Sutton Smith – Noteworthy
OCT 15 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Illinois LB Sutton Smith,…Northern Illinois junior defensive end Sutton Smith (St. Charles, Mo.) continues to make huge plays for the Huskie defense and on Saturday versus Ohio, came up with one of the biggest plays of the game with a strip sack and fumble recovery to set up NIU’s game-winning touchdown in a 24-21 victory. After NIU scored to trim Ohio’s led to 21-16, Smith sacked Ohio quarterback Nathan Rourke, stripping the ball in the process, and then fell on the ball to give the Huskies possession at its 47-yard line. The fumble recovery was Smith’s second of the game. He had two sacks for minus 18 yards and 2.5 tackles for loss among his five total tackles in the game. Smith has three strip sacks-forced fumbles on the season, seven sacks, which ranks 10th nationally, and 13 tackles for loss, ranked fourth nationally). He leads the MAC in both categories. – MAC Football
