Kellen Soulek

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Height:
6-5
Weight:
315
Position:
Defensive Tackle
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Yankton, S.D.
High School:
Yankton H.S.
Major:
Sport, Recreation and Park Management

HONORS AND AWARDS
• All-Missouri Valley Football Conference Second Team (2016)
• MVFC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22, 2016)
• MVFC Academic Excellence Award (2015)
• MVFC Honor Roll (2015)

2016: Established himself as one of the top interior defensive linemen in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, earning second-team all-league honors after leading the team with 7.5 sacks and 10 tackles for loss ... opened season with four total tackles, including tackle for loss, at TCU ... honored as team’s Defensive Player of the Week for first of four times during season after recording career high with seven tackles, adding two sacks and a blocked kick in road win at Southern Illinois ... named MVFC Defensive Player of the Week in Hobo Day victory over Youngstown State, a game in which he notched two sacks, five total tackles and a pass breakup ... again tallied pair of sacks as part of four-tackle performance versus South Dakota ... capped MVFC regular season title victory at Northern Iowa with 65-yard interception return for touchdown ... registered five total tackles with a half-tackle for loss and five quarterback hurries in Football Championship Subdivision playoff win over Villanova

2015: Started the first 11 games of the season before missing Football Championship Subdivision playoff game at Montana due to injury ... recorded at least one tackle in all 11 games, including five-tackle performance against Robert Morris (Pa.) during non-conference play ... tallied three tackles, including half-sack in home win over Indiana State ... came up with first career interception in win at Missouri State ... notched tackles for loss in consecutive games against Illinois State and South Dakota ... also blocked a kick in home finale versus Illinois State ... notched six total tackles in road win at South Dakota ... was credited with career-high seven in regular season finale at Western Illinois

2014: Played in a reserve role in 12 games ... notched season-high three tackles six different times, including season opener at Missouri ... tallied three tackles with a sack in home opener against Cal Poly ... recorded a sack in win at Southern Utah, followed by three-tackle performance against Wisconsin-Oshkosh ... was credited with three tackles in each of the final three games of the season, including FCS playoff games at Montana State and North Dakota State

2013: Switched full time to defensive line during his freshman season ... redshirted

BEFORE SDSU: Started three seasons on the both sides of the ball for Yankton High School ... named to the all-state team and was a member of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader Elite 45 after recording 73 tackles his season year ... earned first all-Eastern South Dakota honor as a junior, when he notched 76 tackles for conference championship team