NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk State return specialist Jason Wonodi has been named the MEAC Specialist of the Week after returning two punts for touchdowns and setting a pair of program records in the Spartans' 42-21 win over Hampton on Saturday in the 61st Battle of the Bay.

The conference honor is Wonodi's third of the week. He was also named the Stats Perform FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week and the BOXTOROW HBCU National Player of the Week.

Wonodi, a redshirt senior from Brockton, Mass., had three punt returns for a school-record 170 yards. That broke the program's single-game individual and team mark of 157, set by Chad Smith on four returns against Delaware State on Nov. 11, 2000. His 56.7-yard average broke the team single-game record of 39.3, set in that same game.

His first return, a 37-yarder in the first quarter, gave the Spartans the ball at the Hampton 28 and set up Deljay Bailey's 1-yard touchdown run six plays later.

In the second quarter, Wonodi fielded a punt at the NSU 24 and went 76 yards untouched with 6:42 left in the half. The touchdown gave Norfolk State a 19-14 lead it never gave up and stood as the game-winning score. It was the program's first punt return touchdown since Nov. 3, 2018, at North Carolina A&T, and the 76 yards tie for the fourth-longest punt return in school history, matching Emery Sammons at South Carolina State on Oct. 7, 2006.

He added a 57-yard score with 2:59 left, capping a run of 32 unanswered points. He also had an 18-yard kickoff return.

Wonodi now leads the FCS with 246 punt return yards and is tied for the national lead with two punt return touchdowns. His 30.8-yard average ranks second in the nation.

Norfolk State (2-2) hits the road for another two-game swing, first facing first-year program Chicago State at SeatGeek Stadium in Chicago, Ill., Saturday, Sept. 26 at 7:00 p.m. ET, before traveling to Pittsburgh to face Robert Morris on Oct. 3.