Siriman Harrison Bagayogo, Guelph, Special Teams

Burlington, Ont. – Siriman Harrison Bagayogo has been named Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Special Teams Football Player of the Week for the period ending October 27, 2019.

Special Teams Player of the Week – Siriman Harrison Bagayogo, Guelph Gryphons

Without a doubt, the biggest play of the Guelph Gryphons 2019 season was provided by rookie defensive back Siriman Harrison Bagayogo, who stepped up when his team needed him most.

The 21-year-old Montreal native came up with a crucial punt block late in the fourth quarter against Carleton, and also recovered the block in Carleton’s endzone to turn a one-point Gryphon deficit into a five-point Gryphon lead. Bagayogo, an arts major who has also featured in the Gryphon defence all season long as the team’s starting halfback, provided the late heroics on special teams to propel the Gryphons into the OUA semifinals. After the game Bagayogo, who starred as a defensive back at Champlain-Lennoxville College (CEGEP) in Quebec prior to arriving at Guelph, would say that the late touchdown versus Carleton marked the first touchdown of his football career.

Thanks to their standout rookie DB, the Gryphons will now head to Hamilton on Saturday (Nov. 2) to battle the McMaster Marauders with a spot in the 2019 Yates Cup on the line.