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Official account of Penn State Football Strategic Communications.
Joined October 2021
Congratulations to Steve Jones and Jack Ham, broadcasting their 300th Penn State Football game together today.
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James Franklin is the 5th coach to win the Rose, Fiesta, Cotton Bowls, joining Joe Paterno, Penn State; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Mack Brown, Texas; Terry Donahue, UCLA.
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Penn State has become the first team in Rose Bowl history to have an 80+ yard rushing touchdown and 80+ yard receiving TD in the same game.
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Abdul Carter leads all Power Four players with 15.5 tackles for loss.
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From the 1:41 mark of the second quarter (when Illinois had the ball at the Penn State 2-yard line) until the end of the game, the Nittany Lions held Illinois to 39 total yards.
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National team pass breakup leaders:. 1. Penn State - 41.T2. Illinois and Pittsburgh - 25
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Penn State true freshman RB Nicholas Singleton National Rankings:. 50+ Yard Scrimmage Plays: 1st.30+ Yard Runs: 1st .40+ Yard Runs: 1st.50+ Yard Runs: 1st.Yards Per Carry: 1st .40+ Yard Scrimmage Plays: T-1st.Yards Per Game: 10th.Rushing Yards: 14th.Rushing TDs: T-18th
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Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen are the first freshman duo in the history of the Big Ten with 700+ rushing yards each in a season.
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Hear from @AllarDrew as he caught up with @BTrippTweets after yesterday's 46-10 win over Ohio.
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It’s that time of year! First road trip of the season! @caedanw ready to roll!. Wheels up to West Lafayette! ✈️
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Penn State NFL AP Rookies of the Year:. 🏈 Franco Harris (Offense).🏈 Shane Conlan (Defense).🏈 Saquon Barkley (Offense).🏈 Micah Parsons (Defense).
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With today being the last regular-season game in the original Beaver Stadium press box, it was great to celebrate and reflect on the memories. The press box will be removed as part of the Beaver Stadium Revitalization.
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Entering today's slate of games, Penn State leads the country in total defense, holding opponents to 223.3 yards per game. The 223.3 mark currently stands as the lowest in a single season in the FBS since Alabama’s 183.6 in 2011.
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.@coachjfranklin recognizes @JoeJulesinq for his 22 years of service on the @PennStateFball beat. The @outbackbowl will be Joe’s final assignment for the Inquirer before he retires.
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Stat of the Week:. Penn State-Ohio State will be the featured game for ESPN’s College GameDay for the 13th time in the show’s history. It becomes GameDay’s most frequent matchup, breaking a tie with Alabama-LSU. #WeArePennState
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Penn State's National Defensive Ranks:. Pass Breakups: 1st.Passing Efficiency: 2nd.Tackles for Loss: 7th.Red Zone Defense: 7th.Sacks: 9th.Takeaways: 9th.Scoring Defense: 10th.Defensive TDs: 10th.Rushing Defense: 14th.3rd Down Defense: 14th.Total Defense: 18th.
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The start of the second half has been delayed due to a lightning strike in the area. #WeAre.
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Penn State will open the 2023 season against West Virginia with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff on NBC!. 🏈 First season and home opener night game since Sept. 1, 2001 vs. Miami.🏈 First game on NBC since Sept. 16, 2006 at Notre Dame.🏈 First time Beaver Stadium will host a game broadcasted
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Freshman All-America candidate Abdul Carter ⤵️
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The 179 rushing yards for Nicholas Singleton is a Penn State record for a Beaver Stadium debut.
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Game Release for Penn State Football at Purdue. 🗞:
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Barney Amor has knocked 12 of his 23 punts inside the 10 yard line this season, a percentage of 52.2, which leads the nation.
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Penn State did not allow a sack for the 4th time this season. The 4 games without allowing a sack are the most for Penn State since 2011 (5 games).
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Kalen King is tied for the nation's lead in pass breakups [18] with Middle Tennessee's Teldrick Ross.
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Here Comes Singleton, There Goes Singleton 💨
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Congratulations to Pat Principe (34 years on the Penn State football beat) and David Jones (33 years) on your upcoming retirement. We appreciate you!
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Nick Singleton with his 5th rush of 40-plus yards this season. That leads the country. Penn State has 5 rushing TDS. The first time with 5 since the 2019 Cotton Bowl.
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Penn State’s school-record 16 pass breakups at Purdue are the most in the FBS for a single game since 2018, when Tulane had 20 against East Carolina.
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Penn State head coach James Franklin earned win No. 💯 on Saturday.
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PSU Nationally on Defense . Pass Breakups: 1st.Fumble Recoveries: T-3rd.Rushing: 5th.Pass Efficiency: 8th.Takeaways: T-9th.Red Zone: T-11th.Scoring: T-14th
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Nicholas Singleton reaches 3,000 all-purpose yards for his career.
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Nicholas Singleton tied the nation's lead in 2022 for 80+ yard runs [2]. He led the Big Ten in 30+ yard runs [9; 3rd nationally] and 40+ yard runs [7; 3rd], and tied for second in 50+ yard runs [4; T-4th], 60+ yard runs [2; T-9th] and 20+ yard runs [12; T-18th].
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4 Penn Staters are starting in tonight's NFL opener. Buffalo: DaQuan Jones, Ryan Bates.L.A.: Allen Robinson III, Nick Scott.
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A semifinalist for @MaxwellFootball's Shaun Alexander National Freshman of the Year Award, LB Abdul Carter is tied for the nation’s lead in freshman sacks [6.5] and tackles for loss [10.5]. He leads all Power Five freshmen in tackles for loss.
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With three touchdown passes in the second quarter, Drew Allar became the first PSU QB with three touchdown passes in a quarter since Trace McSorley against Michigan State in 2016 (third quarter). #WeAre
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Nick Singleton (2,221 yards) and Kaytron Allen (2,058 yards) are the second set of Penn State teammates to each have 2,000 career rushing yards, joining Lydell Mitchell (1969-71; 2,934 yds.) and Franco Harris (1969-71; 2,002 yds.).
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🎥 The Announcement.
Chris Stoll, who has appeared in 46 career games, serves as a team captain and is in his fourth season as Penn State’s primary long snapper, wins the Patrick Mannelly Award.
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Fashanu is the 102nd first-team All-American in Penn State Football's 137-year history. He earns first-team All-America accolades for the first time in his career after collecting second-team honors from the Walter Camp Football Foundation in 2022. He is Penn State's first OL.
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Site visit completed in Pasadena. We will be back later this month 🌹
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Since 2000, Penn State and TCU (2017 vs. Jackson State and Kansas) are the only FBS schools to hold multiple opponents to 76 total yards or fewer in a single season. Penn State is the only team to do so against 2 conference opponents. The Nittany Lions have held 2 opponents
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Mackey Award Winner ➡️ Tyler Warren. 🏈 Holds PSU TE season and career records for Rec and Rec Yds and career record for Rec TD.🏈 Set B1G TE records with 88 rec, 1,062 rec yds this season.🏈 1st among P4 TE in Rec, Rec Yds, Rec Yds/Game, Yds/Reception, Rush TD and Total TD. ➡️
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With a TD each from Tyler Warren & Theo Johnson against MSU, PSU’s 15 receiving touchdowns by tight ends this season are the most among FBS teams. The Nittany Lions have five games this season with receiving touchdowns by multiple tight ends. PSU's All-Time Tight End TD Leaders
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Singleton's 87-yard run is the 2nd longest run in bowl game in school history.
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Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week ➡️ @1NCRDB1 . 🏈 4 TFL, 2 sacks, 1 FF, 1 PBU vs Illinois .🏈 Set career high with 4 TFL and went over 20 career TFL.🏈 1st PSU player with 4 TFL in a game since Yetur Gross-Matos vs. Iowa in 2018. ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Chris Stoll, who has appeared in 46 career games, serves as a team captain and is in his fourth season as Penn State’s primary long snapper, wins the Patrick Mannelly Award.
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Over 100 media and production team members were in attendance at 2023 Penn State Football Local Media Day on Sunday 🗣️🎙️🏈
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Lombardi Award Semifinalist ➡️ @1NCRDB1 . 🏈 34 TT, 11.5 TFL, 6 SK, 1 FF in 2024 .🏈 6th among P4 DL in TFL, 9th in SK.🏈 2nd among B1G DL in TFL, SK. ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Abdul Carter in 2022 ⤵️. 🏈 Joined Deion Barnes as the only PSU freshmen to record 10+ TFLs and 6+ sacks in a season. 🏈1 of 8 LBs (10 instances) to put up 10+ TFLs and 6+ sacks in a season at PSU. 🏈 1st PSU LB since Dan Connor to reach the 10+ TFL, 6+ sack milestone.
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Ji'Ayir Brown finished 2021 tied for the nation's lead with 6 interceptions. His 6 interceptions in a single season are tied for 10th at Penn State and the most by a PSU player since Anthony Scirrotto (6 interceptions in 2006). Brown's Complete Bio:
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Penn State has forced 11 turnovers in the last three games, the most in any three-game stretch since forcing 13 in 1996 (five vs. Northwestern, five vs. Michigan, three vs. Michigan State).
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Stat Update: Jordan van den Berg has been credited with a sack against Auburn. Penn State now had 7 sacks as a team against the Tigers, the most in a game since 2019 vs. Purdue (10).
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Johnny Dixon in 2022 led all Big Ten cornerbacks in sacks (3), while finishing tied for sixth overall in pass breakups (10).
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Since 1960, Penn State has had 11 seasons with 17 players catching at least one pass. The Nittany Lions had 17 pass catchers in the Ohio game.
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With his TD catch in the first quarter, Tyler Warren ties Pat Freiermuth (16; 2018-20) for first all-time in tight end touchdown receptions. He passes Terry Smith (1988-91), Joe Jurevicius (1994-97) and Mike Gesicki, TE (2014-17) to move into a tie for 9th all-time at PSU for
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Stat of the Week:. Penn State has won 32 games over the last three seasons (2022, 2023, 2024), marking the fourth time that PSU has won 32+ games over a three-year span, joining 1971-73, 1972-74 and 1994-96. #WeAre
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1st-Team All-Big Ten defensive linemen the last 2 seasons:. 1) Penn State - 3.2) Iowa - 2.3) 4 Others - 1
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Notables Attending Penn State’s Pro Day Today:. Brian Gutekunst.Mike McCarthy.Dan Quinn.John Lynch.Jon Robinson.Eric DeCosta.Brian Flores.Tom Donahoe.DeOn'tae Pannell (Letterman).
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Before an interception on his 29th pass attempt of the game, QB Drew Allar tallied 311 passing attempts without an interception to start his career. Allar’s 311 pass attempts without an interception to start his career is an FBS record, bettering Baylor’s Robert Griffin III’s 209
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Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week ➡️ Tyler Warren. 🏈 Paul Hornung Award finalist, Mackey Award/Walter Camp POY semifinalist.🏈 127 rec yds, 63 rush yds, 2 TD at Purdue.🏈 Leads FBS TE in rushing TD, total TD this season . ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Sean Clifford passed Christian Hackenberg for 2nd place on Penn State's career passing yardage list on the 26-yard pass to Parker Washington.
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Parker Washington's 100 combined catches in his first 2 seasons are the 2nd-most ever at Penn State, trailing only DaeSean Hamilton (127 combined in '14 and '15). Washington is 18th in PSU history in catches and 22nd in yards (1,310). Washington's Bio:
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Big Ten Freshman of the Week ➡️ @RyanBarker111 . 🏈 GW 36 yd field goal in OT vs USC.🏈 4-4 on FG, 3-3 PAT.🏈 1st PSU K with 4+ FG in a game since 2016 (Tyler Davis at Rutgers). ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Dani Dennis-Sutton tallied a career-high 2 sacks and added a pass breakup in yesterday's win. Dennis-Sutton has at least one sack in back-to-back games.
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With last night's Land-Grant Trophy win, Penn State is one of 10 FBS teams with at least 10 wins in at least 5 of the last 8 seasons, joining Alabama, Boise State, Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Washington.
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With a forced fumble (resulting in a takeaway) and an interception against Auburn, Ji'Ayir Brown has now had a hand in 10 career takeaways as a Nittany Lion (7 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, 1 forced fumble).
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Penn State's Defense National Ranks Following Saturday:. Pass Breakups: 1st.Passing Efficiency: 6th.Red Zone: 8th.Tackles For Loss: 14th.Sacks: 16th.Scoring: 16th.3rd Down: 22nd.Takeaways: 25th
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Penn State averaged 107,379 fans in seven games at Beaver Stadium this season, marking the fifth-highest average attendance in program history and the highest mark since 2008 (108,254).
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· TE Tyler Warren set a Penn State and Big Ten tight end record with 224 receiving yards (on 17 catches). · Warren joins Northwestern’s Jon Harvey (208 yards vs. Michigan, 1982) as the only Big Ten tight ends to go over 200 receiving yards in a game. · Warren’s 17 receptions
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This marks the first time PSU has had two all-American corners in the same season. Fashanu is Penn State's first All-American offensive lineman since John Urschel in 2013.
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Stat of the Week:. Tyler Warren leads all FBS tight ends with 51 receptions in conference games this season. His 51 receptions are 15 more than any other Power Four TE in conference games this year. ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Stat of the Week:. After Saturday’s win over Minnesota, Penn State has won 10 games and five road games in the same season for the ninth time in program history. #WeAre
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Nicholas Singleton at the @MaxwellFootball press conference in Atlantic City:. “I’m focused on my team at Penn State. I want to achieve our goal of winning Big Ten Championships, competing for national titles and getting a great education from a great University.”
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QB Sean Clifford completed 23-of-31 passes for 295 yards and 4 touchdowns on Saturday. He became the career completions leader at Penn State, passing Trace McSorley (720; 2015-18) for the all-time record. Clifford has 722 career completions.
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In his two combined starts against Auburn (2021 and 2022), Sean Clifford went 42-of-51 for 458 yards. With the 178 yards passing yesterday, Clifford passed Christian Hackenberg (8,457; 2013-15) for second all-time at Penn State. He now owns 8,512 career yards.
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Newest Nittany Lion ➡️ @MattHend2025. 🏈 4-star prospect by ESPN, On3, Rivals.🏈 No. 15 TE/No. 6 in VA by On3.🏈 48 rec, 724 yds, 8 TD as a senior. ➡️ #WeAre
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With 2 punts inside the 20 and 1 inside the 10 against Auburn, Barney Amor now has knocked 7 punts inside the 20 and 5 inside the 10 in 2022. He is 2nd in the B1G and 11th nationally in punting average (46.5). PSU is 4th in the B1G and 11th nationally in net punting (43.6).
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With Carolina's selection of @brand0n_smith12, Linebacker U has had 70 LBs selected in the NFL Draft, the most of any school.
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Newest Nittany Lion ➡️ @williams_jven. 🏈 5 star prospect by On3, 247Sports.🏈 Consensus top prospect in PA.🏈 No. 1 IOL in class by On3. ➡️ #WeAre #PSUSigningDay
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Penn State's Big Ten rankings on defense:. ✅ TFLs - 1st.✅ Takeaways - 2nd.✅ Red Zone - 2nd.✅ Sacks - 4th.✅ Passing Efficiency - 4th
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Kaytron Allen (137) and Nicholas Singleton (118) both went over 100 rushing yards against MSU. PSU had 2 players with over 100 rushing yards in a game for the first time since 2019 against Rutgers and it was its first running back duo to do so since Saquon Barkley (195) and Akeel.
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Mackey Award Semifinalist ➡️ Tyler Warren. 🏈 Leads P4 TE in Rec, Rec Yds, Rec Yds/Game and Yds Per Rec (min. 40 catches).🏈 T-2nd all-time among PSU TE with 15 career rec TD.🏈 2nd all-time among PSU TE with 100 career rec, 4th in career rec yds (1,212). ➡️
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Lott IMPACT Trophy Semifinalist ➡️ @1NCRDB1 . 🏈 4 TFL, 2 SK, 1 FF vs Washington.🏈 1st among P4 DL, 3rd in FBS with 15.5 TFL.🏈 11th in FBS, 2nd in B1G with 8 SK. ➡️ #WeArePennState
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Today's honorary captain is Dan Connor. A two-time All-American and the Bednarik Award winner in 2007, Connor graduated as Penn State's all-time tackles. He has returned home to Penn State where he now serves as a Defensive Analyst for the Nittany Lions.
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Great to have @cbfowler @KirkHerbstreit and @sportsiren on the call for the @rosebowlgame tomorrow. TV production meetings are underway with @seancliff14 @KingPJ55 @_Tiig2.
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Davey O’Brien Award Semifinalist ➡️ @AllarDrew . 🏈 1st all-time at PSU with 63.1 completion percentage .🏈 6th all-time at PSU in TD passes (42) and 8th in pass yards (4,981).🏈 7th in FBS in yards per pass attempt (9.46) in 2024. ➡️ #WeArePennState
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