CEDAR CITY, Utah, Sept. 6 – Southern Utah University's Akeem Anifowoshe and Tyler Osborne have both received honors following their performances in the Thunderbirds' 28-20 loss at Wyoming on Saturday. Anifowoshe was named the Great West Conference's defensive player of the week, while both players earned honorable mention honors on the national level from College Football Performance Awards.

Anifowoshe tallied 10 tackles, including five solo stops, 3.5 tackles for losses and a sack in the Wyoming game. One of his tackles for a loss came when the Cowboys were inside the SUU 5-yard line and on the following play he provided the pressure that forced Wyoming quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels to throw on the run, a pass which wound up being intercepted by Matt Holley in the end zone.

Osborne also had 3.5 tackles for losses and a sack in the game, with all but one of his five total tackles coming in the Cowboy backfield.

The Great West Conference awards are determined by the conference office. The CFPA bases its awards on a statistical formula which determines “the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams,” according to a CFPA press release.

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