Josh
April 21st, 2005, 07:07 PM
DRAFT 2006 PROSPECT #94 MATHIAS KIWANUKA, BOSTON COLLEGE, SR., 6065 261lbs, 4.72/4.73
Pro Grade: Top 5 Overall
Scouting Notes: Kiwanuka is one of the best defensive players in the country and a top 10 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft… very quick and aggressive… gets constant pressure… very good sideline to sideline speed… strong… relentless…. has the ability to literally throw blockers away on his way to the quarterback… very little fat at all… has a lean build… plays very hard and never gives up on plays… seems to get better as the game goes on… raw technique as he does not have many moves when engaged but has nice moves coming off the edge… great change of direction… displays the physical strength and quickness to get by any tackle or running back… great explosion off the ball… shows a strong swat move… explosive tackler who shows great technique that gets better with time… very good foot speed and balance… very good instincts and awareness… body is still developing… very good character with no off the field issues… shows the upside to be one of the best defensive ends to come out the draft in recent years.
2005 Outlook: Bronko Nagursky Award Candidate… Chuck Bednarik Trophy Candidate… Consensus Preseason All-American… ACC Defensive Player of the Year Candidate… Consensus Preseason All-ACC.
2004: Big East Defensive Player of the Year…unanimous choice for All-Big East first team…led the Big East in sacks (11.5 for 82 yards) and TFL (24.5 for 117 yards)…named to the Nagurski Trophy Watch List, given annually to the top defensive player in college football… Finished the season with 67 tackles (36 solos), two interceptions and two pass breakups…picked up three solos, three assists, team-best four TFL for 24 yards, and two sacks for a combined 20 yards at Ball State…two solos, one assist, one TFL for seven yards and one sack for seven yards vs. Penn State…the Penn State game marked the 11th consecutive contest in which Kiwanuka had sacked the quarterback…three solos, two assists, one TFL for three yards, and one interception vs. Connecticut in the Eagles’ Big East opener…four solos, two assists at Wake Forest…four solos, one assist, four TFLs for 19 yards, and one sack vs. Massachusetts…four solos and five assists at Pittsburgh…three solos, two assists, two TFL for 11 yards and one sack for nine yards at Notre Dame…two solos, one sack for seven yard loss, and returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown vs. Rutgers…second interception of his career…first touchdown of his career…recorded game-highs in solo tackles (seven), TFL (five for 16 yards), and sacks (two for 10 yards) at West Virginia…also registered one pass breakup…one solo, eight assists, two and one half TFL for five yards and two sacks for four yards at Temple…three tackles (one solo) vs. Syracuse…had seven tackles (2 solos, 5 assists), two sacks and tied a career high with five TFL for 25 yards in the Continental Tire Bowl victory over North Carolina.
2003: Named to the 2003 All-Big East first team, the first BC sophomore to receive that honor since William Green in 2000…led the Big East in sacks with 11.5…had a team-high 24 quarterback hurries on the year…was a 13-game starter at defensive end…four solos, one TFL vs. Wake Forest in season opener…three solos, one TFL, two QB hurries, two QB sacks, one fumble recovery, two knock downs vs. Penn State…five solos, two assists, one TFL, two QB hurries at Connecticut…had two solos, one assist, one TFL, and five QB hurries vs. Miami…led the Eagles against Ball State with seven tackles, also had one assist, one TFL, one half of a sack, three QB hurries…four solos, four assists, one QB hurry, one QB sack at Temple…six solos, two assists, one TFL, one QB sack, caused one fumble at Syracuse... three solos, one assist, one TFL, three QB hurries, two and a half sacks vs. Notre Dame…six solos, one assist, four QB hurries, one QB sack vs. Pittsburgh…five solos, four assists, one TFL, one QB sack vs. West Virginia…five solos, two assists, one TFL, one QB hurry, one half of a QB sack vs. Rutgers…had one sack and one TFL at Virginia Tech including four QB hurries…registered six tackles, including four solos…had a career-high nine tackles (four solos) and a sack in the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl game.
2002: Five sacks on the year, second on the team…finished the season with 44 tackles (27 solos)…a bright young talent on the Eagle defensive line…started the first two games of the season for the injured Derric Rossy…responded with three solos, one assist, a sack, a TFL, a pass breakup and a QB hurry vs. Connecticut in his first collegiate game…two solos plus a forced fumble in the Stanford game…also had two pass deflections, two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for a touchdown…four solos, two assists vs. Miami in the Orange Bowl…one solo, one assist, one QB sack vs. Virginia Tech…is one of two Cathedral High School graduates on the BC squad; schoolboy teammate Jeremy Trueblood is an offensive lineman…three solos, one assist and a quarterback hurry vs. Navy… two tackles, one pass knockdown vs. Pittsburgh…three tackles vs. Notre Dame…five tackles (three solos) vs. West Virginia…three tackles (two solos), 1 TFL (a quarterback sack) vs. Syracuse…four tackles, a quarterback sack and an interception vs. Temple… recovered a fumble and ran it in for a 49-yard touchdown vs. Rutgers in the regular-season finale.
2001: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned SuperPrep all-Midwest honors as a senior at Cathedral; gained all-Midwest accolades from Tom Lemming…garnered all-state and all-city honors in 2000…recorded 39 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and one pass breakup as a senior defensive end…registered 98 receiving yards as a tight end…helped lead Cathedral to back-to-back state 4A championships in 1998 and 1999; team had a 36-5 record in his three years…played for head coach Rick Streiff.
PERSONAL: Mathias Kagimu Kiwanuka, born March 8, 1983...enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences with a major in communications... Mathias is the youngest of Deodata and Emmanuel Kiwanuka’s three children; has one brother and one sister…proudly displays a Ugandan flag in his dorm room as a reminder of his African heritage and in memory of his late grandfather, Benedicto Kiwanuka, who was elected Uganda’s first prime minister in 1961 and assassinated in 1972 by Idi Amin… Nicknamed "Kiwi".
Pro Grade: Top 5 Overall
Scouting Notes: Kiwanuka is one of the best defensive players in the country and a top 10 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft… very quick and aggressive… gets constant pressure… very good sideline to sideline speed… strong… relentless…. has the ability to literally throw blockers away on his way to the quarterback… very little fat at all… has a lean build… plays very hard and never gives up on plays… seems to get better as the game goes on… raw technique as he does not have many moves when engaged but has nice moves coming off the edge… great change of direction… displays the physical strength and quickness to get by any tackle or running back… great explosion off the ball… shows a strong swat move… explosive tackler who shows great technique that gets better with time… very good foot speed and balance… very good instincts and awareness… body is still developing… very good character with no off the field issues… shows the upside to be one of the best defensive ends to come out the draft in recent years.
2005 Outlook: Bronko Nagursky Award Candidate… Chuck Bednarik Trophy Candidate… Consensus Preseason All-American… ACC Defensive Player of the Year Candidate… Consensus Preseason All-ACC.
2004: Big East Defensive Player of the Year…unanimous choice for All-Big East first team…led the Big East in sacks (11.5 for 82 yards) and TFL (24.5 for 117 yards)…named to the Nagurski Trophy Watch List, given annually to the top defensive player in college football… Finished the season with 67 tackles (36 solos), two interceptions and two pass breakups…picked up three solos, three assists, team-best four TFL for 24 yards, and two sacks for a combined 20 yards at Ball State…two solos, one assist, one TFL for seven yards and one sack for seven yards vs. Penn State…the Penn State game marked the 11th consecutive contest in which Kiwanuka had sacked the quarterback…three solos, two assists, one TFL for three yards, and one interception vs. Connecticut in the Eagles’ Big East opener…four solos, two assists at Wake Forest…four solos, one assist, four TFLs for 19 yards, and one sack vs. Massachusetts…four solos and five assists at Pittsburgh…three solos, two assists, two TFL for 11 yards and one sack for nine yards at Notre Dame…two solos, one sack for seven yard loss, and returned an interception 32 yards for a touchdown vs. Rutgers…second interception of his career…first touchdown of his career…recorded game-highs in solo tackles (seven), TFL (five for 16 yards), and sacks (two for 10 yards) at West Virginia…also registered one pass breakup…one solo, eight assists, two and one half TFL for five yards and two sacks for four yards at Temple…three tackles (one solo) vs. Syracuse…had seven tackles (2 solos, 5 assists), two sacks and tied a career high with five TFL for 25 yards in the Continental Tire Bowl victory over North Carolina.
2003: Named to the 2003 All-Big East first team, the first BC sophomore to receive that honor since William Green in 2000…led the Big East in sacks with 11.5…had a team-high 24 quarterback hurries on the year…was a 13-game starter at defensive end…four solos, one TFL vs. Wake Forest in season opener…three solos, one TFL, two QB hurries, two QB sacks, one fumble recovery, two knock downs vs. Penn State…five solos, two assists, one TFL, two QB hurries at Connecticut…had two solos, one assist, one TFL, and five QB hurries vs. Miami…led the Eagles against Ball State with seven tackles, also had one assist, one TFL, one half of a sack, three QB hurries…four solos, four assists, one QB hurry, one QB sack at Temple…six solos, two assists, one TFL, one QB sack, caused one fumble at Syracuse... three solos, one assist, one TFL, three QB hurries, two and a half sacks vs. Notre Dame…six solos, one assist, four QB hurries, one QB sack vs. Pittsburgh…five solos, four assists, one TFL, one QB sack vs. West Virginia…five solos, two assists, one TFL, one QB hurry, one half of a QB sack vs. Rutgers…had one sack and one TFL at Virginia Tech including four QB hurries…registered six tackles, including four solos…had a career-high nine tackles (four solos) and a sack in the Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl game.
2002: Five sacks on the year, second on the team…finished the season with 44 tackles (27 solos)…a bright young talent on the Eagle defensive line…started the first two games of the season for the injured Derric Rossy…responded with three solos, one assist, a sack, a TFL, a pass breakup and a QB hurry vs. Connecticut in his first collegiate game…two solos plus a forced fumble in the Stanford game…also had two pass deflections, two quarterback hurries, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery for a touchdown…four solos, two assists vs. Miami in the Orange Bowl…one solo, one assist, one QB sack vs. Virginia Tech…is one of two Cathedral High School graduates on the BC squad; schoolboy teammate Jeremy Trueblood is an offensive lineman…three solos, one assist and a quarterback hurry vs. Navy… two tackles, one pass knockdown vs. Pittsburgh…three tackles vs. Notre Dame…five tackles (three solos) vs. West Virginia…three tackles (two solos), 1 TFL (a quarterback sack) vs. Syracuse…four tackles, a quarterback sack and an interception vs. Temple… recovered a fumble and ran it in for a 49-yard touchdown vs. Rutgers in the regular-season finale.
2001: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned SuperPrep all-Midwest honors as a senior at Cathedral; gained all-Midwest accolades from Tom Lemming…garnered all-state and all-city honors in 2000…recorded 39 tackles, 11 tackles for loss and one pass breakup as a senior defensive end…registered 98 receiving yards as a tight end…helped lead Cathedral to back-to-back state 4A championships in 1998 and 1999; team had a 36-5 record in his three years…played for head coach Rick Streiff.
PERSONAL: Mathias Kagimu Kiwanuka, born March 8, 1983...enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences with a major in communications... Mathias is the youngest of Deodata and Emmanuel Kiwanuka’s three children; has one brother and one sister…proudly displays a Ugandan flag in his dorm room as a reminder of his African heritage and in memory of his late grandfather, Benedicto Kiwanuka, who was elected Uganda’s first prime minister in 1961 and assassinated in 1972 by Idi Amin… Nicknamed "Kiwi".