CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Is number one on the career extra points list (190), fourth in field goals (49), fourth in field goal attempts (67), and seventh in field goal percentage (73.1)...Is second on the all-time scoring list with 337 points...Is just the third Nittany Lion in program history to reach 300 career points.
Season: 2019: Finished sixth at PSU in extra points made with 56. 2018: Became the first Nittany Lion freshman and 13th player overall (15th occasion) to score 100 points in a season...Broke the Penn State freshman scoring record with 101 points, topping the previous mark of 99 by Kevin Kelly in 2005...53 extra points made is seventh all-time at PSU...Ranks No. 14 in a season with 101 points.
Game: Tied the Penn State record for extra points and extra point attempts in a game with 10 against Idaho (8/31/19)...Equaled the mark set by Charles Atherton vs. Gettysburg (1894) and Travis Forney vs. Akron (1999).
Bowl: 2021: Made a 43-yard field goal against Arkansas in the Outback Bowl, tying for the seventh longest field goal in program bowl history, matching the marks of Brett Conway in the 1995 Rose Bowl and Travis Forney in the 1999 Outback Bowl. 2019: Converted a 45-yard field goal in the Cotton Bowl vs. Memphis (12/28/19), tied for the third-longest field goal in program bowl history, matching Sam Ficken in the 2014 Pinstripe Bowl and Nick Gancitano in the 1983 Sugar Bowl.
2022 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors...Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by the media. Weekly: Named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week (Maryland, 11/12).
Season: Started 12 games as Penn State's placekicker and has also shared duties on kickoffs...Has connected on 12-of-14 field goal attempts, with a long kick of 50 yards...Named the coaching staff's Special Teams Player of the Game three times (Auburn, 9/17; Indiana, 11/5; Maryland, 11/12).
at Purdue (9/1): Connected on all five extra points. Ohio (9/10): Made a 25-yard field goal and converted on 5-of-6 extra points. at Auburn (9/17): Converted on two field goals, making kicks of 48 and 22 yards...Also connected on all five extra points. Central Michigan (9/24): Made three extra points...Kicked off four times, tallying three touchbacks. Northwestern (10/1): Converted on a 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter...Made both extra point attempts. at Michigan (10/15): Was perfect on the day, knocking through two extra points and one field goal... Also kicked off three times and averaged 61 yards per kick. Minnesota (10/22): Knocked through all six extra point attempts... Added a 41-yard field goal...Kicked off six times and averaged 65 yards per kick with four touchbacks. Ohio State (10/29): Drilled all four extra point attempts...Also connected on a 44-yard field goal. at Indiana (11/5): Connected on a career-long 50-yard field goal...Knocked in all six of his extra point attempts...Six of his seven kickoffs went for touchbacks while dealing with windy conditions. Maryland (11/12): Drilled three field goals in a game for the first time since Nov. 14, 2020 at Nebraska...Converted one from 50, one from 46, one from 21...Nailed a career long-tying 50-yarder for the second-straight week...Knocked through all three extra point attempts. at Rutgers (11/19): Drilled a 22-yard field goal attempt and six extra points. Michigan State (11/26): Connected on all five extra point attempts.
2021 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Redshirt season...Appeared in two games...Converted on a 43-yard field goal...Graduated in May 2022 with a degree in health policy and administration.
at Michigan State (11/27): Converted on an extra-point attempt. vs. Arkansas (1/1): Made a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter...Was successful on an extra-point attempt.
2020 • TRUE JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Postseason: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Preseason: Named to the Lou Groza Award Watch List.
Season: Appeared in all nine games as Penn State's primary kicker...Was 9-for-13 from field goal range...Converted 27 of 28 extra point attempts...Accounted for 54 points on the season...Named the Coaching Staff's Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Rutgers (12/5).
at Indiana (10/24): Converted all five extra point attempts. Ohio State (10/31): Hit a 31-yard field goal in the first quarter...Converted his only extra point attempt. Maryland (11/7): Converted his only extra point attempt. at Nebraska (11/14): Matched a career best with three field goals made...Hit field goals of 33, 40 and 27 yards...Converted both extra point attempts. Iowa (11/21): Converted on an extra point. at Michigan (11/28): Hit field goals of 22 and 33 yards...Converted all three extra point attempts. at Rutgers (12/5): Hit field goals from 27 and 30 yards...Converted both extra point attempts. Michigan State (12/12): Connected on a 24-yard field goal...Made all four extra point attempts. Illinois (12/19): Went 8-for-8 on extra points.
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Selected All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches and media.
Season: Appeared in 13 games.
Idaho (8/31): Hit two field goals, connecting from 28 and 38 yards...Converted all 10 extra point attempts...Tied the Penn State record for extra points and extra point attempts in a game with 10... Equaled the mark set by Charles Atherton vs. Gettysburg (1894) and Travis Forney vs. Akron (1999). Buffalo (9/7): Converted a 32-yard field goal in the fourth quarter...Hit all six extra point attempts. Pittsburgh (9/14): Hit both extra point attempts. at Maryland (9/27): Converted all eight extra point attempts...Hit a 21-yard field goal to end the first half...Accounted for 11 points, earning his fourth career game accounting for 10 or more points. Purdue (10/5): Converted all five extra point attempts. at Iowa (10/12): Hit both extra point attempts...Made a 33-yard field goal in the third quarter. Michigan (10/19): Converted all four extra point attempts. at Michigan State (10/26): Connected on two extra point attempts. at Minnesota (11/9): Hit both field goal attempts, converting from 33 and 21 yards...Connected on both extra point attempts. Indiana (11/16): Converted a season-long 47-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 27-yard field goal in the second quarter...Hit all four extra point attempts...Named the coaching staff's Special Teams Player of the Week. at Ohio State (11/23): Converted a 42-yard field goal in the third quarter...Hit both of his extra point attempts. Rutgers (11/30): Connected on three extra point attempts. vs. Memphis (12/28): Converted all six extra point attempts...Hit a 45-yard field goal in the third quarter, tied for the third-longest field goal in program bowl history, matching Sam Ficken in the 2014 Pinstripe Bowl and Nick Gancitano in the 1983 Sugar Bowl.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Made 13 starts as placekicker...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance...One of 20 players to make their first career start.
Rankings: Led the Big Ten in total points (101)...Ranked No. 2 in the conference in scoring average (7.8).
Appalachian State (9/1): Earned first career start...Connected on only field goal attempt, a 32-yard kick in the second quarter...Hit all six extra point attempts...Named the coaching staff’s Special Teams Player of the Week. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Made all seven extra point attempts. Kent State (9/15): Converted all nine extra point attempts. at Illinois (9/21): Made all nine extra point attempts. Ohio State (9/29): Connected on two field goals, hitting from 34 and 39 yards...Hit both extra point attempts. Michigan State (10/13): Hit both extra point attempts...Converted a 20-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. at Indiana (10/20): Made both field goal attempts, converting 27- and 32-yard kicks...Made three extra points. Iowa (10/27): Made a career-best three field goals, converting 45-, 49- and 44-yard kicks...Became the first PSU kicker since Sam Ficken vs. Maryland in 2014 to hit three field goals of 40 or more yards and hit the longest field goal since Ficken connected on a 50-yarder vs. Temple in 2014...Made a career-long 49-yard field goal in the third quarter...Converted all three extra point attempts...Named the coaching staff’s Special Teams Player of the Week. at Michigan (11/3): Converted only extra point attempt. Wisconsin (11/10): Matched a career high with three field goals...Connected from 49-, 42- and 23-yard field goals...Tied a career high with a 49-yard field goal in the first quarter...Attempted five field goals, a career best, and converted one extra point attempt. at Rutgers (11/17): Converted both field goal attempts, hitting 22- and 19-yard attempts...Hit both extra point attempts. Maryland (11/24): Hit a 25-yard field goal...Converted all five extra point attempts...Made a tackle on kickoff coverage...Named the coaching staff’s Special Teams Player of the Week. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Hit a 32-yard field goal...Converted all three extra-point attempts.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterman for co-head coaches Ryan and Jerry Pezzetti at Ankeny Centennial High School...Guided the Jaguars to three district championships, including a 10-3 mark as a senior and 10-2 record as a junior...Selected Elite first team in 2017...Garnered USA Today’s All-USA Iowa Football Team honorable-mention accolades as a senior...Was an all-state honoree as a defensive back in 2016...Was second in the state in interceptions in 2016 in Class 4A...Two-time first-team all-district selection...Named District 2 MVP in 2016...Invited to the River Battle Bowl...Connected on 9-of-13 field goal attempts, including two makes from 60 yards, and had 37 kickoffs for 2,200 yards as a senior...Registered five interceptions and had 22 kickoffs for 1,200 yards as a junior...Had 16 tackles, two touchdowns and three interceptions as a sophomore...Holds the school record for interceptions in a season and in a career...Rated as a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN and a two-star prospect by Rivals...Is the No. 2 kicker and No. 9 prospect in Iowa by 247Sports...Ranked as the No. 8 kicker, No. 3 prospect in Iowa and No. 75 player in the region by ESPN...Rated as a five-star kicker and the No. 9 recruit by Kohl’s Professional Camps...Lettered three times in both soccer and track & field...Owns the school record in the long jump (21-7) and high jump (6-2)...Was a Drake Relay champion in the 4x100 shuttle hurdles in 2017...Three-time all-conference player in soccer.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jake E. Pinegar...Son of Julie and Scott Pinegar...Has one brother, Hunter...Brother, Hunter, is a punter at Sam Houston State...Uncle played baseball at Iowa State University...Volunteered with the Miracle League...Earned his degree in health policy and administration and is working on a second major in media studies.