Penn State running back Saquon Barkley has won the Paul Hornung Award as the most versatile player in college football.
Barkley ranked second in FBS with an average of 179.5 yards per game this season. He put up 200 or more all-purpose yards in five of the Nittany Lions’ 12 games.
He led Penn State with 1,134 net rushing yards and had 47 receptions, just four fewer than team leader Mike Gesicki.
Barkley also returned two kickoffs for touchdowns, and scored 21 touchdowns overall, the fifth-most in the country.
“In my 22 years of coaching, I have never coached or seen a player who can affect the game the way Saquon Barkley does,” Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said, in a statement released by the school.