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Football's Cam Dillon Earns National Defensive Player of the Week Honors
10/11/2021 1:57:00 PM | Football
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As the Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week, Dillon becomes the first player at Columbia to earn a national weekly award since Michael Murphy in 2017.
NEW YORK—Columbia senior linebacker Cam Dillon was also named the Stats Perform National Defensive Player of the Week, the media organization announced Monday afternoon. The last time a Columbia player earned the National Defensive Player of the Week award was on Oct. 16, 2017 when linebacker Michael Murphy earned the honor.
In Columbia's 22-20 win at Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Dillon set the Columbia single-game record for sacks with 5.5 for 47 yards. He finished the day with eight total tackles, 5.5 sacks for 47 yards, 5.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a safety.
The previous single-game sacks record was 3.0 held by five different players on seven different occasions (Josh Martin-twice, Lou Miller-twice, Hunter Little, Rashaan Curry, and Des Werthman). Dillon is the first player at Columbia to register a safety since Connor Heeb at Cornell on Nov. 11, 2017, 24 games ago. His 5.5 tackles for losses also rank No. 2 on Columbia's all-time single-game list behind Mike Quarshie's school-record 8.0 TFL vs. Fordham on Sept. 16, 2004. His 47 yards from TFL establish a new school record, surpassing the 41 yards by Quarshie in 2004.
Dillon was also named the College Sports Madness Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday and the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
In Columbia's 22-20 win at Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Dillon set the Columbia single-game record for sacks with 5.5 for 47 yards. He finished the day with eight total tackles, 5.5 sacks for 47 yards, 5.5 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a safety.
The previous single-game sacks record was 3.0 held by five different players on seven different occasions (Josh Martin-twice, Lou Miller-twice, Hunter Little, Rashaan Curry, and Des Werthman). Dillon is the first player at Columbia to register a safety since Connor Heeb at Cornell on Nov. 11, 2017, 24 games ago. His 5.5 tackles for losses also rank No. 2 on Columbia's all-time single-game list behind Mike Quarshie's school-record 8.0 TFL vs. Fordham on Sept. 16, 2004. His 47 yards from TFL establish a new school record, surpassing the 41 yards by Quarshie in 2004.
Dillon was also named the College Sports Madness Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Sunday and the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
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