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Redshirt freshman linebacker Troy Reeder (42), making his first career start, racked up seven tackles against Buffalo last Saturday. Joe Hermitt, PennLive

Another Penn State player has decided to transfer.

A day after receiver Geno Lewis announced his intent to finish his college career at Oklahoma, redshirt sophomore linebacker Troy Reeder confirmed to PennLive that he is leaving the Lions to transfer to Delaware.

Lions247's Sean Fitz first reported the news. Reeder's father, Dan, played at Delaware, and his younger brother, high school senior Colby, verbally committed to play for the Blue Hens recently.

The Wilmington, Del., native was thrust into a bigger role than expected in 2015 once middle linebacker Nyeem Wartman-White went down with an injury in the first game of the season at Temple. Reeder finished with 67 tackles (5.5 for loss), an interception, and a pass breakup.

Reeder has not yet issued a statement.

Penn State is returning the bulk of its linebacker group next season; Wartman-White will be back and is expected to be fully healthy by the Sept. 3 opener against Kent State, and starters Jason Cabinda and Brandon Bell return too. The Lions also have a pair of freshman linebackers who got some playing time in 2015 in Jake Cooper and Manny Bowen, and the program is also heavily pursuing four-star 2016 linebacker Brendan Ferns, who is down to Penn State and West Virginia.

Since the Lions' offseason began, they have now lost or fired both coordinators and their offensive line coach along with Lewis and Reeder.

Additional player departures are possible, as well.