Football Focus' highest-graded lineman was of the College Football Playoff's first round. "Nolan Rucci is a baller, man," Ioane said this week.
In what was probably inevitable, Penn State OL Vega Ioane’s viral block from Saturday’s 27-11 win over UCLA at Beaver Stadium has turned into an NIL opening.
One of the most spectacular plays of this Penn State football season through five games took place on an eight yard run. There was nothing crazy about the run itself— it didn’t even lead to a touchdown— but what happened away from the ball got a lot of people talking.
STATE COLLEGE | Penn State ran the play once at full-speed, during spring drills, the one with 350-pound guard Vega Ioane lining in the slot, going in motion and then barrelling through a defensive end.
There aren’t a lot of people that are 6-foot-4, 348-pounds and athletic enough to go into motion on a Power Four football team like Penn State. Vega Ioane is one of those people.
STATE COLLEGE | Vega Ioane, the Penn State guard who is playing at an elite level this season, looked across the line of scrimmage in the second quarter and saw a wearying Illinois defense.
Vega Ioane is in a competition to start at left guard for Penn State. Over the past few years, the position has been an odyssey. Before the 2023 season, it looked like Landon Tengwall would start at the position and, if all went well, play himself into a high NFL Draft pick.
Just 71 more days until Penn State’s week one match-up at West Virginia. We come to a BIG part of the countdown as we wrap up one more week without Penn State Football.