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2013 Football Roster

44 Shawn Krautzel

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 205
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Prospect Park, Pa.
  • Highschool Interboro

Biography

Returning starter at defensive back … second team All-PSAC East selection … played the new “rover” position in West Chester’s new defensive alignment last fall … position suits him well ... will most likely replace graduated senior captain John O’Donnell at free safety in 2013 … a high-energy player ... always going 100 mph when on the field ... has defensive back instincts and abilities in a linebacker’s body … hits hard … brings a lot of emotion and a certain confident swagger to the defense ... will be one of West Chester’s top defensive players ... experience and knowledge is a tremendous asset ... craves contact ... always looking to make an impact play ... can read a quarterback’s eyes and anticipate plays well … those instincts leave him well-suited for the safety position … has 147 career tackles entering his senior season … understands situations very well … will be the outspoken leader of the defensive secondary ... should develop into a leader on defense ... also played on the special teams in the past ... could lend a hand to the punt and kick coverage teams again ... three-year  letterwinner.
 
2012: Appeared in all 11 games and made eight starts … started the final seven games of the season … ranked second on the team in tackles with a career-best 62 … made 25 solo stops and career-high 37 assisted stops … registered 2.5 tackles for a loss … intercepted a career-high two passes … credited with three pass breakups … also forced one fumble … also returned one kickoff four yards against Kutztown … intercepted a pass against Millersville … also intercepted a pass against East Stroudsburg and returned it four yards … forced his fumble at California (Pa.) … registered a tackle for a loss at East Stroudsburg … picked up half a tackle for a loss against Kutztown, LIU-Post and Bloomsburg … posted season-best nine tackles at East Stroudsburg … five solo stops and four assisted stops … recorded seven tackles in three of WCU’s last five games (LIU-Post, Shippensburg, Bloomsburg) … credited with season-high five assisted stops against LIU-Post and Shippensburg … second team All-PSAC East.
 
2011: Appeared in 10 games and made four starts … finished sixth on the team with 56 tackles … posted 30 solo stops and 26 assisted stops … registered two tackles for a loss … also intercepted a pass against Bloomsburg and forced a fumble on the year … recorded a career-high 10 tackles at Delaware … also posted nine stops against East Stroudsburg … recorded seven tackles at New Haven and C.W. Post … his seven solo tackles at Delaware was a career-high … posted five solo stops at New Haven as well … registered five assisted tackles against East Stroudsburg … recorded a tackle for a loss against East Stroudsburg and Shippensburg … forced a fumble against Cheyney.
 
2010: Appeared in 10 games ... tied for 15th on the team in tackles with 29 ... made 20 solo stops and nine assisted tackles ... credited with three pass breakups ... recovered a fumble as well ... registered a season-high seven tackles in final game at Indiana (Pa.) ... posted season-best five solo stops ... also credited with a pass breakup ... recorded a pair of assisted tackles as well ... credited with a career-high two pass breakups at Kutztown ... 18 of his 29 tackles came in West Chester’s last four games ... posted five tackles in back-to-back outings against Bloomsburg and Kutztown ... notched four solo tackles in each of those games ... credited with a fumble recovery at Delaware in season opener ... posted four tackles against Edinboro.
 
2009: Red-shirted ... did not appear in a contest.

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Historical Player Information

  • 37

    2010Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'2" 205 lbs
    37
  • 44

    2011Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'4" 205 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2012Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 205 lbs
    44
  • 44
    C

    2013Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 205 lbs
    44
    C