Sept. 7, 2015
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State junior linebacker Calvin Munson (St. Louis) has been named the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week, the league announced today. It is the second career weekly award for Munson, who yesterday earned the Walter Camp National FBS Defensive Player-of-the-Week award.
Munson recorded a team-high 11 tackles, including 2.5 for loss, and had two interceptions returned for a touchdown, a fumble recovery and a sack in the Aztecs' 37-3 win over San Diego on Saturday night. The two interceptions returned for a touchdown - 19 and 67 yards - tied an NCAA single-game record for a linebacker, tied for the second most in a game among all players in NCAA history and were the most in a game in SDSU history.
Only teammate Damontae Kazee and West Virginia's Karl Joseph (both had three) had more interceptions than Munson's two picks, while the 86 interception yards ranked second in the nation. He is already tied for the most interceptions returned for a touchdown in San Diego State single-season history (Leon McFadden - 2012, Tory Nixon - 1984) and now has three for his career, tying Ricky Parker (1993-96) for the most in program history. Munson has totaled six interceptions for his career with 232 return yards (fifth all-time with the Aztecs).
Munson also led the team in tackles for the fourth time of his career and recovered his first-ever fumble.
Over his career, Munson has 98 tackles (60 solo), 13.0 tackles for loss, six interceptions, five sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery.
SDSU meets California at 2 p.m. PT Saturday in Berkeley, Calif.