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Pinegar tallied 12 points, Singleton earned third 100-yard game in win over Maryland
Jake Pinegar
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior kicker Jake Pinegar and freshman running back Nicholas Singleton were honored with Big Ten weekly awards on Monday. Pinegar was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, while Singleton was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. Both players helped No. 11/12 Penn State to a 30-0 win over Maryland on Saturday.
Pinegar earned his first career Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week award and Singleton picked up his third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor this season. He was the back-to-back Big Ten Freshman of the Week following the Ohio and Auburn games.
Jake Pinegar · R-Sr. · K · 6-2 · 199 · Ankeny, Iowa · Ankeny Centennial
- Currently sits second all-time at Penn State with 179 career extra points and 323 total points.
- He is four extra points away from the all-time record at Penn State, held by Kevin Kelly (183; 2005-08).
- Holds ninth at Penn State in career extra point percentage (96.2).
- Is tied third all-time at Penn State with a 75.0 field goal percentage and ranks fourth in field goal attempts (64) and field goals made (48).
- Pinegar is currently 11-of-13 on field goals and 41-of-44 on extra point attempts.
- Against Maryland, Jake Pinegar booted a 50-yard field goal in the second quarter, tying his career-long. He has hit 50-yard field goals in back-to-back games (50-yard field goal at Indiana).
- He added a 46-yarder to close out the first half. With the two makes, he now has 15 career field goals of 40+ yards.
- The redshirt senior connected on a 21-yard make in the third quarter.
- Pinegar tallied 12 points on the day with three field goals and three extra points.
- Connected on all five extra point attempts at Purdue and made a 25-yard field goal and five extra points vs. Ohio.
- Pinegar hit field goals of 48 and 22 yards against Auburn as well as all five extra point attempts.
- He hit a 38-yard field goal and both extra point attempts…
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