Eastern Michigan Athletics
2005 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Daniel Holtzclaw
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Enid, Okla.
- High School:
- Enid
PERSONAL: Full name: Daniel Ken Holtzclaw...Son of Eric and Kumiko Holtzclaw...Born 12-10-86...Father, Eric Holtzclaw, is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma...Has two sisters, Julie and Jennifer...Criminal Justice major...EMU: Stepped into the starting middle linebacker position as a true freshman in 2005 and has started all 35 games at that position the past three seasons...Has accumulated 330 total tackles in his career, good for ninth on the all-time list...Has accounted for more than 100 tackles in each of his last two seasons, with 114 in 2006 and 125 in 2007...Has recorded 15 double-figure tackle games during his career...Earned freshman All-American awards from three separate news agencies: First-team Freshman All-American by the Football Writer’s of America, and a third-team Freshman All-American choice by The Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com...Has been named to preseason watch lists for the Bronco Nagurski Award (best defensive player in college football) and the Rotary Lombardi Award (outstanding defensive down lineman or player five yards off the ball) the past two years...Has also been selected as a preseason first-team All-Mid-American Conference selection by Phil Steele’s 2008 College Football Magazine’s preseason poll...2007: Started all 12 games at middle linebacker and led the team in tackles with 125...Ranked tied for 21st in the nation in total tackles and was third in the MAC...Led the team and was ranked third in the MAC and tied for 21st in the nation in total tackles with 125...Earned eight single-game awards from the coaching staff for outstanding efforts...Selected for Winning Performances four times, for the Northern Illinois (Sept. 15), Howard (Sept. 22), Vanderbilt (Sept. 29) and Northwestern (Oct. 19) games...Chosen as the Defensive Big Playmaker for the NIU and Western Michigan (Oct. 27) games...Also selected for a Championship Performance against WMU...Had six double-figure tackle games, including a personal-best 19 in the Howard contest...2006: Started all 12 games at middle linebacker...Recorded 114 total tackles to lead the team and the MAC and finished 16th in the Division I-A ranks...Had five double-figure tackle games with 15 against Central Michigan (Sept. 23), 14 versus Bowling Green (Oct. 14), 11 at Western Michigan (Oct. 28), 13 against Ohio (Nov. 4) and 13 in the season finale at home against Northern Illinois (Nov. 24)...Also turned in 3.5 tackles-for-loss of 14 yards, had one forced fumble, against NIU and one fumble recovery, at WMU...Singled out by the coaching staff for single-game awards six times...Earned Winning Performance awards three times, for the Toledo (Oct. 21), Western Michigan and Ohio games...Named a Championship Performer for the Kent State (Nov. 17) contest and was a Championship Special Teams award winner for the Central Michigan and Bowling Green games...Named to the preseason Dick Butkus Award Watch List which honors the nation’s top linebacker at the end of the year...2005: Started all 11 games at middle linebacker as a true freshman...Tied for ninth in the NCAA Division I-A ranks in interceptions in 2005 with five...Recorded 91 total tackles...Completed his freshman season as the 13th leading tackler in the Mid-American Conference and tied for second in interceptions...Named the MAC West Division Defensive Player of the Week for the Kent State game after recording 11 tackles, one interception, and 0.5 tackles-for-loss of one yard...Chosen as the Eastern Gridiron Network Newcomer of the Year for 2005...Earned five coaches’ awards during the season, including Defensive Big Playmaker against Louisiana Lafayette (Sept. 10), Championship Special Teams performer against Kent State, Defensive Eagle of the Week and a Winning Performer award against Northern Illinois (Oct. 15), and was singled out as a Winning Performer against Miami (Oct. 22) and Ball State (Nov. 12)...Recorded interceptions against Kent State, two at Northern Illinois and two in the season finale at Buffalo (Nov. 19)...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Enid (Okla.) H.S. where he played football for head coach Tom Cobble...Senior Year: First-team All-State selection as well as All-District and All-Northwest Region selection...Three-year starter and captain...Led the team with 123 tackles, including a school-record 25 tackles in the season opener...One of the strongest players on the team with a 360-pound bench press and 500-pound squat...Junior Year: Earned a football letter and recorded 63 tackles...Sophomore Year: Earned a football letter.
