It’s no surprise to Nittany Lions fans, but Tyler Warren is officially the best tight end in the Big Ten. The conference announced Tuesday that Warren is the winner of the 2024 Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year award presented to the best tight end in the Big Ten.

Penn State football star senior Tyler Warren is the Big Ten Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year. The conference announced the honor Tuesday during its live postseason awards show on the Big Ten Network.

Penn State will need Allar, Warren and the rest of the offense to step up and star on Saturday night when the Nittany Lions play for the Big Ten title. Penn State and Oregon will kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The game will air nationally on CBS.

At the start of this week, both Penn State coach James Franklin and his Oregon counterpart, Dan Lanning, admitted they weren’t neck-deep just yet in film preparation ahead of the upcoming Big Ten championship.

Carter was named the Big Ten’s Nagurski-Woodson defensive player of the year and the conference’s Smith-Brown defensive lineman of the year award winner — along with being first team All-Big Ten (coaches and media) — while Warren was named the Kwalick-Clark tight end of the year award winner — and also first team All-Big Ten (coaches and media).

Penn State brings a capable offense to the Big Ten Championship Game led by a much-improved quarterback in Drew Allar against the Ducks.