Burton De Koning

Height:
6-2
Weight:
230
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Folsom, CA
High School:
Folsom HS

2014 -- Played in all 12 games with five starts as a junior outside linebacker ... 43 total tackles (19 solo), including season-high nine tackles at Weber State and eight more against Montana State ... 2.5 tackles for lost yardage, including 1.5 in Montana State contest and one more against Montana ... teamed with Nick Dzubnar on a sack in Montana State game ... three quarterback hurries for the year, including two against South Dakota State ... one pass breakup at Sacramento State ... played baseball for San Luis Obispo Blues during summer of 2015 ... recorded six tackles (two solo) in 2015 Spring Game.

Nevada -- De Koning transfered to Cal Poly from Nevada, where he redshirted the 2011 season, played 10 games as a backup linebacker as well as on on special teams in 2012 and played in all 12 games as a sophomore in 2013, mostly on special teams, with 11 total tackles (seven solo).

High School -- A graduate of Folsom High School, where he lettered three times in football under head coach Kris Richardson and led the team to a 14-1 record, Delta River League title, CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title and California state Division II championship as a senior ... named first-team All-Delta River League as a junior and senior, earned first-team all-area honors from the Sacramento Bee, was named second-team All-NorCal and third-team All-State as a senior and was team defensive MVP after recording 78 total tackles (49 solo), including 12 sacks, and one forced fumble ... also was a second-team all-league selection in baseball as a senior and was a three-time letterwinner on the diamond as an outfielder ... hit .327 in his senior season (2011) with 16 RBI ... also played basketball at Folsom and was a three-time Honors student with a 3.4 grade-point average ... Cal Poly’s football roster is dotted with other Folsom High School graduates, including Dano Graves, Carson McMurtrey and Stephen Sippel ... De Koning chose to transfer to Cal Poly because “it has a great reputation for academics and I have past teammates that play here. Cal Poly football is going to be great in the years to come. The possibility of playing baseball is awesome, too. I love the town. San Luis Obispo is beautiful.”

Personal -- Son of Jim De Koning and Becki Tyner and stepdad David Tyner ... mother was an architecture major at Cal Poly ... one brother, Casey De Koning, an Army Ranger, and one stepbrother, Ryan Tyner ... aspires to work for ESPN or become a physical therapist or firefighter ... enjoys playing drums, hunting, fishing, writing and riding motorcycles as hobbies ... claims to be an amateur rapper and mediocre beatboxer (vocal percussionist) ... born August 25, 1992, in Sacramento, Calif. ... majoring in communication studies.