In Play Magazine
NDAMUKONG SUH
Defensive Tackle/Nose Guard
University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
#93
6:03.7-307
Portland, Oregon
Grant High School
CAREER NOTES
-Started 39 of 53 games during his five-year career at Nebraska, recording 215 tackles (125 solos) with 24.0 quarterback sacks for minus 187 yards, 57.0 stops for losses of 252 yards and 39 pressures…
-Caused three fumbles and recovered another…
-Intercepted four passes for 79 yards in returns that included two TDs and also deflected 15 passes…
-Caught a 2-yard TD pass and blocked six kicks…His 57.0 tackles behind the line of scrimmage rank second in school history behind Grant Wistrom (58.5, 1994-97)…
-Those 57 stops for loss lead all active NCAA defensive tackles and rank second overall to defensive end George Selvie of South Florida (69.0, 2006-09)…
-Suh’s 24.0 stops behind the line of scrimmage in 2009 rank second on the school season-record list behind Jim Skow’s 25.0 in 1985…
-His seven tackles for loss (five solo/two assisted) vs. Texas in the 2009 Big Twelve Championship Game tied the Nebraska game-record that was first set by Jim Skow vs. Missouri in 1985…
-Ranks fourth in school history with 24.0 quarterback sacks, surpassed only by Trev Alberts (29.5, 1990-93), Wistrom (26.5, 1994-97) and Skow (26.0, 1983-85)…
-Suh’s 12.0 sacks in 2009 were the second-most ever by a Husker defensive tackle, topped by Skow’s 15.0 in 1985…
-Set the school season-record for a defensive tackle with two INTs in 2008 and the Husker down lineman record by returning both for touchdowns…
-His 10 pass deflections in 2009 set the school season-record for a defensive lineman and his 15 total pass break-ups are another Husker defensive lineman career-record…Holds the school game
2009 SEASON
-Unanimous All-American and All-Big Twelve Conference first-team selection…
-Named the Associated Press College Player of the Year, CBSSports.com National Defensive Player of the Year, Big Twelve Conference Defensive Player of the Year/Defensive Lineman of the Year and was a finalist for the Walter Camp National Player of the Year Award…
-One of five finalists for the Heisman Trophy and the first defensive lineman to be named a finalist for that trophy since Warren Sapp in 1994…
-2009 Rotary Lombardi Award, Outland Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Bill Willis Award and Guy Chamberlin Award winner…
-Lott Trophy finalist (one of four), earning Lott Trophy Impact Player of the Week vs. Missouri and Iowa State…
-Nebraska Team MVP…
-Member of the Big Twelve Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll and garnered Academic All-Big Twelve second-team recognition…
-Set numerous position, game, season and career records, as he became the first Husker defensive lineman to lead the team in tackles in consecutive seasons…
-Recorded a career-best 85 tackles (52 solos), as he also led the team with 12.0 sacks for minus 77 yards, 24.0 stops for losses of 93 yards and 26 pressures…
-Second on the team with 10 pass deflections, a season-record for down lineman…
-Set the Husker position record with two blocked kicks vs. Iowa State and with a total of three blocked kicks for the season…
-Also intercepted a pass, as his total of 11 passes defended were the most by any college down lineman for
the season (no other defensive lineman ranked in the top 100 in the FBS)…
-Against the run, Suh made 94 plays, holding the ball carriers to 20 yards, as he stopped runners at the line of scrimmage 20 times for no gain, in addition to his 24 tackles in the backfield, delivering 10 of those hits inside the red zone (three on goalline snaps)…
-Allowed just four first downs and killed 13 scoring drives with 12 third-down tackles and one fourth-down tackle.
PERSONAL
Graduated in December, 2009 with a degree in Construction Management…Named to the 2009 Big Twelve Conference Commissioner’s Spring Academic Honor Roll...Volunteered with Nebraska’s local hospital visits and also recently volunteered his time as a speaker at Pound Middle School…Suh’s mother, Bernadette, is from Jamaica, while his father, Michael, hails from Cameroon. In the Ngema tribe in Cameroon, Ndamukong means “House of Spears.”…Born 1/06/87…Resides in Portland, Oregon.
