JuCo DE Simon Sandberg surprised by Oregon State offer
Oregon State dished out an offer a few days ago to Simon Sandberg, a junior college defensive end who hails from Sweden.
Sandberg played football in Sweden but wanted an opportunity to play college football in the United States, so he enrolled at City College of San Francisco during the summer of 2017.
As a true freshman last year, Sandberg recorded 3.5 sacks, eight tackles for loss, one forced fumble, and two fumble recoveries. This season, Sandberg is redshirting as he is recovering from injury.
The 6-foot-4, 260-pound 2019 prospect graduates from his junior college this December to enroll early at his next school and will be a redshirt sophomore.
As far as Sandberg's recruitment goes, he has two offers, coming from Northern Arizona and Oregon State.
"I was kind of surprised when Oregon State offered me because I'm not playing this year," noted Sandberg.
Sandberg has been in communication with OSU defensive coordinator Tim Tibesar. They met at a recent game at Sandberg's school.
"I was talking to Coach Tibesar. He met me at a home game our team had," said Sandberg. "He introduced himself and I was a little surprised to say the least."
Sandberg is officially visiting Oregon State this weekend. He isn't exactly sure what to expect from the weekend.
"I'm new to the process. I'm going in there with really open eyes," he said.
Sandberg is in touch with a few other schools who are expressing interest but have not offered yet.