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2012 Rams Football Roster

15 Kirby Kezama

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 185
  • Year 5th
  • Hometown Regina, Sask.
  • Previous School Balfour Collegiate

Biography

Player Sponsor: Advance Engineered Products

• 2012 CIS First-Team All-Canadian
• 2012 Canada West All-Star


University of Regina Single-Game Records
Most interceptions - 2 (9/14/2012 at Alberta, 11/10/2012 at Calgary) - record shared with nine other players

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2012: Named a first-team All-Canadian and a Canada West all-star after tying for the conference lead with four interceptions despite missing two Canada West games ... four interceptions is tied for second in the U of R's single-season record book ... started five conference games for the Rams at halfback ... also had 14 solo tackles, eight assisted tackles, and two pass breakups during the conference schedule ... handled placekicking duties in Week 3 and Week 4 and was 9-for-9 in PATs, 1-for-2 in field goal attempts, and averaged 49.4 yards per kickoff ... tied the school's single-game record with two interceptions and added two pass breakups at Alberta (Sept. 14) ... ran an interception back 36 yards at Saskatchewan (Sept. 21) ... started both of the team's playoff games at halfback and had seven solo tackles, seven assisted tackles, and two interceptions in the postseason ... both of his postseason interceptions came in the Hardy Cup final at Calgary (Nov. 10) as he recorded multiple picks in a game for the second time in 2012 ... finishes his CIS career in third place on the U of R's all-time list with eight career interceptions.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2011: Started six of the team's eight Canada West games at safety ... tied for fourth on the Rams with 29½ tackles ... also had a pass breakup and a forced fumble during the conference schedule ... had a season-high six tackles against Calgary (Sept. 16).

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2010: Started at halfback for the first seven games of the season ... started at safety at Saskatchewan (Oct. 29) and in the team's Canada West semifinal game at Calgary (Nov. 6) ... finished sixth on the team with 29 tackles (19 solo, 20 assisted) ... recorded an interception at UBC (Sept. 24) ... had a season-high 6½ tackles at Manitoba (Oct. 16) ... also had 6½ tackles and added an interception at Calgary in the Canada West semifinals.

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2009: Played in all eight of the team's conference games ... led the team's defensive backs with 32 tackles (21 solo, 22 assisted) ... had an interception at Calgary (Oct. 24) ... also had one pass breakup ... had a career-high nine tackles (six solo, six assisted) against Calgary on Sept. 18 ... also played in the Canada West semifinal game at Saskatchewan (Nov. 7).

UNIVERSITY OF REGINA 2008: Appeared in seven of the team's eight regular season games ... had 11.5 tackles (10 solo, three assisted) ... also had two interceptions and one pass breakup ... recorded interceptions in back-to-back games (Oct. 11 at Calgary and Oct. 18 at Alberta) ... had a season-high five tackles (four solo, two assisted) at Alberta (Oct. 18) ... played in the team's Canada West semifinal game at Calgary ... was one of just four Rams on the 2008 roster to come straight out of high school without utilizing a redshirt season.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in Campion Arts ... named Balfour’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 … named the defensive MVP of Football Saskatchewan’s 2007 Top 90 Camp … participated in both the 2006 and 2007 Top 90 Camps ... brothers Cody and Catlin are both on the Rams.


SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2008 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2009 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2010 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2012 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 12 2.0
TOTAL 36 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 12 0.3
 
PUNT RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2009 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2010 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2012 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
TOTAL 36 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
 
INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 6 2 20 0 20 10.0 3.3
2009 8 1 9 0 9 9.0 1.1
2010 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0
2012 6 4 36 0 36 9.0 6.0
TOTAL 36 8 65 0 36 8.1 1.8
 
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2008 6 0 0 0 0 20 20 3.3
2009 8 0 0 0 0 9 9 1.1
2010 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
2012 6 0 0 0 0 36 36 6.0
TOTAL 36 0 0 0 0 65 65 1.8
 
FIELD GOALS g made att long pct
2008 6 0 0 0 0.0
2009 8 0 0 0 0.0
2010 8 0 0 0 0.0
2011 8 0 0 0 0.0
2012 6 1 2 19 50.0
TOTAL 36 1 2 19 50.0
 
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2008 6 10 3 11.5 0.0 3 0 0 0
2009 8 21 22 32.0 0.5 2 0 1 0
2010 8 19 20 29.0 0.5 2 0 1 0
2011 8 23 13 29.5 0.0 1 1 0 0
2012 6 14 8 18.0 0.0 6 0 0 0
TOTAL 36 87 66 120.0 1.0 14 1 2 0
 

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