Jeremy Boone
Penn State Nittany Lions – No. 41 | |
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Position | Punter |
Class | Senior |
Major | Elementary Education |
Personal information | |
Born: | September 15, 1986 |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 184 lb (83 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Mechanicsburg Area Senior HS, (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Jeremy Allen Boone (born September 15, 1986) is a collegiate
Early years
Boone was a three-sport athlete at
College career
Arriving at
Boone became the starter in 2007, punting 59 times for an average of 43 yards-per-punt for the season—the third-best season for a punter in Penn State history.[1] He led the conference in punting that season and named first-team All-Big Ten. He was also earned Academic All-Big Ten and Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars honors.[1]
He began the 2008 season on the Athlon Sports[2] and College Football News[3] pre-season All-Big Ten lists. He would again average 43 yards-per-punt and lead the conference in punting,[4] earning honorable mention All-Big Ten honors[5] and was named an ESPN The Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-District and Academic All-Big Ten.[6] Boone had 15 punts inside the 20 yard line in 2008, but only had 39 total kicks that season, which was too few to qualify for him national ranking.[7] He was an inaugural recipient of a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award for the 2008-09 academic year.[8]
Boone continued with strong performances in 2009. After 5 games, he led the Big Ten with a 48.8-yard average on 15 punts, with seven landing inside the 20 yard line. He led all conference punters by more than three yards per punt. These statistics would rank him #2 in the nation, but he did not meet the NCAA's 3.6 punts per game minimum to be considered. He was named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance in week 5 versus Illinois[9]
Personal
Boone is one of the Nittany Lions' most
References
- ^ a b c d e f "41: Jeremy Boone". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. Archived from the original on 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ "Evans Named To Athlon Pre-Season All-America Team". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2008-05-20. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
- ^ "2008 Big Ten Preview CFN All-Big Ten Team". College Football News. 2008-07-31. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
- ^ a b c "Boone Selected to Attend NCAA National Student-Athlete Leadership Conference". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2009-05-15. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ "Big Ten Announces 2008 Football All-Conference Teams And Individual Honors". Big Ten Conference. 2008-11-24. Archived from the original on 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ ."2008 Academic All-District Football Team" (PDF). College Sports Information Directors of America. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2008-11-26.
- ^ Musselman, Ron (2009-09-14). "Penn State: Punter on track to set records". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ "More than 60 Nittany Lions among first Big Ten Distinguished Scholars". The Pennsylvania State University. 2009-07-20. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Boone Earns Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week Accolades". Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics. 2009-10-04.