While Penn State is busy trying to regroup from its first loss of the season and figure out how to get the most out of its passing game moving forward, one of the program’s more accomplished wide receivers in recent years was creating a special teams highlight in the NFL. Parker Washington has become a fixture on the special teams unit for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and he had a massive punt return on Sunday afternoon against the San Francisco 49ers.
With Jacksonville leading San Francisco 20-14 in the 3rd quarter, the Jaguars forced a punt. Washington fielded the football at his own 13-yard line. After making the initial defender miss, Washington took off up the middle, slipping by a couple more would-be tacklers and eventually hitting enough open field to maneuver past the punter on his way to the end zone. The special teams touchdown put the Jaguars up 26-14 following a failed two-point conversion attempt.
The punt return touchdown was the second of Washington’s NFL career. He also had a 96-yard punt return for a score last season against the New England Patriots.
Washington had 20 punt returns during his time at Penn State, but he was never able to spring a big return for a score from 2020 through 2022. Washington had 122 career punt return yards at Penn State. Washington had 1,920 career receiving yards (12th all-time in Penn State history) and 12 touchdowns with the Nittany Lions.
Washington was a sixth-round draft pick of the Jaguars in the 2023 NFL draft.
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