UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State redshirt senior punter Barney Amor was tabbed Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday. Amor dropped four punts inside the 20, including three inside the 10, to help No. 10 Penn State to a 17-7 win over Northwestern on Saturday.
Amor picked up his first career Big Ten weekly honor. Penn State's last Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week was Jordan Stout on November 22, 2022.
Barney Amor · R-Sr. · P · 6-1 · 192 · Doylestown, Pa. · Central Bucks South
- Is a member of the Ray Guy Award watch list.
- Earned Ray Guy Great 8 honors on September 12, following the Ohio game.
- Amor was awarded a scholarship during preseason camp.
- Amor placed four punts inside the 20 against Northwestern, including three punts inside the 10.
- Amor landed punts at the 7-, 4- and 8-yard lines.
- The redshirt senior has placed 14 of his 23 punts inside the 20 this season and 12 of his 23 punts inside the 10.
- Amor leads the country in both percentage of punts inside the 20 (61 percent) and inside the 10 (52.2 percent).
- He paces the nation in total punts inside the 10 (12) and is tied fourth in total punts inside the 20 (14).
- Amor ranks 25th in the FBS and fifth in the Big Ten with a 44.7 punt average.
- He's hit seven punts of 50+ yards this season.
- Penn State sits 14th in the country in net punting (42.6).
- Against Purdue, Amor set a career high with eight punt attempts, including a 52-yard punt and three punts inside the 20 (two inside the 10).
- He landed two punts inside the 20 and hit two punts of 50+ yards in the win over Ohio.
- Amor placed two punts inside the 20 at Auburn and three inside the 10 against Central Michigan, adding a 51-yard punt against the Chippewas.
No. 10 Penn State travels to No. 4 Michigan on Saturday, October 15. Kickoff time and TV designations are to be determined.
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