Just two days after Oklahoma’s best defensive player Ronnie Perkins announced he would be heading to the NFL, a key piece to the defense is now officially coming back for 2021.
Linebacker Nik Bonitto announced via Twitter on Monday that he will be returning next season to get one more crack at a national title.
Unfinished business…. Sooner nation we coming for number 8🤞🏽 pic.twitter.com/ZCb7HT68Gy
— . (@nikkkkbonitto) January 11, 2021
Bonitto was one of the best players on a vastly improved Sooners defense in 2020 and his return means a lot of production will be coming back with him. In ten games last season, he racked up 11.5 tackles for loss including nine sacks. His year was good enough to earn him a second-team all-America selection by the Associated Press.
The Oklahoma defense will be missing some key pieces from last season going into next year, but there is still some significant talent coming back. Bonitto is right at the top of that list, and he will be widely viewed as one of the better returning defenders in the country going into the 2021 season.
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