“I’m really proud of our offensive line,” Norvell said. The Wolf Pack’s offense line was a big question mark heading into the season, but the Union’s play this year, and specifically over the last month, has been one of the team’s most pleasant surprises. “He’ll be with us in spirit, but we have some really quality guys in Jaden Sawyer, Nephi Sewell and Dameon Baber to handle the safety position.” WOLF PACK’S UNION EXCELLING “We have a lot of players thinking about him and they wish him well and they’re all fighting over which guy gets to wear his jersey and honor him,” Norvell said. Rufus is one of the team’s most respected players and was third on the team with 75 tackles. He’s a great player and this game is definitely for him.” He wants to be a coach on the field to lead us. I look up to him because when I came in you could see he was a leader, you can see he puts in the time and the work and he puts in the time with the coaches to know what the coaches want. “This game is definitely for deuce,” Sewell said of Rufus, who wears No. Rufus’ streak of 24 straight starts – the second longest active stretch on the team – will end after he had surgery Sunday to put a rod in his broken leg. Sawyer will be joined by Dameon Baber (30 career starts) and Nephi Sewell, a true freshman who has started five games, as the three starters at safety. Jaden Sawyer, who has 15 career starts, will move back into the starting lineup after losing his job following an injury earlier this season. With starting strong safety Asauni Rufus out with a broken leg, the Wolf Pack will shuffle its secondary but doesn’t have to look far for somebody with starting experience. “Offense was a lot more tiring, and I just feel like it fits me more.” PLAYING FOR DUECE “I’m not going to lie, I like playing defense a lot more than playing offense,” said Muhammad, whose cousin is ex-MLB player Nyjer Morgan. After bouncing around, Muhammad is happy to be back on offense. He credited cornerbacks coach Chip Viney for helping him during the process. Muhammad, who began his Nevada career as an outside linebacker, said it’s been tricky readjusting to defense after spending the previous season on offense. I just really have fun playing and that’s all it really takes for me.” "I’m a real competitive person and when I’m on the football field that’s one of the most competitive sports in the world. “I just like to have fun," Muhammad said. He’s always the team's most energetic player in practice and is known for his trash talk. In eight games, he has a career-high 38 tackles, two forced fumbles and an interception. While the secondary has largely underachieved this season, that hasn’t been the case for Muhammad, who wasn’t even listed on the two-deep depth chart for the season opener but has worked his way into a key role at cornerback. We’re really excited about the future of Ahki and Daniel at corner.” We’ve been really, really impressed with him and Daniel Brown has been another guy at corner who had done a good job. He’s created some turnovers and has more fun than anybody in practice, and it’s because he really likes to compete. “He’s been one of the great kids over there who has the temperament day in and day out to play aggressive and attack. “I think that’s been a great move for us, moving Ahki to defense,” coach Jay Norvell said.
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