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LB Alex “Sonny” Styles (Official Thread)

Sonny had his best game yet at LB against NW. Two sacks, one pass batted down, a pass break up and some tackles. He seems to be on a roll and we will need that the next couple of games and beyond.
The pass he batted down was going to be a TD if it was completed.

He needs to be attacking more often than not.
 
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ALWAYS SONNY IN COLUMBUS… AND CHICAGO? With two sacks and two pass breakups on Saturday, Styles was named Eleven Warriors’ Second Star and Ohio State’s Defensive Player of the Game over the weekend. His performance also included six tackles, extending his lead for the team lead in takedowns with 63 this season.

“We need Sonny to be as productive as he was today,” Ryan Day said Saturday. “When you can do it in man coverage, you can do it in zone coverage, you can blitz and you start to mix in all these different things you can, then you just become more of a weapon.”

Styles' improvement has felt linear this fall.

After an offseason move from defensive back to linebacker, the 6-foot-4, 235-pound athlete had some rough moments in August and September. But as the calendar has turned to October and into November, Styles has played his best football, collecting 40 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and three pass breakups in Ohio State’s past six games.

The Pickerington, Ohio, native is one of 15 semifinalists for the Butkus Award, an honor presented to the best linebacker in college football. I think – I think! – that makes him a lock to land on an All-Big Ten team with fellow Butkus candidates Aiden Fisher (Indiana), Jay Higgins (Iowa) and Carson Schwesigner (UCLA).

Not bad for someone who’s been a linebacker for 10 games.

 
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But as the calendar has turned to October and into November, Styles has played his best football, collecting 40 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and three pass breakups in Ohio State’s past six games.

Impressive. The more comfortable and confident Sonny gets the better he is going to be. It's great seeing him come into his own as our most important games of the year are approaching.
 
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