PISCATAWAY, N.J. (Sept. 13, 2021) – After posting career bests with a 52.2 average and 51.7 net in the win at Syracuse, Rutgers football punter Adam Korsak earned Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday. The Scarlet Knights rank second nationally with a net punt of 50.7 through two weeks.
Korsak pinned 5-of-6 attempts inside the 20 at the Carrier Dome with four attempts of at least 50 yards. That included a 69-yarder, seventh-longest in program history, that settled at the 1. RU registered a net advantage of 28.3 yards over the Orange in the punt game.
The Aussie holds three of the top-five best punting average seasons in school history, resetting the Rutgers net punt season record the three previous years. He is averaging 43.6 yards per punt, second in the RU record book, on 208 career attempts. Korsak has booted 36 at least 50 yards, 10 of 60 or more yards, and pinned 83 inside the 20 with only five touchbacks (2.3 percent).
A four-time member of the Ray Guy Award watch list, Korsak claimed national punter of the week following the win over Temple. He is fourth nationally with a 50.2 average so far in 2021.
Rutgers (2-0) returns home to host Delaware on Saturday at SHI Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network and the RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network.
Korsak pinned 5-of-6 attempts inside the 20 at the Carrier Dome with four attempts of at least 50 yards. That included a 69-yarder, seventh-longest in program history, that settled at the 1. RU registered a net advantage of 28.3 yards over the Orange in the punt game.
The Aussie holds three of the top-five best punting average seasons in school history, resetting the Rutgers net punt season record the three previous years. He is averaging 43.6 yards per punt, second in the RU record book, on 208 career attempts. Korsak has booted 36 at least 50 yards, 10 of 60 or more yards, and pinned 83 inside the 20 with only five touchbacks (2.3 percent).
A four-time member of the Ray Guy Award watch list, Korsak claimed national punter of the week following the win over Temple. He is fourth nationally with a 50.2 average so far in 2021.
Rutgers (2-0) returns home to host Delaware on Saturday at SHI Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on Big Ten Network and the RWJBarnabas Health Rutgers Sports Network.