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9 David Meyer

9 David Meyer

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    230
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Hometown:
    Mission Viejo, Calif.
  • High School:
    Mission Viejo

Summary

Biography

- 2024 Buck Buchanan Award Finalist
- 2024 Walter Camp FCS All-American
- 2024 AFCA FCS All-American
- 2024 FCS Football Central All-American
- 2024 STATS Perform FCS All-American
- 2024 First Team Big Sky All-Conference
- Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9, 2024)
- Big Sky Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5, 2024)
- FCS Nation National Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5, 2024)

2024 (Redshirt Junior):
Played in all 14 games, making 13 starts ... Finished the season as the team leader in total tackles with 122 and interceptions with four ... Finished with the second-most solo tackles in a single season in program history with 73 ... Added 8.5 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry ... Tied for the ninth-most total tackles in the nation ... Finished second in the nation in solo tackles ... Totaled the second-most total tackles and solo tackles in the Big Sky ... Tied for the conference lead in interceptions with four ... Had five games with at least 10 total tackles ... Tallied at least 10 solo tackles in two games ... Opened the season with back-to-back double digit tackles racking up 12 at California (Aug. 31) and a season-high 15 total tackles (12 solo) against East Texas A&M (Sept. 7) ... Sealed the win against East Texas A&M with a 60-yard interception touchdown scoring return ... Made another interception, adding seven total tackles at Southern Utah (Sept. 14) ... Recorded 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and seven total tackles at Portland State (Oct. 5) ... Ripped off three straight games from Oct. 19-Nov. 9 with at least 10 tackles ... Made 11 stops with five solo tackles at Eastern Washington (Oct. 19) ... Had a career game against Northern Colorado (Nov. 2), making 12 total tackles (11 solo), 2.0 tackles for loss and one interception ... Totaled 10 tackles, with 1.0 tackles for loss and one pass breakup at Montana (Nov. 9) ... Made an interception while recording nine stops at Sacramento State (Nov. 23) ... In two NCAA FCS Playoff games, totaled 18 tackles (10 solo) and 2.0 tackles for loss.

PRE-UC DAVIS (Cal Poly): 2022 (Cal Poly) -- Cal Poly's leading tackler as a redshirt sophomore with 85 stops, including 57 solo tackles ... 7.0 tackles for lost yardage, including 4.5 sacks, along with one interception and pair of forced fumbles ... played all 11 games, starting the final eight contests at Will linebacker ... interception was against Portland State, sealing 49-42 victory with 19 seconds to play ... forced fumbles against Idaho State and UC Davis ... three games with double-digit tackles, led by season-high 12 stops against UC Davis ... added 11 tackles versus Portland State and 10 at Northern Arizona. ... earned third-team All-Big Sky honors as an outside linebacker. ... 2021 (Cal Poly) -- Played in all 11 games as a backup linebacker ... earned 25 total tackles, including 17 solo stops ... season-high five tackles against Montana State and added four more stops versus San Diego and UC Davis ... notched tackles for lost yardage in first two games of season against San Diego and Fresno State ... recovered a fumble in the win over Idaho State ... 2020 (Spring 2021) -- Redshirt.

High School -- Meyer recorded a team-leading 105 tackles (65 solo), including six sacks, as a senior outside linebacker under head coach Chad Johnson at Mission Viejo High School ... also earned two quarterback hurries, intercepted a pair of passes, broke up two others, blocked a punt, recovered a fumble and forced four others ... earned first-team All-South Coast League honors as well as the team's defensive MVP and Touch the Hat awards ... helped the Diablos to an 11-1 overall record, South Coast League championship and a berth in the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs ... as a junior was a nickel back and notched 60 tackles (40 solo), including one sack, along with a pair of interceptions ... landed on All-South Coast League second team ... chose to be a Mustang because Cal Poly is "a great academic school with a chance to play college football and have a better career for the future."

Personal -- Son of Michael and Emilia Meyer ... one brother, Christopher ... enjoys sports and hanging out with friends and family as hobbies ... wants to own his own business ... majoring in business administration.
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