Even though he had already played 27 games for the Cincinnati Bearcats, linebacker Joel Dublanko had never recovered a fumble before. That’s not an easy thing for a Bearcats player to do.
Yes, UC forced ten fumbles in 2019, but there was competition to recover most of them. This defense honors turnovers so much that the person who gets the takeaway gets to a slam dunk in front of the rest of the defense as a celebration.
In the middle of the third quarter of the No. 14 Bearcats 24-10 win over No. 22 Army on Saturday, Dublanko finally had his chance to be the dunker.