Oklahoma finished off the regular season by defeating Iowa State on Saturday 27-21 to claim a sixth consecutive Big 12 title and end the year at No. 6 in the final College Football Playoff rankings.
As they have been many times in the second half of the season, the team was led by their defense and the incredibly skilled players up front. One man who has been a big part of that group is redshirt sophomore linebacker Nik Bonitto.
Bonitto has had a fantastic season that was good enough to earn him a first team All-American defensive line selection by Pro Football Focus on Monday.
Well-deserved, @nikkkkbonitto.#OUDNA #BoomerSooner pic.twitter.com/SmTZ9DPucq
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) December 21, 2020
In nine games this season, Bonitto has racked up 10.5 tackles for loss including eight sacks which is among the top 20 in the country in that department. While he was strangely not included on the Big 12 all-conference first or second team, he was included in the final watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award given to the most outstanding defensive player in the country a few weeks ago.
Bonitto will look to finish his sensational season with a bang when the Sooners face Florida in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl next Wednesday night.
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