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2016 Football Roster

73 Mike Kope

  • Position DT
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 285
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Charleroi, Pa.
  • High School Charleroi

Biography

Personal: Son of Joseph and Kimberly Duche ... Nickname: Kope ... A Criminal Justice major.

2016: Started all 11 games … A presence in the middle of The Rock’s defensive line with 46 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and one forced fumble … Also totaled three pass breakups and four quarterback hurries … Was credited with five or more tackles in a game six times … Had eight tackles and one tackle for loss in week one win against New Haven … First sack of season came against Gannon … Made five tackles, including a half of sack against Mercyhurst … Recorded five tackles in five consecutive games against Mercyhurst, IUP, Clarion, Edinboro and Seton Hill … Ended season with one sack against East Stroudsburg … Game-By-Game Statistics

2015: Played in all 14 games ... Finished season with 22 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks and one blocked kick ... Made three tackles, one tackle for loss and a half of sack against California ... Blocked one kick on special teams against Indiana ... Had eight total tackles in The Rock's three playof games; three tackles against Virginia Union, four against Assumption and one at Shepherd ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2014: Appeared in 11 games for The Rock, making two starts ... Made 13 tackles ... Started first two games of the season ... Had two tackles in a game three times and a season-high three tackles at California (Pa.) ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2013: Made 12 appearances for The Rock ... Made 16 tackles (five solo/11 assisted) ... Recorded 2.5 tackles-for-loss and one quarterback hurry ... PSAC Scholar-Athlete ... Game-by-Game Statistics

2012: Competed in two games ... Game-by-Game Statistics

High School: Lettered four times in football, twice in track and field and twice in wrestling ... Two-time 1st-Team WPIAL Interstate All-Conference ... Named Honorable Mention AA All-State ... Earned NUC Defensive Line MVP ... Selected to FBU TopGun Invite, North vs. South All-Star Game and Chesapeake Bowl ... Member of the Honor Roll.
 
Career Highs
Total Tackles 8 vs. New Haven (9/3/16)
Solo Tackles 2 eight times (most recently at Clarion (10/29/16)
Assisted Tackles 7 vs. New Haven (9/3/16)
Tackles-For-Loss 1 eight times (most recently vs. East Stroudsburg 11/12/16)
Sacks 1.0 twice (most recently vs. East Stroudsburg 11/12/16)
Blocked Kicks 1 vs. Indiana (Pa.) (10/24/15)
Forced Fumbles 1 at Indiana (Pa.) (10/15/16)
Pass Break Ups 1 three times (most recently vs. East Stroudsburg 11/12/16)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 74

    2012Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'1" 285 lbs
    74
  • 73

    2013Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'1" 285 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2014Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Tackle
    6'1" 285 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2015Redshirt Junior

    DT
    6'1" 285 lbs
    73
  • 73

    2016Redshirt Senior

    DT
    6'1" 285 lbs
    73