Special Teams
Grade: A-
Penn State punter [autotag]Barney Amor[/autotag] is quickly becoming a key player for the Nittany Lions. After a stellar performance in Week 1, Amor was only needed for three punt against Ohio and he nailed each one of them. Amor averaged 49 yards per punt and pinned two punt inside the Ohio 20-yard line. One was downed inside the two-yard line and led to safety by the Penn State defense in the first half. Ohio didn’t attempt to return any of Amor’s punts.Parker Washington broke loose for a 30-yard punt return on one of his four returns for 46 yards. Nick Singleton had 40 return yards on a pair of kickoff returns.
Kicker [autotag]Jake Pinegar[/autotag] missed a 42-yard field goal attempt but converted a shorter 25-yarder. Pinegar’s accuracy from farther out is to be monitored moving forward.
Kickoffs were once again split between [autotag]Gabe Nwosu[/autotag] and [autotag]Sander Sahaydak[/autotag]. Nwosu had a slight edge with two touchbacks on his four attempts (Sahaydak had none). Ohio kick returners could only manage a high of 18 yards on a return (two returns for 18 yards, one for 17 yards).
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