Karlton Dennis

Height:
5-9
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
La Palma, CA
High School:
Servite HS

Expected to vie for starting nod at right cornerback this fall, challenged by Kai Sheffie and Jerek Rosales ... USA College Football FCS Preseason All-American honorable mention.

2014 -- Seven starts and played in all 12 games as a junior at cornerback ... notched 44 total tackles (32 solo) en route to All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention praise ... season-high seven stops in season opener at New Mexico State and six more against both Sacramento State and San Diego ... intercepted three passes, one each against Weber State, Northern Arizona and Montana State ... theft against Bobcats with 1:01 to play clinched Mustang victory ... seven pass breakups, two against Montana ... played in 2015 Spring Game, making a pair of tackles.

2013 -- Played in all 12 games with seven starts at cornerback ... notched 26 total tackles (18 solo), including career-high five tackles in season opener against San Diego ... also made four stops against Fresno State ... intercepted passes in games against Yale and Eastern Washington ... did not play in 2014 Spring Game due to injury.

2012 -- Played in 11 games as a backup cornerback ... notched eight tackles (four solo), including season-high three stops against Idaho State ... expected to battle Chris Fletcher for starting nod at right cornerback this fall ... made three tackles in 2013 Spring Game.

2011 -- Redshirt.

High School -- Dennis recorded nine interceptions in his last two seasons under head coach Troy Thomas at Servite High School ... both his junior- and senior-year teams posted 14-1 records ... Servite won the Trinity League title and CIF-Southern Section Pac 5 Conference championship in 2010, losing only to De La Salle 48-8 in the California State High School Open Division championships at the Home Depot Center ... as a senior, Dennis notched six interceptions, 105 tackles and 25 pass breakups en route to Trinity League defensive player of the year, first-team All-Orange County, first-team All-CIF-Southern Section Pac 5 Conference and second-team All-State honors ... Dennis, who has 4.5 speed in the 40 and ran on the Friars’ track and field team, also earned a spot on the Los Angeles Times High School All-Star Football Team ... in 2009, Dennis’ junior season, Servite was the state Division II champion ... Dennis notched one interception, one fumble recovery, 16 pass breakups and 85 tackles en route to second-team All-Trinity League honors ... was a two-year starter at cornerback for the Friars ... member of Honor Roll ... recruited by Stony Brook (formerly SUNY at Stony Brook), Colgate, BYU, San Jose State and Weber State, but chose Cal Poly because it has a “great foundation and coaches as well as tradition.”

Personal -- Son of Calvin and Karla Dennis ... three brothers, Kameron, Karrington and Kenneth ... Kameron is a freshman defensive back on the Mustang football team ... aspires to be a physical therapist ... uses a Shake Weight (ocsillating dumbbell) for exercise during free time ... member of Cal Poly Croquet Club ... born June 8, 1993, in La Palma, Calif. ... majors in kinesiology.