Nick Singleton & Jake Pinegar earn Big Ten weekly honors
Two Penn State Nittany Lions have earned Big Ten weekly honors for their performances in the program's 30-0 win over the Maryland Terrapins on Saturday afternoon.
Nick Singleton earned his third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor for totaling 122 rushing yards and two touchdowns over 11 carries against the Terrapins. He now has totaled 801 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season.
"I think whenever you have people whether it's at wideout or running back or tight end or whatever it is on the offside of the ball that scares people, it impacts the defense and it impacts the defensive coordinator," Penn State head coach James Franklin said on the impact of having Singleton as part of the offense this season. "Because they know you make a mistake and it could go for 50, it could go for 60 at any point and that has really helped our offense this year. I really believe that"
Jake Pinegar, on the other hand, earned his first career Big Ten weekly honor for going three-for-three against the Terrapins. The Ankeny (IA) native hit field goals from 50, 46, and 21 yards in the game. The redshirt senior has now made 11-of-13 field goal attempts on the season including 4-of-5 between 40-49 yards and 2-of-2 from 50 yards. He's also hit each of his last eight field goals after starting the season 3-for-5 over the course of the Nittany Lions' first four games.
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