Tag: Nik Bonitto

Oklahoma football notebook: Alex Grinch, defensive players talk Wednesday

Ahead of Bedlam, Alex Grinch, Nik Bonitto, Ronnie Perkins, and Tre Norwood met with the media on Wednesday to discuss the latest.

No. 17/18 Oklahoma (5-2, 4-2) is set to retake the field at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on Saturday night when they host in-state foe No. 14 Oklahoma State (5-1, 4-1).

The Sooners are playing their best at the right time down the stretch in November, as has been the norm since Lincoln Riley came to Oklahoma. They’ve won four straight games and are playing better in nearly every facet of the game than they were early in the year.

Defensively, the Sooners have seen an uptick in just about every positive statistic since the return of Ronnie Perkins. His impact getting pressure on the quarterback to help force turnovers has been undeniable, and the team has spoke glowingly of how great it is to have him back on the field.

On Wednesday, defensive Coordinator Alex Grinch along with Perkins, Nik Bonitto and Tre Norwood met with the media to discuss the latest with the team with Bedlam just a few days away. Here is what they had to say.

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Oklahoma football notebook: Alex Grinch, Nik Bonitto, Tre Brown, Jordan Kelley talk Wednesday

Ahead of Oklahoma’s trip to face Texas Tech, Alex Grinch, Nik Bonitto, Tre Brown, and Jordan Kelley met with the media Wednesday.

No. 24 Oklahoma (3-2, 2-2) is fresh off a wire-to-wire win over TCU and now turn their attention to Texas Tech (2-3, 1-3) for a Halloween night collision in Lubbock.

The Sooners’ defense has had a bit of an up-and-down season to this point, but are coming off certainly its most complete performance in Big 12 play to this point.

They only allowed the Horned Frogs to get in the end zone twice (one of which was in garbage time) and TCU averaged only three yards per rushing attempt.

On Wednesday, defensive coordinator Alex Grinch along with defensive players Nik Bonitto, Tre Brown and Jordan Kelley met with the media to discuss to latest with the Sooner defense and team ahead of the matchup with Texas Tech.

Here is what they had to say.

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Oklahoma 2020 player card: No. 11 Nik Bonitto

Making eight starts in the final eight games of the season, Bonitto has an opportunity to become a cornerstone of the Oklahoma defense.

There is a ton of momentum to having a 2020 college football season these days. No definite signs, yet, but the season would start less than 100 days from now.

Sooners Wire will be creating player cards for readers to be introduced to the 2020 roster.

Here is the offensive No. 11 for the Sooners.

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Name: Nik Bonitto 

Number: No. 11

Year: Redshirt Sophomore

Position: Outside linebacker

Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 231 pounds

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Making eight starts in the final eight games of the season, Bonitto has an opportunity to become a cornerstone of the Oklahoma defense.

Redshirting his freshman year and playing in just three contests in 2018, Bonitto has earned a role for Alex Grinch and the Sooners at outside linebacker.

A four-star recruit in the 2018 class, Bonitto has 49 career tackles, four passes defended, three and a half sacks, six and a half tackles for loss, and an interception that helped seal the 25-point comeback against Baylor in Waco last season.

Bonitto’s career-high for tackles is six, which he recorded against Houston in Week 1 of 2019. He has had four games of which he has recorded at least five tackles.

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