Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk has emerged as one of the Premier Leagues standout defenders - and the stats support his growing reputation. The 24-year-old started his career at Dutch side Willem II, before moving to FC Groningen on a free transfer in 2010 and then heading to Scotland in 2013 to join Celtic for £2.5m - enjoying two successful, title-winning seasons with the Scottish champions.Southampton manager and fellow countryman Ronald Koeman lured Van Dijk to the English south coast with a £13m move in September 2015, having failed to sign Toby Alderweireld on a permanent transfer. Van Dijk took little time to adapt to the English game and has become one of the top-performing defenders in his inaugural Premier League season, consistently making the Sky Sports Power Rankings top 10 and currently sitting 10th in the season rankings. But what are the stats behind his success? Southampton currently sit seventh in the Premier League table and are real contenders for European qualification come May. Van Dijk has played the full 90 minutes of 27 consecutive league games since his transfer from Celtic, helping the Saints keep 10 clean sheets.The stats suggest the Dutchman excels in all areas of defence: he made more clearances, interceptions and blocks, won more duels and aerial battles, completed more passes and scored more goals per 90 minutes than the league defender average this term.His six-foot, three-inch frame has helped him win more than five aerials per game on average - three more than the league average. Thats more than any other defender. He has also won nearly eight duels per game, compared to the league average of just over five. Virgil van Dijk has scored three Premier League goals The Netherlands international also provides an attacking threat, scoring three goals for Ronald Koemans men this season. 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OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma State University basketball player who died in July following an outdoor team workout suffered from an enlarged heart and died of natural causes, the state medical examiners office said Friday.Forward Tyrek Coger, 22, collapsed on July 21 following a 40-minute team workout on the football stadium stairs when the temperature was 99 degrees.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiners autopsy report states that Coger died due to cardiomegaly, or an enlarged heart, and that his hearts left ventricle had become abnormally thick. It also says an abnormal accumulation of spinal fluid in the brain was a contributing factor to his death.The autopsy report does not list weather conditions at the time he collapsed as a contributing factor to Cogers death. Medical Examiners Office spokeswoman Amy Elliott did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.Coger transferred from Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina and arrived at OSU on July 5. All mens basketball players at OSU undergo a baseline electrocardiogram and echocardiogram, and Coger had been cleared for basketball activity, said Gavin Lang, assistant athletic director for media relations at OSU.Oklahoma State Univeersity, OSU Athletics and Cowboy Basketball once again send the deepest sympathies to Tyrek Cogers family and friends, Lang said in an email to The Associated Press.ddddddddddddn an interview with the Stillwater NewsPress before his death, Coger spoke of frequent headaches during high school and said he had surgery several years ago to drain fluid from around his brain.The team noticed Coger was having issues after hed sat down after the drills, and called 911 at about 5 p.m. National Weather Service records show the temperature at that time was 99 degrees with humidity at 38 percent, meaning it felt like it was 106. Officials say Coger was pronounced dead at a hospital at 6:23 p.m.Cogers death was the latest tragedy for OSU. 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