2017 Football Roster
Sep 27 (Sat)
2:00 pm MT
Garrett Kauppila
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rocklin, CA
- High School:
- Rocklin
- Position:
- DB
2018 – Played in eight games, starting seven … missed four games due to injury, but returned ahead of schedule … named to the Academic All-American first-team by CoSIDA, the first Air Force football player to earn the honor since 2004 … named academic all-district and academic all-Mountain West … was named to the NCAA Division I Football Oversight Committee as a Mountain West representative … the committee gather broad-based feedback from Division I student-athletes on issues the football oversight committee is reviewing … named first-team academic all-Colorado by the National Football Foundation, Colorado Chapter … was one of two finalists for collegiate scholar-athlete of the year by the NFF …
recorded 35 total tackles, including 20 unassisted … also had 2.5 tackles for loss, four pass breakups which was second on the team, a fumble recovery and a blocked punt … finished seventh on the team in tackles despite missing four games … led the team in tackles twice … returned to the lineup at Wyoming after missing four games and had four tackles and a tackle for loss … four tackles and a pass breakup vs. Navy … four tackles and a fumble recovery at Utah State … career highs of nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Florida Atlantic … also blocked a punt at FAU which led to a touchdown … team-best six tackles and two pass breakups vs. Stony Brook in the season opener … leads all current Falcons in blocked kicks with two, both punts.
2017 – Played and started in three games … started the first three games of the season … suffered season-ending injury vs. San Diego State … recorded 15 total tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble … three tackles vs. VMI … career-best eight tackles, including six unassisted, and 1.5 tackles for loss at Michigan … four solo tackles and a blocked punt vs. San Diego State … was injured during the block.
2016 – Did not see any varsity action.
2015 – Did not see any varsity action.
High School – Lettered four years in football, three in track and two in basketball … first-team all-conference selection in football as a junior and senior … named defensive team MVP … honorable mention all-metro as a senior … was team captain … high school football coach was Greg Benzel … was on the academic honor guard … named school scholar-athlete and was a presidential achievement honoree … elected to his high school’s hall of fame.
Personal – Son of Bob and Andrea Kauppila … has a brother … majoring in management … member of cadet squadron 6 … would like to work in intelligence after graduation … completed Operations Air Force and was on the cadet cadre for Basic Cadet Training in the summer of 2017 … completed a summer research program and was part of the cadet group that worked survival training last summer … member of the Dean’s Aces program and is in the Academy Scholar’s Program.
