Players to Watch: Ameer Ismail- WMU

LB,Senior, 6-2- 230
• Named to Rotary Lombardi and Butkus Award Lists at beginning of 2006 season
• Has 68 total tackles, 15.0 sacks and 22.5 TFLs
• Tied for WMU single season sack record (15.0)
• Is 2.0 sacks from becoming single season sack record holder in MAC
• Tied NCAA record for sacks in a game with 6.0 at Ball State (10/21)
• Featured on ESPN College GameDay Final and ESPN2’s Cold Pizza for performance at Ball State
• Named Walter Camp and FWAA/Nagurski Defensive Player of the Week for performance at Ball State
• Leads the nation in sacks per game (1.67) and TFLs per game (2.50)
• Only player in MAC history to win Player of the Week Award four weeks in a row and fi ve times in a season
• Only player in WMU history to win Player of the Week Award three or four weeks in a row
• Has led the team in tackles in 6 of 9 games in 2006
• Has three games with 10 or more tackles
• Has two interceptions in successive games (returning one for a TD)
• Named to Todd McShay’s (ESPN.com) NON-BCS All-America Team