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Who are the Penn State football competitors of the day after winter workout No. 5?

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•03/18/25•

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Penn State football returned to Holuba Hall on Tuesday to resume winter workouts following the completion of spring break. Head coach James Franklin’s team is now exactly seven days away from the start of spring practice. Before that, though, the players must finish their work with head strength coach Chuck Losey and his staff. That also means that a new round of competitors of the day are in, of course, following the fifth winter workout of the year.

“Normally during this time of the year, I’ve got anywhere from six to seven weeks to really be aggressive with the guys before we get up to a test week,” Losey said earlier this month. “This year, I think we played into the second week of January. Gave the guys two weeks off because they needed it. And when we came back from the break, normally, we would hit it pretty hard. But we took a little bit of different approach.

“We concentrated a little bit more on recovery regeneration for those first two weeks, really getting their bodies back under them, getting their legs back under them, and getting them primed up for what was going to be another four aggressive weeks, this being the fourth. So just a little bit [of] difference in intensity.”

Elliot Washington II is now a five-time winner for cornerbacks coach Terry Smith. That headlines today’s group of winners. Here’s the full list:

Quarterback: Jaxon Smolik

Running back: Quinton Martin

Wide receiver: Koby Howard

Tight end: Luke Reynolds 

Offensive line: Guard Vega Ioane

Defensive line: Defensive tackle Xavier Gilliam

Linebacker: Dominic DeLuca

Cornerback: Elliot Washington II

Safety: Lamont Payne

Special teams: Punter Riley Thompson

Full list of Penn State winter workout winners so far

Quarterback: Drew Allar (Feb. 25, March 7), Ethan Grunkemeyer (Feb. 27), Jaxon Smolik (March 4, March 18)

Running back: Quinton Martin (Feb. 25, March 18), Tyler Holzworth (Feb. 27), Tikey Hayes (March 4), Amiel Davis (March 7)

Wide receiver: Kyron Hudson (Feb. 25, March 7), Devonte Ross (Feb. 27), Peter Gonzalez (March 4), Koby Howard (March 18)

Tight end: Joey Schlaffer (Feb. 25), Luke Reynolds (Feb. 27, March 4, March 7, March 18)

Offensive line: Tackle Drew Shelton (Feb. 25), guard Alex Birchmeier (Feb. 27), center Nick Dawkins (March 4), guard Vega Ioane (March 7, March 18)

Defensive line: End Zuriah Fisher (Feb. 25), defensive tackle Xavier Gilliam (Feb. 27, March 7, March 18), end Dani Dennis-Sutton (March 4)

Linebacker: Kari Jackson (Feb. 25, March 7), Ta’Mere Robinson (Feb. 27), Dominic DeLuca (March 4, March 18)

Cornerback: Elliot Washington II (Feb. 25, Feb. 27, Mach 4, March 7, March 18)

Safety: Zakee Wheatley (Feb. 25, Feb. 27), Vaboue Toure (March 4), Kolin Dinkins (March 7), Lamont Payne (March 18)

Specialists: Punter Riley Thompson (Feb. 25, March 7, March 18), long snapper Tyler Duzansky (Feb. 27, March 4)

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