Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State senior defensive lineman/linebacker Jacoby Windmon was named the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday.
Windmon was also named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and the Senior Bowl National Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
A transfer from UNLV, Windmon had a spectacular debut as a Spartan in MSU’s 35-13 season-opening win over Western Michigan last Friday night in Spartan Stadium. The New Orleans native recorded a career-high four sacks (17 yards), including a forced fumble, and had seven tackles overall while starting at defensive end.
Windmon’s four sacks tied for the second most in school history (school record: five by Travis Davis vs. Ohio State in 1987) and were the most sacks in a game by a Spartan since Matthias Askew had four against Western Michigan in 2003. Julian Peterson (Ohio State, 1998), Kelly Quinn (Northwestern, 1984) and Rich Saul (Iowa, 1969) are the only other Spartans to record four sacks in a single game.
“He did a good job – I just talked to him a minute ago, and I mean, he’s hungry, he just wants to get better,” said MSU head coach Mel Tucker following the game. “You just gotta love him. We identified him in camp, and in the spring as well, as one of our best pass rushers, maybe our best pass rusher. And pass rushers are hard to find, right? And so, you always have to be able to affect the quarterback. You have to be able to stop the run and affect the quarterback with rush and coverage.
“He’s playing linebacker for us and we asked him if he would play defensive end a couple weeks ago, you know, anything…
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