Carter, Warren Tabbed Semifinalists For Walter Camp Player of the Year – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State junior defensive end Abdul Carter and senior tight end Tyler Warren were tabbed semifinalists for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award on Wednesday.

They are two of 20 players on the semifinalist list. Penn State is one of three schools with multiple players on the list.

The Walter Camp Player of the Year is the fourth-oldest award in college football and is presented by David McDermott Lexus of New Haven.

Abdul Carter · Jr. · DE · 6-3 · 252 · Philadelphia, Pa. · La Salle College High School

• Selected semifinalist for the Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy.
• Member of watch list for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
• Tabbed a Preseason All-American by the Action Network (1^st team), Associated Press (2^nd team), CBS (2^nd team), ESPN (2^nd team), The Athletic (2^nd team) and the Walter Camp Award.
• Garnered first-team All-Big Ten honors from the coaches and second-team from the media as a linebacker in 2023 and named second-team All-Big Ten by the media and third-team All-Big Ten by the coaches in 2022.
• Tabbed second-team All-American by Sports Illustrated.
• Made switch from linebacker to defensive end following 2023 season.
• Owns 144 tackles (85 solo), 31.5 tackles for loss, 19 sacks, five forced fumbles, an interception and 12 pass breakups in his third season in Happy Valley.
• Has six career games with 2+ tackles for loss and five games with 2+ sacks.
• In 2024, has 40 tackles (24 solo), 15.5 tackles for loss, eight sacks and two forced fumbles.
• Carter sits third in the FBS (1^st in B1G) with 15.5 tackles for loss and is 11^th nationally (2^nd) with eight sacks.
• Ranks fifth among Power Four defensive linemen, and second in the Big Ten, with 24 solo tackles.
• Against Kent State, tallied four tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack.
• Notched a career-high four tackles for loss and two sacks, including a strip-sack, against Illinois.
• Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, Senior Bowl Co-Defensive Player of the Week, Bednarik Award Player of the Week and Bronko Nagurski Trophy Player of the Week honors following the Illinois game.
• Had three tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against UCLA.
• At USC, recorded a solo sack among 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Collected two sacks and four tackles vs. Ohio State.
• He notched six tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks and a forced fumble against Washington. He had two tackles for loss, including a strip-sack, in the first quarter.

Tyler Warren · Sr….