Damontae Kazee: CB · San Diego State · #23.
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Damontae Kazee
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. A two-star recruit with three seasons on the field at San Diego State since. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Mountain West again in 2016. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Nevada — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 8 passes defended. 7 interceptions. 3 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | San Diego State | 67 | 46 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8 | -- |
| 2014 | San Diego State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 67 | 46 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 16 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs New Hampshire | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-40vs California | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-28@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-42@ South Alabama | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 26-7vs UNLV | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-3@ Fresno State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-3vs San José State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 40-13@ Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 55-0vs Hawai'i | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 46-16@ Nevada | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 33-34@ Wyoming | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-63vs Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24@ Wyoming | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 34-10vs Houston | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 46 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 8 |
Week 2 · 2016
W 45-40
vs California
1 interception · 6 tackles · 3 pass breakups
Edged out California at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%8 pass breakupsInterceptions
7interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this season67 tackles · 3 for loss · 8 pass breakups · 7 interceptions.
3 seasons under Rocky Long — 29-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road7g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rocky Long
Pass share
29.0%
254 pass / 622 run
Plays / game
62.6
14 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
256 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at San Diego State, 67 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2015) — drafted at #149 overall by the Atlanta Falcons.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rocky Long.
Next stop · NFL
Atlanta FalconsEntering 10th NFL season
Atlanta FalconsEntering 10th NFL season
