Edge-rusher Samuel Eguavoen signed with the Dolphins in 2019 after three years with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. That season, the Texas Tech alum started six games, amassing 3.5 sacks, five quarterback hits, 13 quarterback hurries, and 18 stops in 621 snaps. The 6-foot-0, 227-pound Eguavoen proved to be a valuable rotational do-it-all player, playing everywhere from the edge to the box to the occasional rep at free safety. Eguavoen didn’t see as much time last season, but he had shown a few things.
So, there was a bit of prologue for a breakout preseason performance from Eguavoen. It’s safe to say, though, that nobody expected Eguavoen to do what he did against the Falcons on Saturday night — he put up four sacks in Miami’s 37-17 win, and backup quarterback Felipe Franks had no idea what to do with him.
.@SamEguavoen13 with BACK-TO-BACK sacks!
📺 >> @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/c1BxnlqQAT
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) August 22, 2021
.@SamEguavoen13 IS PLAYING LIGHTS OUT! His fourth sack of the night AND the safety.
📺 >> Watch on @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/UxyGAo7VKJ
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) August 22, 2021
As the team’s communications staff pointed out after the game, a four-sack day in the preseason is not all that common.
.@SamEguavoen13 has 4 sacks tonight. It's the most sacks by an NFL player in a preseason game since at least 2017.
Per the great research of @rickymartinez_3, the last @MiamiDolphins player with at least 4 sacks in a preseason game was Adewale Ogunleye at Tampa Bay on 8/12/02.
— Brett Brecheisen (@bbrech) August 22, 2021
