Oklahoma LB Brian Asamoah Selected by Minnesota Vikings

Brian Asamoah turned the second Sooner to have his goals come true on Friday evening.

The proficient athletic linebacker was chosen on the second day of this 12 months’s NFL Draft when the Minnesota Vikings took Asamoah with the 66th total decide within the third spherical.

A former 3-star recruit by 247 Sports activities and Rivals, Asamoah redshirted his first 12 months on campus in Norman earlier than carving out extra snaps for himself as he acquired older.

As a redshirt freshman, Asamoah flashed the flexibility to play sideline-to-sideline whereas ending the 12 months with 23 whole tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, two quarterback sacks and a go breakup.

When Kenneth Murray moved on to the NFL, Asamoah stepped into the linebacker rotation in a significant manner for then-linebackers coach Brian Odom.

Asamoah began 9 video games in 2020, and racked up 66 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and two sacks whereas additionally knocking down an interception, forcing a fumble and breaking apart 4 passes.

Final 12 months, Asamoah took one other step ahead, ending with 90 tackles, and performed the perfect soccer of his profession down the stretch.

The Columbus product posted a profession excessive with 14 tackles and a pressured fumble in opposition to Baylor, and he constructed on that the following weekend with 10 tackles, a sack and a pressured fumble in opposition to Iowa State.

In whole, Asamoah was named a Butkus Award Semifinalist for his manufacturing in 2021, which led to creating the choice to choose out of the Alamo Bowl to organize for the NFL Draft.

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