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2016 MIT Football Roster

49 Kevin Kusch

  • Position DL
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 265
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mobile, Ala.
  • High School McGill-Toolen Catholic
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

2016: Named to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society... NEFC All-Academic Team... NEFC Second Team All-Conference... CoSIDA Academic All-District... Appeared in all 10 games as a starter... Ranked seventh on the team in total tackles with 38, including 24 solo stops and a league-leading four sacks for 36 yards... Had seven tackles for a loss of 45 yards... Posted on forced fumble, one quarterback hurry and three pass breakups... Had a season-high seven tackles in a pair of games.

2015: Started all 10 games on the defensive front … Academic All-NEFC … second among linemen on the team with 29 tackles … among the team leaders with 5.5 tackles for a loss … two sacks and a pass broken up.

2014: Saw action in all 11 games on the defensive line … Academic All-NEFC … led MIT’s defensive linemen with 32 tackles … tied for third on the squad with 3.5 tackles for a loss … started the season with five tackles vs. Pomona-Pitzer (9/6) … three stops against Salve Regina (9/27) … three solo tackles at Nichols (10/18) … career-high six tackles vs. Western New England (10/25) … picked up five more the next outing at Endicott (11/1) … made four stops in each of MIT’s NCAA Playoff games at Husson (11/22) and at Wesley (11/29).

2013: Played in eight games along the defensive front for the Engineers … finished with 15 tackles for the season … one stop in the season-opener at Pomona-Pitzer (9/7) … season-high five tackles and a forced fumble at Becker (9/14) … three stops against Curry (10/5) … two tackles at Western New England (10/26) … in on a sack against Endicott (11/2) … two stops and fumble recovery against Maine Maritime (11/9).

Off The Field at MIT: Majoring in computer science … internships with CPSI, Goldman Sachs Inc. and InterSystems Corp.

High School: A 2013 graduate of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School …three-time letterwinner in football as a defensive lineman … named the scholar-athlete of the game three times … team won a pair of regional championships … also participated in track and field … National Honor Society … National Latin Honor Society … captain of Physics Team and HiQ/Scholar's Bowl Team … Valedictorian … won Alabama High School Physics Competition.

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Historical Player Information

  • 49

    2013First Year

    DL
    6'3" 235 lbs
    49
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    2014Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 250 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2015Junior

    DL
    6'3" 260 lbs
    49
  • 49

    2016Senior

    DL
    6'3" 265 lbs
    49