2017 Football
Roster
Matt Otwinowski
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- LaPorte, IN
- High School:
- LaPorte
- Major:
- Accounting
Hoof Prints: Three-time Academic All-MAC selection... a 2019 AFCA Allstate Good Works Team and Wuerffel Trophy nominee... donated stem cells through the Be The Match program to help save the life of a stranger... major is accounting.
Senior (2019): Started 13 games at middle linebacker… ranked second on the team in tackles with 76… added 3.5 tackles for loss and an interception… an Academic All-District selection… named Academic All-MAC… named MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week after registering 10 tackles and an interception against Toledo (11/20)… had five tackles and a TFL at Penn State (9/7)… had nine tackles and a sack against Temple (9/21)… had seven tackles and a tackle for loss at Miami (OH) (9/28)… had seven tackles and a tackle for loss against Bowling Green (11/29).
Junior (2018): Played in 14 games and started once at middle linebacker… named Academic All-MAC and was a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete... had 31 tackles and two tackles for loss on the season… had a season-high 10 tackles and a tackle for loss against Delaware State (9/1)… had three tackles against both Rutgers (9/22) and Army (9/29)… had eight tackles and a tackle for loss against Kent State (11/6).
Sophomore (2017): Played in all 12 games as a reserve middle linebacker… an Academic All-MAC selection… had 15 tackles on the season… had a season-high four tackles against Colgate (Sept. 16)… had two tackles at Akron (Oct. 28)… had two solo tackles against Bowling Green (Nov. 7)… had three tackles at Ball State (Nov. 16).
Freshman (2016): Played in all 12 games as a reserve linebacker… had 32 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss on the season… had three solo stops at Boston College (10/1)… had three tackles, including a tackle for loss against Ball State (10/15)… had a tackle for loss at Northern Illinois (10/22)… had seven tackles and a tackle for loss at Ohio (11/3)… had seven tackles (four solo) at Bowling Green (11/25).
High School: Played for head coach Dave Sharpe at LaPorte High School... had 87 tackles (59 solo) and four tackles for loss in seven games his senior season... is LaPorte High School’s all-time leading tackler... named Duneland Athletic Conference MVP as senior... named Post-Tribune All-Area First Team as a senior... played in the 2016 Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in Tampa, FL.
