2024 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Preseason: Named to the Reese's Senior Bowl watch list.
Season: Appeared in all 16 games on the offensive line and special teams, making six starts.
at West Virginia (8/31): Penn State gained 457 yards on 60 plays (7.6 yards per play)...The Nittany Lions threw for 235 yards and rushed for 222 yards, while not allowing a sack...PSU tallied eight runs of 10+ yards. Bowling Green (9/7): Penn State had nine plays of 20+ yards (five passes, four rushes)...PSU collected 438 total yards, throwing for 204 yards and rushing for 234 yards... The Nittany Lions had two 100-yard rushers (Nicholas Singleton - 119; Kaytron Allen - 101). Kent State (9/21): Penn State had a school record 718 yards of offense and 40 first downs...Penn State’s 409 passing yards were the fifth highest total in school history. UCLA (10/5): Penn State totaled four plays of 20+ yards on offense...The Nittany Lions scored on a 16-play, 82-yard drive, covering 8:36 in the second quarter. at Wisconsin (10/26): Penn State tallied 419 total yards, while Drew Allar and Beau Pribula each threw a touchdown pass. Ohio State (11/2): The Nittany Lions recorded four plays of 20+ yards, including three passing and one rushing. at Purdue (11/16): Penn State had eight plays of 20+ yards (6 passing, 2 rushing)...The Nittany Lions tallied 539 total yards, threw for 305 yards and gained 234 yards on the ground, without allowing a sack. at Minnesota (11/23): Penn State threw for 244 yards and helped Allar and Singleton to score on rushing touchdowns. Maryland (11/30): Helped the Nittany Lions to gain 412 total yards, incluidng 213 on the ground...PSU scored six touchdowns in the red zone and did not allow a sack. vs. Oregon (12/7): Penn State tallied eight plays of 20+ yards, including three passing and five rushing...The Nittany Lions gained 518 total yards, while Oregon entered the game allowing 283.8 total yards per game...PSU rushed for 292 yards, averaging 8.3 yards per carry, while Oregon entered the game allowing 112.3 rushing yards per game...Allen (124) and Singleton (105) both rushed for over 100 yards. SMU (12/22): Penn State rushed for 189 yards and three touchdowns in a controlling win over SMU, with Singleton (90, 1 TD) and Allen (70, 2TD) accounting for 160 yards and all three rushing scores against the fourth-ranked run defense in the FBS entering the game (93.4). vs. Boise State (12/31): Penn State tallied five plays of 20+ yards...The Nittany Lions rushed for 216 rushing yards. vs. Notre Dame (1/9): Penn State ran for 204 yards, averaging 4.9 yards per carry...Singleton found the endzone three times, all on rushing scores...The Nittany Lions had touchdown scoring drives of 15 and 14 plays.
2021-23 • WISCONSIN
Season: 2023: Saw action in three games as a reserve. 2022: Appeared in three games in reserve action. 2021: Redshirt season.
2023: at Illinois (10/21): Posted a 3-yard touchdown reception as a tackle eligible receiver.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Bob Locker at Warwick High School...Earned an invitation to the 2021 All-American Bowl...Was a two-time all-state selection his junior and senior season...Named to the 2020 USA Today All-USA preseason first team...Rated a five-star recruit by 247 and Rivals and a four-star prospect by ESPN.
PERSONAL
Is the son of Todd and Stacy Rucci...Brother, Hayden, played tight end for Wisconsin...Both parents attended Penn State...Father, Todd, played for the Nittany Lions and was a second-round NFL Draft pick who went on to play eight seasons for the New England Patriots...Mother, Stacy, played field hockey at Penn State and was a first-team All-American her senior season...Grandfather, Thomas Gilburg, played football and lacrosse at Syracuse and went on to play four seasons with the Baltimore Colts.