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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The NFL regular season is coming to a close and Boilermaker alumni are making an impact and pushing for the playoffs all across the league as 10 former Boiler football greats saw action in week 16.
Markus Bailey – LB – Cincinnati Bengals
Made a tackle on the special teams unit as he contributed on 17 snaps to help the Bengals to a 22-18 victory over the Patriots.
Derrick Barnes – LB – Detroit Lions
Returned from injury to log three tackles on 25 snaps as the Lions took a tough loss to the Panthers.
Ja’Whaun Bentley – LB – New England Patriots
Had season highs in tackles (12) and snap percentage (100%) on a busy day for a Patriots defense that held Cincinnati’s dynamic offense to 22 points while picking off Joe Burrow twice in a losing effort.
Broke this play down in this week’s film review of #Patriots–#Bengals. But another Pats defender playing great ball is LB Ja’Whaun Bentley.
Pats bracket Chase and Higgins here, so Burrow works to a one-on-one with Mixon running a double move on Bentley, who smothers it. https://t.co/vnsHw4LwW5 pic.twitter.com/BXyMWtLxkU
— Evan Lazar (@ezlazar) December 27, 2022
David Bell – WR – Cleveland Browns
Made one catch for 18 yards on a tough day for the offenses in Cleveland, where the wind-chill temperatures dropped into the negatives. It was the cold game in Saints franchise history.
Brycen Hopkins – TE – Los Angeles Rams
Hopkins put up his best numbers of…
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