Ty Van Fossen, linebacker
Ty Van Fossen finished with six tackles and two pass break ups on Saturday, and has started to turn on the burners late in the season and has started to be a huge piece for this Bearcats defense. We saw the Bearcats go more with a three-linebacker hybrid role and drop guys like Deshawn Pace and Van Fossen and that was something that most teams weren’t used to seeing from the Bearcats, However, they know that Van Fossen is a huge piece to this defense and wanted to find ways to keep him on the field and they did just that on Saturday. Van Fossen also came up with a huge, forced fumble that the Bearcats were able to capitalize on and extend their lead over the Owls that would set the tone early.
