American Cancer Society – Coaches vs Cancer of Penn State Online Auction 2018
Auction Ends: Jun 2, 2018 10:00 PM EDT

Memorabilia

Christian Hackenberg Autographed Football

Item Number
156
Estimated Value
Priceless
Sold
140 USD to bofo1962
Number of Bids
8  -  Bid History

Item Description

Penn State Football signed by Christian Hackenberg, recently traded to the Oakland Raiders by the New York Jets for a conditional draft pick.  Drafted by the Jets in the 2016 NFL draft, but it was never a good match with Hackenburg on dressing for five regular season games in his two years there.  John Gruden, Raider's head coach, had only good things to say about Hackenburg during the 2016 draft and Hackenburg attended Gruden's famous quarterback camp.

Hackenberg played for Penn State beginning in 2013.  In his first three games of the season, he twice earned Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week accolades, with a 72-percent completion percentage, 851 yards, 4 touchdowns and 4 interceptions, including a game against Eastern Michigan in which he set the Penn State single-game record for passing yards by a freshman with 311 (previous record of 280 held by Zack Mills).  Coach Bill O'Brien commended Hackenberg's leadership of the team, noting that the team fed off his calm demeanor, in contrast to O'Brien's fiery personality. He did note that Hackenberg made some mistakes typical of younger players, but he was on the fast track to grasping O'Brien's complex offensive schemes.  Hackenberg was a five-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week and was named the 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Hackenberg broke one Penn State overall and 11 school freshman games, or season passing and total offense records this year, including game (30) and season completions (231), game (340) and season passing yardage (2,955) and game (4) and season (20) touchdown passes. He also broke freshman marks for game (55) and season passing attempts (392) and the number of 200-yard (9) and 300-yard (4) passing games.