CAREER HONORS
- 2022 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
- 2022 Academic All-Big Ten selection.
- 2022 James H. Kehoe Terp Award recipient
- 2021 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
- Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020-21; 2021-22)
As a Senior (2022): Placed a punt inside the 20-yard line at Penn State (11/12)... Pinned two punts inside the 20 at Indiana (10/15), including one on the two-yard line
As a Junior (2021): Appeared in 12 of 13 games with seven starts at punter ... Punted 28 times for 1,232 yards for an average of 44.0 yards per punt ... Pinned 11 punts inside the 20 yards and booted 10 over 50 yards with a long of 56 ... Third all-time in career punting average (42.4 yards) ... Placed a season-best three punts inside the 20 yard line at #8 Michigan State (11/13) ... Punted six times for a career-high 242 yards vs. #22 Penn State (11/6) including two punts over 50 yards and two pinned inside the 20 ... Tallied a 53-yard punt and 52-yard punt at Minnesota (10/23) Booted two 56-yard punts in game at #7 Ohio State (10/9) to give him highest single-game average of career ... Totaled three punts for 137 yards (45.7 yards), including a 53-yard punt and one placed inside the five-yard line vs. #5 Iowa (10/1) ... Punted three times for 140 yards, including a 56-yard boot vs. Kent State (9/25) ... Averaged a career-high 49.0 yards per punt in win at Illinois (9/17), booting four balls for 196 yards, two over 50 yards and pinning two inside the 20
As a Sophomore (2020): Appeared in all five games with four starts ... Totaled 15 punts for 631 yards on an average of 42.1 yards per punt ... Posted a long punt of 55 and pinned eight punts inside the 20-yard line ...
Had phenomenal game vs. Rutgers (12/12), averaging 45.2 yards per punt with a long of 49 and pinning three inside the 20; accumulated 181 yards on four punts ...
Set career-high in punting average (48.33), as part of three punt, 145 yard performance that included a 55-yard punt vs #12 Indiana (11/28) ... Punted six times for 224 yards, pinning four crucial punts inside the 20 in win over Penn State (11/7)
As a Freshman (2019): Appeared in 11 of 12 games with six starts at punter, missing only the game vs. #21 Syracuse (9/7) ... Tallied 32 punts for 1,320 yards (41.25 average), placing eight inside the 20, five over 50 yards with a long of 62 and 13 fair catches ... Punted four times for 138 yards vs. #14 Michigan (11/2) ... Averaged 42 yards a punt on three attempts with a long of 48 vs. Indiana (10/19) ... Booted a 63-yard punt as part of five kick, 202 yard day at Purdue (10/12) ... On three punts at Rutgers (10/5), averaged 44.67 yards per punt with a 51 yard boot ... Had career day at Temple (9/14), tallying five punts for 238 yards with a season-best average of 47.60 yards and a long of 56 ... Started in Maryland debut vs. Howard (8/31), punting three times for 115 yards.
Before Maryland: Averaged 43.8 yards per punt and had a career long of 72 yards over two years Chaminade High School ... Totaled 37 touchbacks on the kickoff unit, accumulating over 4,000 yards ... 2x All-Long Island ... 2x All-State ... Major is undeclared.
Personal: Son of Anthony and Marisa Pecorella ... Dad played football at Hofstra ... Has a twin sister, Alessia, who he credits for much of his success ... Sports hero is David Wright ... Favorite pregame meal is an egg and potato sandwich ... Has second degree black belt ... Wants to be a coach ... Serves as the Student Affairs Liaison on the 2021-22 SAAC Executive Board.
PECORELLA'S CAREER HIGHS
Punts - 6 (2x, last vs. #22 Penn State, 11/6/21)
Long Punt - 63 yards (at Purdue, 10/12/19)
Punting Average - 56.0 (at #7 Ohio State, 10/9/21)
Punting Yards - 242 (#22 Penn State, 11/6/21)
Punts Inside the 20 - 4 (at Penn State, 11/7/20)
