Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Penn State Football

Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr. Named Bednarik Award Defensive Player of the Week

Penn State CB Joey Porter Jr.
Photo by Penn State Athletics: Joey Porter Jr.

Joey Porter Jr. played like a first-round draft pick Thursday night at Purdue, and the Bednarik Award rewarded him with the Bednarik Award National Defensive Player of the Week.ย 

In Penn State’s season opener,ย Porterย finished with a team-high eight tackles, broke up three passes– two in the fourth quarter– and, according to Pro Football Focus, forced six incompletions, which tied for the most by a Power Five cornerback since PFF began tracking college football in 2014.ย 

Purdue targeted Porter 14 times but held his ground and impressed one Skip Bayless.

“Just watched Penn State’s Joey Porter dominate,” Bayless wrote.

ย Bayless then pushed for his favorite team, the Dallas Cowboys, to draft Porter and reunite him with former Penn State teammate Micah Parsons, who now is an NFL star for the Cowboys.ย 

Parsons is also part of a weekly segment on FS1’s “Undisputed,” a show which Bayless co-hosts with Shannon Sharpe.

“How the Cowboys could use him opposite Trevon Diggs at corner,” Bayless tweeted. “Heck, some games, in place of Diggs.”

Get NSN in your Inbox

Enter your email address to get notifications of new posts by email.

More from Nittany Sports Now

Penn State Football

0 The worst moment of Brandon Shortโ€™s life will always be with him. But as Richard Norton once said: “The great challenge in life...

Penn State in the NFL

0 Despite a lackluster recent stretch, Penn State has produced multiple solid NFL wide receivers over the last 15 years. From Allen Robinson to...

Penn State Football Recruiting

0 Penn State recruited defensive man Owen Wafle to join the team for the 2025 season. Itโ€™s now hoping to do the same with...