| Keaton Kristick |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Fountain Hills, Ariz.
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| High School:
St. Mary's
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| Height / Weight:
6-3 / 230
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| Position:
LB
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| Experience:
3V
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Linebacker's future told in the tale of the tape- Paul Buker, The Oregonian
New Face of the Defense (GT 4-22-09)
A cup of joe with Keaton Kristick, who's eyeing the Rose Bowl- Ted Miller, ESPN.com
Keaton Kristick Career Stats 
Keaton Kristick 2009 Stats
Keaton Kristick 2008 Stats
Keaton Kristick 2007 Stats
Keaton Kristick 2006 Stats
Career Bio
2009: Keaton is one of the top linebackers in the Pac-10 this season ... physical player who appears to have a future at the next level judging from football experts ... Ted Miller of ESPN.com ranks him the 28th best player in the league ... one of 41 players on the Lott Trophy Watch List ... co-team captain. 2008: Keaton started all 13 games ... second on the team for tackles with 82, 14th in the Pac-10 ... career-high 10 tackles in the upset of No. 1 USC, including two TFLs and one sack ... 14 TFLs, second on the team and eighth in conference ... 3.5 sacks ... four pass breakups. 2007: Made 15 tackles for the season, playing all 13 games ... season-high four tackles against Washington State. 2006: A major contributor as a true-freshman on special teams and as a reserve at linebacker ... one of six true-freshmen to play ... made 17 tackles for the season, including a season-high four at Hawai'i ... forced Hawai'i QB Colt Brennan to fumble ... recovered Stanford QB T.C. Ostrander's fumble at the Cardinal 3-yard line, leading to a Beaver touchdown.
ST. MARY'S: Keaton lettered three years as a running back and linebacker ... the team's leading rusher and tackler for three years ... Rivals.com rated him the seventh best prospect in Arizona as a senior ... scored 18 touchdowns on the ground his senior year and one receiving - led the Desert Valley Conference with his 19 scores ... first team All-Arizona Republic and 5A All-State as a senior...first team all-region on both offense and defense as a senior ... 2005 team MVP ... defensive player of the year for the region ... set the state record with a 99-yard touchdown run as a junior.
PERSONAL: Born in Naperville, Illinois - the hometown of teammate Timi Oshinowo ... son of Kevin and Karie Kristick ... Kevin played football (CB) at Northern Illinois University (1977-78) and is currently the VP for a finance group ... his brother, Kyle, was a backup quarterback at New Mexico (2001-02) ... his uncle, David Kristick, was a linebacker at Army in the mid-70s ... president of the St. Mary's Young Republicans group ... chose OSU because of the "relationships with the coaches and the chance to play in the Pac-10 Conference" ... self-described coffee junkie ... majoring in business and scheduled to graduate in June.
CAREER STATISTICS
Year UT AT Total TFL-Yds Sacks-Yds CF RC BrUp Int KB
2008 44 40 84 14-57 3.5-21 0 0 4 0 0
2007 6 9 15 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
2006 14 3 17 1-2 1-2 1 1 0 0 0
Total 64 52 116 15-59 4.5-23 1 1 5 0 0
G-B-G (2008 - played in all 13 games)
Tck-TFL-QBS
Stan 7-1-0
PSU 5-2-0
Haw 3-0-0
USC 10-2-1
Utah 8-1.5-0
WSU 5-0.5-0
Wash 4-0-0
ASU 9-1.5-1
UCLA 8-3-0
Cal 5-1.5-0.5
Ariz 8-0-0
Ore 5-1-1
Pitt 5-0-0
Brup-4 (WSU, UCLA, Cal, Pitt)
G-B-G (2007 - played in all 13 games)
Tck-TFL-QBS
Utah 1-0-0
Cinn 3-0-0
Ida St. 1-0-0
Ariz 1-0-0
Cal 1-0-0
Stan 1-0-0
Wash 1-0-0
WSU 4-0-0
Ore 2-0-0
BrUp-1 (WSU)
G-B-G (2006 - played in all 14 games)
Tck-TFL-QBS
EWU 1-0-0
Idaho 3-0-0
Cal 1-0-0
Wash 2-0-0
UCLA 1-0-0
Stan 3-1-1
Haw 4-0-0
CF-1 (Haw) RC-1 (Stan)
