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 vs. Northwestern.
- Converted all six extra point attempts and added a 41-yard field goal against Minnesota.
- He had four extra points and a 44-yard field goal against Ohio State.
- Pinegar hit a career-long 50-yard field goal and made six extra points at Indiana.
Nicholas Singleton · Fr. · RB · 6-0 · 219 · Shillington, Pa. · Governor Mifflin
- Against Maryland, earned his third 100-yard rushing game of the season. He finished the day with 122 rushing yards.
- Singleton scored on a 45-yard run in the first quarter and a 27-yard run in the second quarter. The two scores give him 10 career touchdown rushes, breaking a tie with Kaytron Allen and Noah Cain (8; 2009) for the Penn State freshman record.
- Singleton's 45-yard rush was his sixth run of 40+ yards this season and his fourth touchdown rush of 40+ yards.
- Singleton averaged 11.1 yards per carry. It was his third game averaging more than 10 yards per carry this season (Ohio, 17.9; Auburn, 12.4; Maryland, 11.1).
- On his 45-yard touchdown run, Singleton surpassed the 1,000 career all-purpose yards mark. He now has 1,061 career all-purpose yards.
- Singleton ranks second in the FBS with both seven rushing touchdowns of 10+ yards and six rushing touchdowns of 20+ yards.
- Through 10 games, Singleton has 801 yards, averaging 80.1 per game and 6.51 per carry.
- Singleton ranks 11th in the country and first among FBS freshmen in yards per carry.
- The freshman is tied first in the FBS with six 40+ yard runs and tied fourth in the FBS with seven 30+ yard runs and three 50+ yard runs. Four of his six 40+ yard runs have gone for touchdowns.
- Singleton ranks fourth among FBS freshmen and ranks 45th in the FBS with 80.1 rushing yards per game.
- Singleton holds third among FBS freshmen with 10 rushing touchdowns.
- Singleton is averaging 106.1 all-purpose yards per game, ranking 55th in the nation and second among FBS freshmen.
- Since 2000, Singleton has the second-most rushing yards by a Penn State freshman in a season (801), trailing only Saquon Barkley (1,076; 2015).
- With Singleton and Kaytron Allen, Penn State is the only FBS school with two true freshman who have rushed for 100 yards in a game this season.
- Penn State is also the only school with two players (Allen, Singleton) with 600+ rushing yards and 8+ rushing touchdowns this season.
- Since 2000, Allen and Singleton are two of 12 Penn State players (13 occasions) with 600+ rushing yards and 8+ rushing touchdowns in a season.
- Allen and Singleton are combining to average 143.2 rushing yards per game. They rank 24th among FBS running back duos, 17th among Power Five running back duos and first among freshmen duos.
- The Allen-Singleton duo is averaging more rushing yards per game than 56 FBS teams (six Big Ten teams).
No. 11/12 Penn State travels to Rutgers on Saturday. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at SHI Stadium with a broadcast on Big ten Network.
The Nittany Lions return to Beaver Stadium next Saturday, November 26, to host Michigan State on Senior Day. Kickoff time and broadcast details are to be determined.
The 2022 Penn State football season is presented by PSECU.