Bowling Green State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 99
Ali Saad
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 280
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Windsor, Ontario
- High School:
- Dearborn HS (Mich.)
- Prev School:
- Minnesota
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Bowling Green |
HONORS
- 2024 Academic All-MAC
2024 | Senior
- Started in all 13Â of BGSU's games
- Totaled 40 tackles, 8.5 TFLs, 4.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick on the season
- Notched three tackles, including a sack, in the season-opening win over Fordham
- Made five stops, including a half-TFL, at No. 8 Penn State
- Recorded four tackles with 1.0 TFL at No. 25 Texas A&M
- Posted three tackles, including a sack, vs. Old Dominion
- Registered a stop in the victory at Akron
- Tallied three tackles and blocked a 24-yard field goal attempt in the second quarter against NIU
- Registered a stop in the win vs. Kent State
- Notched four tackles, including a half-sack, in the victory at Toledo
- Posted a season-high six tackles, including two TFL, and forced a fumble in the win at Central Michigan
- Recorded two tackles, including a TFL, in the victory vs. Western Michigan
- Tallied four stops, including a strip-sack, in the win at Ball State
- Contributed a tackle against Miami (OH)
- Posted three stops, including a sack, in the 68 Ventures Bowl against Bowling Green
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- Started all 13 of BGSU's games
- Made one tackle at Liberty
- Made three tackles, 1.0 TFL and 0.5 sack in the win against Eastern Illinois
- Notched a career-high six tackles and 0.5 TFL at Miami (OH)
- Made three tackles, 1.0 sack and forced a fumble in the win over Akron
- Made six tackles and forced a fumble in win over Ball State
- Notched two stops and 0.5 against Toledo
- Made two tackles at Western MichiganÂ
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- Appeared in seven of BGSU's 13 games
- On the season made five tackles and 1.0 TFL
- Made season debut at UCLA and recorded one tackle
- Notched a tackle against Buffalo
- Made two tackles and 1.0 TFL against New Mexico State in the Quick Lane Bowl
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- Appeared in nine of BGSU's 12 games
- Made collegiate debut at Tennessee where he made one stop
- Made a career-high three tackles at Kent State, including a TFL
- Made two tackles against AkronÂ
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Minnesota |
Minneapolis, Minn. |
- Spent the 2020 season at Minnesota, but did not appear in any games
 Dearborn High School |
Dearborn, Mich. |
- Played for Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Mich.
- Named a 2019-20 KLAA All-Conference athlete •
- Finished career with 141 tackles and 22 tackles for loss
- Helped lead his team to the state playoffs his junior season by racking up more than 40 tackles and nine sacks
- Coached by John PowellÂ
- Consensus three-star recruit
- Ranked as the No. 76 defensive tackle in the nation and 25th-best recruit in Michigan by 247Sports
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 Personal |
- Major is exercise science
BG Football Cinematic Highlight 10.11 vs UT - "Take Back the Doyt"
Tuesday, October 14
BG Football Press Conference vs CMU 10.13
Monday, October 13
BG Football Postgame 10.11 vs Toledo
Saturday, October 11
BG Football Press Conference 10.6
Monday, October 06
