Akron Zips middle linebacker Gage Summers is on a takeaway hot streak most defenders can only dream about.

Summers recovered two fumbles and returned one of them for a touchdown in Akron’s 44-10 blowout win over UMass on Nov. 4 at InfoCision Stadium .

A redshirt senior, Summers also had two interceptions on Oct. 25 in the fourth quarter of Akron’s 24-16 upset victory at Buffalo.

“God definitely got me right,” Summers said. “I got lucky the last two games, for sure.”

Sitting beside Summers during a news conference after Akron routed UMass, Zips quarterback Ben Finley corrected his teammate’s statement about getting lucky.

“That’s that work you put in showing off,” Finley said.

Akron has won two consecutive Mid-American Conference games, and Summers tallied two takeaways in e

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