FOUR AZTECS INVITED TO NFL COMBINE

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NFL Combine to take place Feb. 28-March 6 in Indianapolis

Source: goaztecs.com

Photo: Donnel Pumphrey (left), Nico Siragusa (center) and Damontae Kazee (right), along with Daniel Brunskill (not pictured) have been invited to the NFL Combine.  Courtesy goaztecs.com

February 15, 2017 (San Diego) - San Diego State will send four football players to the NFL Scouting Combine (National Invitational Camp) in Indianapolis from Feb. 28-March 6, the NFL announced today. Daniel Brunskill (Valley Center, Calif./Valley Center HS), Damontae Kazee (San Bernardino, Calif.), Donnel Pumphrey (Las Vegas) and Nico Siragusa (Chula Vista, Calif./Mater Dei Catholic HS) all will attend the camp, which will be scouted by top executives, coaching staffs, player personnel departments and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams.

The four combine invitees are tied for the 11th most in the nation and are tied with Temple for the most among a non-Power 5 school. Additionally, the Aztecs have more invites than 50 Power 5 programs, including 11 from the ACC, Big Ten and SEC, nine from the Big 12 and eight from the Pac-12.

Brunskill, Siragusa and Pumphrey will arrive on Tuesday, Feb. 28 and will test out on Thursday, March 2 and Friday, March 3. Kazee, meanwhile, is slated to arrive on Friday, March 3 and test out on Sunday, March 5 and Monday, March 6.

Brunskill played in 54 games over his career, tied with Pumphrey and Siragusa for the most in school history. He earned second-team all-MW accolades at right tackle this year after being an honorable mention pick as a tight end in 2015. He had 15 catches for 143 yards and three touchdowns in his three seasons at tight end (2013-15) and was named the team’s offensive player of the year in 2016.

Kazee finished his final season with 65 tackles (45 solo), seven interceptions for 156 yards, eight pass breakups, three tackles for loss and a quarterback hurry en route to being named the MW Defensive Player of the Year for a second straight season. Kazee, a three-time all-MW selection over his career (first team in 2015-16, second team in 2014), finished with a school-record 17 interceptions, 30 pass breakups (sixth at SDSU) and 214 interception yards (seventh at SDSU).

Pumphrey rushed 349 times for 2,133 yards (6.1 avg.) (10th in NCAA FBS single-season history) with 17 touchdowns on the season, while adding a team-high-tying 27 catches for 231 yards. A Doak Walker finalist, two-time MW Offensive Player of the Year (2015-16) and three-time first-team all-MW selection (2014-16), Pumphrey set an NCAA FBS record with 6,405 rushing yards over his career. He also finished fifth in NCAA FBS history in all-purpose yards (7,515), tied for eighth in overall touchdowns (67) and ninth in rushing touchdowns (62).

Siragusa helped SDSU set program records in rushing yards (3,680), rushing touchdowns (34), rushing yards per carry (5.8), offensive touchdowns (62), points (493) and field goals (21). He was a two-time first-team all-MW selection (2015-16).

 


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