WEEK 2 NEC SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jayson Jenkins, Robert Morris, Punter/Kicker, Gr, 5-11, 180 lbs., Monroeville, PA/Gateway, Last Week's Stats: 6 punts, 253 punting yards, 42.2 yards per punt, 52-yard long, 1 inside-20, 1 TB, 4 kickoffs, 259 k ickoff yards, 64.8 yards per kickoff, 1 TB, 1-1 FG (46 yards)...Jenkins ran it back as the NEC/Atlantic Tomorrow's Office Special Teams Player of the Week after a busy - and impressive - Saturday at Youngstown State. The versatile left-footed kicker/punt er averaged 42.2 yards per punt and 64.8 yards per kickoff after launching the ball 253 and 259 yards, respectively. Registering a 52-yard long punt while placing one inside the 20-yard marker, Jenkins was perfect in his lone field goal attempt, a 46-yar der that went down as a career-best boot for the graduate student.A local product of Monroeville, PA, he became the first NEC player to repeat as the league's Special Teams Player of the Week since LIU's Will Lynch closed out the 2022 campaign wit h back-to-back honors. In addition, Jenkins is the first Robert Morris special teams' member to turn the weekly award trick in consecutive weeks since Dante Satcher accomplished the feat in 2015. On the season, Jenkins, who has converted on each of his t wo field goal attempts, is averaging 41.5 yards per punt to rank fifth in the league. - NEC Football
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