KAZEE NAMED AN SI PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN

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Senior cornerback lands on second team

Source: goaztecs.com press release

Photo: Damontae Kazeee courtesy goaztecs.com

August 3, 2016 (San Diego) - San Diego State senior cornerback Damontae Kazee has been named a 2016 preseason second-team All-American by SI.com, the website revealed on Wednesday. The honor is one of many for the San Bernardino product, who was named the preseason Mountain West Defensive Player of the Year last week in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kazee had eight interceptions in 2015, which tied for the second most in the nation, the most in Aztecs' Division I era (since 1969) and in Mountain West history. He also added 75 tackles (team-high 58 solo stops), seven pass breakups, 5.5 tackles for loss and two forced fumbles, eventually being named a second-team USA Today All-American, an honorable-mention Sports Illustrated All-American, the MW Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-MW pick.

Even before the Aztecs’ first practice, Kazee has garnered national attention. He has appeared on two preseason award watch lists – the Chuck Bednarik (collegiate defensive player of the year) and the Jim Thorpe (top defensive back) – and been tabbed to the preseason all-MW first team by five different publications.

Kazee and the Aztecs enter the 2016 campaign as the Mountain West favorites to repeat as West Division champions. SDSU received all 29 first-place votes in the league media poll, which was announced last week at the conference’s media days at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

SDSU is coming off an 11-3 season where it tied a school record for the most wins in a single year, finished with a 10-game winning streak (second-longest active FBS streak heading into 2016), won the MW title (20th conference title in program history) and beat Cincinnati, 42-7, in the Hawai`i Bowl.

The Aztecs kick off the 2016 season at Qualcomm Stadium against New Hampshire on Sept. 3 at 5:30 p.m. PT.

 

 


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