Blade Durbala Award Defensive Player of the Week Week Of 4/5/2021 Sport Football School Central College Year Senior Position Defensive Tackle Hometown Blairstown, Iowa High School Benton Football – Defensive Player of the Week Blade Durbala, Central College Sr., DT, Blairstown, Iowa/Benton A fall pre-season All-American, Durbala recorded five solo tackles, with all five being recorded as tackles-for-loss in Central’s 49-14 opening week win over Simpson on Saturday. The senior defensive tackle also tallied three sacks in central’s performance. Durbala’s tackles-for-loss amounted to 25 yards lost for the Storm. The Blairstown, Iowa native’s stats all came in the first half, the only half he played in. Durbala is collecting his first-career Defensive Player of the Week accolade. At the conclusion of the 2019 season, Durbala picked up first-team All-American Rivers honors.
