Kyle Shotwell, 2006 Buck Buchanan Award Winner
Kyle Shotwell became Cal Poly’s third consecutive Buck Buchanan Award winner in December 2006. He holds school records for tackles in a season (158 in 2005), sacks in a game (4.0 vs. San Diego State in 2006) and finished No. 2 in career tackles with 392. Like Jordan Beck and Chris Gocong before him, Shotwell played in EastWest Shrine Game and was the game’s leading tackler with seven. He was signed by five National Football League teams in 2007 and 2008, but never played a down in a regular season game. He currently works in Palo Alto for Cloudera as manager of its sales development team after serving as a volunteer assistant coach at Cal Poly in 2009.
Linebacker
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Goleta, CA
First-Team All-Great West Football Conference (Linebacker) -- 2005 and 2006 Great West Football Conference Defensive Player of the Year -- 2006 First-Team The Sports Network All-American -- 2006 Second-Team Associated Press All-American -- 2006 Second-Team The Sports Network All-American -- 2005 First-Team Football Gazette All-American -- 2005
• Signed free-agent contract with Oakland Raiders in April 2007; with Indianapolis Colts in January 2008 • Played in 2007 East-West Shrine Game in Houston and was game’s leading tackler with seven, earning Pat Tillman Award • No. 1 in Division I-AA and No. 1 in Great West Football Conference with 1.91 tackles for lost yardage per game • No. 8 in Division I-AA and No. 1 in Great West Football Conference with 11.09 total tackles per game • No. 13 in Division I-AA and No. 1 in Great West Football Conference with 5.55 solo tackles per game • No. 24 in Division I-AA and No. 1 in Great West Football Conference with .64 sacks per game • No. 2 at Cal Poly in career tackles with 392 • Broke school record for tackles in a season with
108
Year 2003 2004 2005 2006 Totals
Tackles Sacks Solo Asst. Total TFL-Yds. No. Yds. 13 11 24 3-11 1.0 8 55 33 88 8-31 4.0 25 71 87 158 13.5-63 5.0 43 62 60 122 21.0-80 7.0 48 201 191 392 45.5-185 17.0 124
158 tackles in junior season (2005) • Scored first career touchdown in final game of career, returning a lateraled interception 65 yards • Four career interceptions • Played in all 46 games in Cal Poly career, including starts in his last 35 games • Recorded double digits in tackles 24 times Career Highs: Tackles: 20 vs. Texas State, 2005 Solo Tackles: 11 vs. San Diego State, 2006 Tackles for Lost Yardage: 5.0 vs. San Diego State, 2006 Sacks: 4.0 vs. San Diego State, 2006 Interceptions: 1, Four times Pass Breakups: 1, Seven times
Fumbles FF FR-Yds. 0 1-0 3 2-39 2 0-0 2 1-0 7 4-39
Int. 0 2 2 0 4
Passes Yds. Defl. 0 0 19 4 5 3 0 2 24 9