UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior long snapper Chris Stoll has been named a Burlsworth Trophy nominee. He is one of 88 players nominated from Division 1 (FBS) schools from across the country for the 2021 Burlsworth Trophy.
In the award's twelfth year, the Trophy is named in honor of Brandon Burlsworth, former University of Arkansas Walk-On and All-American offensive lineman. Burlsworth's life is also the subject of a major motion picture, "GREATER", which was released in 2016.
The Burlsworth Trophy is given to the most outstanding football player in American who began his career as a Walk-On and has shown outstanding performance on the field. Each nominee must have begun his first season of participation with FBS (D1) football program without financial aid of any kind from his university's athletic department.
Chris Stoll Notes
· Stoll is in his third season as Penn State's primary long snapper. He's appeared in 29 career games.
· Stoll assists Jordan Stout, who has served as Penn State's kicker, for both field goals and extra points, punter and kickoff specialist in all eight games this season.
· Stout was named Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week after his performance against Illinois, where he hit four punts of 50+ yards and dropped six inside the 20.
· Stout owns Penn State's best career punt average (45.37), leading by 2.24 yards per punt.
· With the assistance from Stoll, Penn State is second in the country in net punting (46.54).
The Burlsworth Trophy award ceremony to honor the three finalists and to announce the 2021 winner will on December 6th at 7:00pm CST at Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas.
For information on joining the Nittany Lion Club and ticket information for the 2021 Penn State Football season presented by PSECU, as well as club seating in Beaver Stadium, fans can visit www.PSUnrivaled.com, or call 1-800-NITTANY weekdays from 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
The 2021 Penn State football season is presented by PSECU.
