Penn State tight end Tyler Warren wins Big Ten, AP player of the week honors
Penn State tight end Tyler Warren’s record-setting day in a 33-30 win over USC is being recognized by the Big Ten Conference and The Associated Press. The senior from Virginia is the league’s co-offensive player of the week with Oregon QB Dillion Gabriel and the media organization’s national player of the week. It comes as hardly a surprise after the Nittany Lion did everything but drive the team’s bus to LA Memorial Coliseum before the game and fly the plane home afterward.
On the field, he became the first Penn State tight end to record 200-plus receiving yards in one game as he finished with 224, which is obviously a school record at the position and also a new Big Ten one. He racked those up on 17 catches, which tied a Big Ten and FBS mark for the most in a single game by a tight end while setting the Nittany Lions’ record in that category. And, he also threw a pass for nine yards and rushed once for four yards.
“I’ve been talking about him being the best tight end in college football, but the reality is, he’s now part of a conversation of one of the best players in all of college football,” Lions coach James Franklin said.
The most memorable part of Warren’s day saw him snap it to Beau Pribula, who threw it backward to Drew Allar, who then chucked it deep to the Penn State tight end, who caught it over a USC defender for a touchdown. It was the No. 5 play on the nightly ‘SportsCenter’ top 10 countdown.
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Warren’s is having a massive final season at Penn State so far
Warren, as he is wont to do, downplayed his oversized effort in the sixth win of the season for Penn State. Instead, he pointed to all that his teammates did throughout the comeback and eventual triumph in Los Angeles.
“I think the game we play, there’s 11 guys on the field at a time,” Warrens said. “And, you know, one guy usually will make a play, but there’s so many things that go into it. And you know, 10 of the guys that had to do something for that one guy to make a play. So that’s just kind of why I love football. It takes your team, it takes the guys around you, and that’s something I really enjoy about the game.”
Anyone paying attention, though, knows it is Warren who makes the other 10 successful more often than not. So far this season, he has a team-high 40 receptions for 513 yards and four scores. He’s also carried five times and has a rushing score, has handed the ball off as a wildcat quarterback, and threw two passes so far for 26 yards and a score. He can do it all, and Penn State will continue to lean on him moving forward.
