DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Former SWOSU Football standout Jim O'Brien has been named to the National Bowl All-Decade Team, which was announced on Wednesday.
A defensive end from Lake Arrowhead, Calif., O'Brien played for the Bulldogs from 2011-13 and was selected to play alongside teammate Ryan Corbin in the fourth-annual National Bowl Game following the 2013 season. As a senior, O'Brien was the second-leading tackler for the Bulldogs with 85 tackles while leading the Dawgs with 13.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. In his final game wearing a SWOSU uniform, O'Brien had a memorable performance with 17 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks as the Dawgs defeated Northwestern Oklahoma State, an effort which earned O'Brien the Great American Conference Defensive Player of the Week award.
In the National Bowl Game, O'Brien helped his Red Nation team to a 40-26 victory over the Blue Nation and led the team with seven tackles. Following the game, O'Brien went on to play one season for the Schawz Hammers in Austria. He is one of five SWOSU Football players to appear in the National Bowl Game, joined by Corbin (2013), Brad Smithey (2014), Austin Loomis (2017) and TJ Harris (2018).
The National Bowl Game is an annual postseason college football all-star game which started in 2010 and consists of top players from Non-FBS schools. The National Bowl is the elite and only current postseason all-star game to focus on players below the FBS level and give them the opportunity to play in front of several scouts from the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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