Kyle Shotwell

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Kyle Shotwell is a former American football linebacker, best known for winning the 2006 Buck Buchanan Award, awarded annually to the national defensive player of the year in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivision.

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Early life

At the prep level, Shotwell starred at Goleta's Dos Pueblos High School, for which he was later selected to the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame in 2011. [1]

College career

Shotwell played the entirety of his NCAA career at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo. He was announced as the Buchanan Award recipient in December 2006 in Tennessee. [2] Shotwell collected 275 total voting points in the balloting for the award, including 23 first-place votes. [3]

Following making a game-high seven tackles in the East-West Shrine Game, leading the West squad to a 21–3 win at Reliant Stadium, [4] Shotwell won the Pat Tillman Award in 2007. [5]

Collegiate Statistics
YearGPTackles (Solo)TFL - Yds.SacksPBUINTYds.TDFFFRYds.TD
2002 (RS)0-----------
2003 (Fr.)1124 (13)2.5 (-11)1.0-0-001-0
2004 (So.)1188 (53)7.5 (-31)4.02219032390
2005 (Jr.)13158 (71)13.5 (-63)5.0325020-0
2006 (Sr.)11122 (62)21.0 (-80)7.02065t12100
Totals46392 (199)44.5 (-185)17.07489174390

Professional career

Shotwell signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the Oakland Raiders in 2007. [6] After being released by Oakland following the preseason, he joined the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad midway during the 2007 season.

He then signed with Indianapolis in January 2008, [7] but was released by the Colts on August 30 following the completion of the preseason. [8] However, in November 2008, he signed with Kansas City as a member of the Chiefs' practice squad, prior to becoming a coach in 2009. [9]

Preseason NFL Statistics
PreseasonTeamGPTackles
2007 OAK 410 [10]
2008 IND 518 [11]
Totals928

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References

  1. ↑ "Kyle Shotwell". Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table. August 8, 2012. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Shotwell takes 1-AA defensive honor". UPI. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  3. ↑ Milne, Brian (December 15, 2006). "Shotwell Makes it a Three-Peat for Poly". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. pp. D-1.
  4. ↑ "An Impressive Weekend for Shotwell at Shrine Game". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). January 23, 2007. pp. D1.
  5. ↑ "Pat Tillman Award – East West Shrine Bowl" . Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  6. ↑ James, Marty (August 7, 2007). "Ex-Cal Poly star becomes NFL student". Napa Valley Register.
  7. ↑ Milne, Brian (January 11, 2008). "Shotwell Heading to Colts as a Free Agent". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). pp. S1.
  8. ↑ "TWENTY RELEASED". www.colts.com. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  9. ↑ Bandanza, Nick (October 22, 2021). "The End of an Era: The Shotwell Family Reflects before Their Last Family Weekend". Mustang News.
  10. ↑ Milne, Brian (August 10, 2008). "Shotwell Hopes to Remain with the Colts". The San Luis Obispo Tribune. pp. S3.
  11. ↑ Milne, Brian (August 31, 2008). "Shotwell, Beck Don't Make Cut". The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA). pp. S1.
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