31  Kevin Curtis
	Class: Senior Hometown: Lubbock, Texas High School: Coronado Height / Weight: 6-3 / 223 Position: SS Experience: 3-L Major: Restaurant Hotel Management

2000:Football News Preseason All-America ... Preseason All-Big 12 selection who was a Thorpe Award “watch list” candidate before the season ... second on team in tackles for loss with 15 ... named First Team All-Big 12 by Football News, the Dallas Morning News, The Sporting News and the Houston Chronicle ... named Second Team All-Big 12 by the league’s coaches ... ranked 18th nationally in tackles per game ... had seven tackles against East Carolina … credited with six tackles and two QB hurries at No. 1 Oklahoma ... recorded five tackles, one pass deflection and two QB hurries versus Oklahoma State ... also had a tackle for loss and returned an interception 55 yards for a score against OSU, the first interception return for a touchdown of his career ... credited with 12 tackles, including three for loss, against 20th-ranked Texas ... also deflected one pass, had one QB hurry and one sack versus the Longhorns ... made nine tackles with two pass deflections at Kansas ... also returned a fumble 38 yards versus the Jayhawks ... credited with 13 stops at 10th-ranked Kansas State ... had three tackles for loss, two pass deflections, one QB hurry and one sack versus the Wildcats ... the sack was the first of his career ... made career-high 21 tackles against top-ranked Nebraska ... had one tackle for loss and one pass deflection versus the Cornhuskers ... credited with eight tackles and one QB hurry versus Baylor ... recovered a fumble and returned it 16 yards, and deflected two passes against Baylor ... made 11 tackles at Texas A&M, including one for loss ... added eight stops versus Louisiana-Lafayette, including two for loss ... recorded two pass deflections, two QB hurries and an interception versus ULL ... had nine tackles, one pass deflection and a game-saving forced fumble in last minute against North Texas ... recorded nine stops versus Utah State, including one for loss ... made 10 tackles, including eight solo, in season-opener against New Mexico ... added one tackle for loss, a forced fumble and one pass deflection versus UNM.

1999: All-Big 12 performer who recorded a team and conference best 153 tackles, 102 tackles over last six games of season … averaged 13.9 tackles per game … notched career-high 20 tackle performances against Colorado and Missouri … registered 19 stops against Iowa State and then 15 more against both Texas and Oklahoma … 93 solo tackles leads team by 42 over next best … Bronko Nagurski national defensive player of the week and Big 12 defensive player of the week for 20 tackles and an interception against Colorado … returned fumble 86 yards for a TD at Missouri … 13 tackles against Baylor … led team lead with three interceptions after picking off a pass and breaking up another at Texas … 47-yard interception return at Baylor set up Tech's first touchdown … has already posted 198 tackles in 22 career games … also had an interception and recovered a fumble against Colorado … started all 11 games … opened season by making 30 tackles in first two games after making 45 all of last season … recorded three tackles for loss (-11) and six broken up passes.

1998: Saw action in all 11 games of the regular season ... finished with 45 total tackles (21 solo), deflected four passes and intercepted pass on season ... made first start and tallied a team-high 10 tackles and a game clinching interception (returned for 20 yards) versus Texas ... finished with a career-high 12 tackles (three solo) at Oklahoma ... made five tackles vs. Baylor.

High School: Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas ... played quarterback primarily ... completed 69 of 136 passes for 1,018 yards and five TDs ... also rushed for 339 yards and five TDs ... was named District 3-5A MVP and a first-team all-district selection ... led team to 7-4 record as a senior ... an All-South Plains selection by the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal ... helped team to 18-6 record over two seasons ... as a junior, squad went 11-2 and was regional champions ... played defense on third down situations ... also played basketball and baseball … High School Coach: Butch Henderson.

Personal: Kevin Curtis … born 7/28/80 in Frankfurt, Germany … son of Joyce and Charles Curtis ...