After spending his first three collegiate soccer seasons terrorizing quarterbacks within the SEC whereas at a, Sammy Omosigho is rapidly making his presence felt in Westwood.
The A senior linebacker was named Tuesday because the Massive Ten Defensive Participant of the week following his efficiency throughout a 52-38 win towards Purdue on Saturday evening on the Rose Bowl.
"Omosigho totaled a team-high 12 tackles for the s, serving to restrict the visiting Boilermakers to simply 63 internet speeding yards. Of his dozen stops, 11 had been solo tackles. As well as, Omosigho compelled two fumbles and recorded a pair of sacks," A Athletics acknowledged in a e. "It marked the third straight sport that Omosigho had compelled a fumble, giving him 4 general on the season. He’s the primary Bruin since at the very least 2000 to drive a fumble in three straight video games, and he’s believed to be the primary participant in program historical past to perform the feat. As well as, his 4 compelled fumbles this yr are already probably the most by a Bruin in a single season since Mitchell Agude in 2021.
"The 12-tackle outing marked the second time in his profession that Omosigho completed in double digits. It was the second-highest complete of his profession, trailing solely his 14 tackles in UCLA’s season opener at California on Sept. 5. It additionally marked the first-career multi-sack sport for the Crandall, Texas native… That is the second time this season that Omosigho has obtained a weekly award for his play, as he was named the Bednarik Award Nationwide Participant of the Week (high defensive participant within the nation) after the Bruins’ win at Cal.
"Omosigho is the second Bruin to earn Massive Ten defensive honors in only a three-week span, as security Ta’Shawn James was tabbed the league’s Co-Defensive Participant of the Week following his two-interception efficiency towards the Golden Bears within the season opener… Total, Omosigho is having one of many strongest statistical begins to the season of any participant throughout the nation. He leads the FBS in compelled fumbles, is second in solo tackles (21), third in tackles for loss (6.5), fourth in complete tackles (33), and is ninth nationally and tied for first within the Massive Ten with 3.0 sacks."
The s can be touring throughout the nation this weekend for his or her first Massive Ten street sport of the season, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday towards Maryland.
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The Massive Ten chief in complete tackles, sacks, tackles for loss, and compelled fumbles, is the n Defensive Participant of the Week.
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