Molnar named MAC Defensive Player of the Week for third time

For the third time this season and the second in as many weeks, Ohio linebacker Michael Molnar has been named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week.

The redshirt senior has been one of the league’s standout defenders this season, and was awarded the honors after another outstanding performance for the Bobcats against Akron last Tuesday. Molnar finished with 16 total tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a sack in Ohio’s 28-20 win over the Zips.

“I think he’s top five in the country for tackles, and he was sideline to sideline,” Ohio head coach John Hauser said after the win over Akron. “A lot of those plays that didn’t even hit, he gets it on the ground. If he doesn’t make some of those…