David Meyer

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Height:
6-1
Weight:
230
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Mission Viejo, CA
High School:
Mission Viejo HS

2022 -- Cal Poly's leading tackler as a redshirt sophomore with 85 stops, including 57 solo tackles ... 7.0 tackles for lost yardage, including 4.5 sacks, along with one interception and pair of forced fumbles ... played all 11 games, starting the final eight contests at Will linebacker ... interception was against Portland State, sealing 49-42 victory with 19 seconds to play ... forced fumbles against Idaho State and UC Davis ... three games with double-digit tackles, led by season-high 12 stops against UC Davis ... added 11 tackles versus Portland State and 10 at Northern Arizona. ... earned third-team All-Big Sky honors as an outside linebacker.

2021 -- Played in all 11 games as a backup linebacker ... earned 25 total tackles, including 17 solo stops ... season-high five tackles against Montana State and added four more stops versus San Diego and UC Davis ... notched tackles for lost yardage in first two games of season against San Diego and Fresno State ... recovered a fumble in the win over Idaho State.

2020 (Spring 2021) -- Redshirt.

High School -- Meyer recorded a team-leading 105 tackles (65 solo), including six sacks, as a senior outside linebacker under head coach Chad Johnson at Mission Viejo High School ... also earned two quarterback hurries, intercepted a pair of passes, broke up two others, blocked a punt, recovered a fumble and forced four others ... earned first-team All-South Coast League honors as well as the team's defensive MVP and Touch the Hat awards ... helped the Diablos to an 11-1 overall record, South Coast League championship and a berth in the semifinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs ... as a junior was a nickel back and notched 60 tackles (40 solo), including one sack, along with a pair of interceptions ... landed on All-South Coast League second team ... chose to be a Mustang because Cal Poly is "a great academic school with a chance to play college football and have a better career for the future."

Personal -- Son of Michael and Emilia Meyer ... one brother, Christopher ... enjoys sports and hanging out with friends and family as hobbies ... wants to own his own business ... majoring in business administration.