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Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman Earns Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week Honors

After an impressive performance against SMU in week two, the Sooners' linebacker has racked up multiple weekly awards.

Randall Sweet

Oklahoma LB Danny Stutsman Earns Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week Honors
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Danny Stutsman and the Oklahoma defense had another solid outing on Saturday night.

In addition to forcing two turnovers and blocking a punt, the Sooners' only allowed 11 points to what should be an explosive Mustang's offense. Stutsman played a big role in the strong performance by OU's defense, recording 17 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss and one fumble recovery. 

Stutsman's efforts earned the junior linebacker Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors for week two, marking the first time in his collegiate career Stutsman has been named conference player of the week.

"I just trust the system I’m playing in," Stutsman said after the game. "Really starting to understand it. All those extra hours with the coaches is really starting to pay off. It slows down. I know there is so much to improve on. I made a lot of mistakes. I have a long ways to go."

In 2022, the Florida native was named Honorable Mention All-Big 12 after leading the conference in tackles with 125. Despite an impressive season last year, Stutsman was not on the 2023 Preseason All-Big 12 Team.

If the former 4-star linebacker continues to perform as well as he did against SMU, Stutsman will certainly push for a spot on one of the All-Big 12 teams this season. 

On the year, Stutsman has 21 total tackles and will have the chance to rack up even more when the Sooners' head to Tulsa this weekend to take on the Golden Hurricane, who is fresh off of a 43-10 loss to Washington.

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Randall Sweet
RANDALL SWEET

Randall is a recruiting analyst and staff writer at AllSooners focusing primarily on OU Football and the recruiting trail. Working as a journalist, Randall has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and high school sports across the state. A 2022 University of Oklahoma graduate, Randall hails from Lubbock, TX. While in college, Sweet wrote for the OU Daily in addition to working with Sooner Sports Pad and OU Nightly. Following his time at OU, Sweet served as the Communications Coordinator at Visit Oklahoma City before leaving to join the team at AllSooners. The West Texas native has bylines in the Norman Transcript and is a Staff Writer for Inside the Thunder. Randall holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, OK. 

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