FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — It took a devastating injury to the starter and an unexpected infraction by his backup for third-string sophomore Nordly Capi to earn a starting job for the Colorado State Rams.
An NCAA single-game record four forced fumbles in the Rams’ season-opening win at New Mexico didn’t hurt, either.
The defensive end from Ocoee, Fla., was one of 10 defensive linemen who rotated into the game for the Rams last weekend after starter Broderick Sargent tore an ACL against the Lobos in Albuquerque.
Capi, whose first name means “strength” in Haitian, was whistled for a personal foul after a late hit on the quarterback before bouncing back to record 312 sacks and force four fumbles, something that had never been done in a Football Bowl Subdivision game before.
