A jury has awarded former Penn State a sistant football coach Mike McQueary $7.3 million in damages in his stemming from actions against him tied to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case.McQueary was awarded the damages Thursday in Centre County, Pa., . He claimedthe school Ozzie Albies Jersey .MORE: Senior Judge Thomas Gavin still has to rule on McQuearys claim he was unfairly suspended and placed on leave after he testified in Sanduskys 2012 trial, the AP reported.The jury deliberated , according to the AP's report.GENTILLE: McQueary testified during the trial of Sandusky, a former Penn State a sistant coach who was convicted on 45 of 48 Brian McCann Jersey counts of child sex abuse and is serving a 30-to-60-year prison sentence. Sandusky .McQueary claimed he told Penn State officials in 2001 he saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a campus locker room, then was retaliated against after his allegations were made public a decade later.McQueary, who coached on Joe Paterno's staff from 2004-11, claimed university officials "ostracized" and "marginalized" him for working with police in their investigation into Sandusky's crimes.In particular, McQueary claimed he had been defamed bya statement then-school president Graham Spanier released the day Sandusky was charged Chipper Jones Jersey in the case. He also said his reputation was irreparably harmedby public opinion regarding his decision to not alert police when he first saw Sandusky sexually abusing a boy.The 12-person jury awarded$2.3 million in compensatory damagesand an additional $5 million in punitive damages against Penn State.McQueary had been seeking $4 million in compensation for defamation, misrepresentation and lost wages.McQueary, who Atlanta Braves Jersey played quarterback for the Nittany Lions in the 1990s, said he has been unable to find work after Penn State declined to renew his contract shortly after he testified at Sandusky's trial. During the defamation trial, his lawyers noted he has earned le s than $10,000 since aseverance package ran out in 2013.Omnisport's Brandon Schlager Darren O Day Jersey contributed to this report.Correction: The county in which the trial took place was misidentified. The trial was held in Centre County, Pa.