Ty Blanding holds the RDT · Depth spot in Penn State Nittany Lions’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Ty Blanding is a 6'1", 301-pound defensive tackle for Penn State from the Bronx, New York. A three-star recruit in the 2023 class, he played for Christ the King High School under coach Jason Brown, where he earned CHSFL AAA Conference Defensive Player of the Year and served two years as team captain. Blanding redshirted in 2023, then appeared in six games during the 2024 redshirt freshman season, recording three tackles and one tackle for loss. In the 2025 redshirt sophomore campaign, he appeared in all 13 games, posting nine tackles (six solo) with two tackles for loss. He majors in media studies.

Penn State2023 — present