Jay from One Click Sports News, here.

Over the course of the 2007 football season, former Oregon linebacker Peter Sirmon was a regular contributor to Duck Sports News. But in addition to being a Duck, Peter was also a Tennessee Titan and Benji Olson’s teammate for seven years.

Even though Peter is making his way to Ellensburg, Washington to assume the duties as Linebackers Coach at Central Washington University, Peter had a few thoughts on the former Husky’s retirement.

Here’s Peter.

Husky fans have probably heard that one of their own recently retired from the Titans after 10 years. I knew about Benji long before I was ever his teammate. His reputation when he was playing at Washington was one of an incredibly strong and nasty player. He kept that reputation in tact while he played for the Titans, as well. Tennessee Titans offensive line coach and Hall of Famer, Mike Munchak was quoted as saying that, “Benji was one of the most consistent players I ever coached.” That is one of the best compliments that you can receive as a player. Every coach likes nothing more that being able to predict a consistent performance week in and week out. Benji was also incredibly consistent when it came to showing up on game day. He played through numerous injuries because he took pride in his game and being a player that you could depend on. All players struggle to know when to give up the game that has been so good to us all, but Benji will do a great job transitioning and more than likely he will continue to make all Huskies proud.