Defense and Special Teams (After Nov 20)

[IdaGriz01]

Defense
Patrick O’Connell #4 in Sacks, ranked by Sacks per Game (1.18); #3 in Total Sacks (13 in 11 games).
Patrick O’Connell #7 in Tackles for Loss.

3rd Down Defense: #10, holding Opponents to 29.4% conversions.
Passes Intercepted: #3 (tied) with 17 total (3 returned for TDs).
Rushing Defense: #3, holding opponents to 75.1 Yard per Game.
Scoring Defense: #2, holding opponents to 13.0 Points per Game.

Special Teams
Brian Buschini: #1 in Punting (46.7 Yards per Punt)
Kevin Macias: #21 in Field Goal Percentage (81.8%)
Net Punting: #1 at 44.39 Net Yards per Punt.
Punt Return Defense: #4 at 2.58 Yards per Return*

*Works out to 49 yards in 19 return attempts. That’s out of 56 punts, so they didn’t (or couldn't) even try on two out of three punts fielded.

 

[bearister]

I can envision as many as five Griz defenders as first team all conference, although they will never get that many: Gubner, O’Connell, Lewis, Ford, and Hauck.