FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas linebacker Bumper Pool collected his second big award of the week Tuesday when he was named the Bronko Nagurski national defensive player of the week by the Football Writers Association of America.
Pool, a junior from Lucas, Texas, racked up a career-high 20 tackles in the Razorbacks’ 21-14 victory at No. 16 Mississippi State. That marks the highest total by an FBS defender this season, and it made the 6-2, 229-pounder one of nine SEC players to reach the 20-tackle level in the last 10 years.
Pool is the first Arkansas player to win the Nagurski weekly award since safety Tramain Thomas in 2010.