2017 Football
Jersey Number 9
Sidney Otiwu
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 219
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Buford, Ga.
- High School:
- Mill Creek HS
Bio
Awards/Accolades
2019
High School
- 2019 Fall Academic All-SoCon Team
- 2019 Second Team All-SoCon (Coaches)
- 2019 Phil Steele’s All-SoCon Second Team
- 2019 SoCon Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4)
- 2017 SoCon All-Freshman Team
2019
- Started 11 of the 12 games he appeared in as a redshirt junior
- Named Second Team All-SoCon by the Coaches’
- Earned Second Team Phil Steele All-SoCon honors
- Named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 4 for his play against Samford
- Set the Mercer single game tackle record with 21 (8 solo, 13 assist) against Samford (Nov. 2)
- Led the team with 93 tackles (35 solo, 58 assist) on the season
- Led the team with two interceptions on the season
- Recorded three QB hurries and two pass breakups on the season
- Started seven of eight games played at inside linebacker
- Missed three games due to injuries
- Tallied 41 total tackles (21 solo, 20 assisted)
- Scored Mercer's lone defensive touchdown of the season vs. Furman (Nov. 17) with a 12-yard fumble recovery
- Added seven tackles, two tackles for loss & one sack in the Furman game (Nov. 17)
- Recorded a career-high eight tackles vs. ETSU (Nov. 3)
- Totaled 3.5 TFL, two fumble recoveries & one pass breakup on the season
- Played in all 11 games as a back-up linebacker
- Earned SoCon All-Freshman Team honors
- Tallied 39 tackles (18 solo, 21 assisted)
- Added 1.5 tackles for loss, two pass break-ups & one fumble recovery
- Recorded season-high seven tackles at Auburn (Sept. 16)
- Notched his one fumble recovery at Alabama (Nov. 18)
- Redshirted during first season on campus
High School
- Starred for head coach Shannon Jarvis at Mill Creek High School
- GHSA 6A First Team All-State pick as a senior
- Earned First Team All-Region accolades in 2015
- Two-time Gwinnett Touchdown Club All-County selection
- Elected as a team captain and a member of the leadership counsel in 2015
- Born July 12, 1998 to Justin and Immaculata Otiwu
- Has three brothers, Ben, Justin and Stanley
- Brothers, Justin (Georgia State) and Ben (Kennesaw State) also played collegiate football
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