31  Logan Ketchum Class: Senior Hometown: Oak Park, Calif. High School: Oak Park High Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225 Position: Linebacker Birthdate: 01/01/1989 Experience: 2L

Able to crack the starting lineup at linebacker and stayed healthy in 2010, having the best season of his career thus far ... Injury had derailed him as a freshman and sophomore ... SDSU scholar-athlete ... Earned a 2010 Malik Award for posting a perfect 4.0 semester GPA ... Two-time MWC all-academic squad honoree ... MWC Scholar-Athlete ... Earned the President's Award for High Academic Achievement at the team's banquet last December.

2010: Started all 13 games, posting a career-high 52 tackles to rank fourth on the team ... Earned a starting role at linebacker in the opener, making four solo tackles and logging his first career PBU ... Also blocked a Nicholls field-goal attempt in the third quarter ... Only tackle at New Mexico State was behind the line of scrimmage, the first TFL of his career ... Career-best six tackles, 1.5 TFLs and contributed on his first career sack at No. 25 Missouri ... Four stops and a PBU vs. Utah State ... Five tackles at BYU and tied his season best with six vs. No. 23 Air Force ... Made four stops, including a half TFL, in the win at Wyoming ... Had one tackle against Colorado State ... Tied his career high with six tackles at TCU ... Made four stops against Utah and again vs. UNLV ... Tied his career high again with six stops against Navy.

2009: Played in nine contests, making his first career start vs. Air Force ... Missed the New Mexico, TCU and Wyoming games with an injury ... Played on both special teams and defense ... Contributed a career-high 14 stops ... Posted one solo tackle vs. UCLA ... Had two stops against Southern Utah and two at Idaho ... Made the best of his first career start at Air Force, coming up with a career-high five tackles ... Was a reserve vs. New Mexico State, but did not record a stop ... One solo and one assisted tackle vs. BYU and Colorado State ... Reserve vs. Utah and UNLV.

2008: Missed the first seven games due to injury before making his first appearance as an Aztec on special teams against Colorado State ... Played in each of the final five contests with at least one stop in every outing ... Two tackles against the Rams and at BYU ... Career-best three tackles against Utah.

2007: Redshirted the season.

High School: Played safety, receiver and linebacker at Oak Park High School ... Lettered three years for the Eagles, helping them to the CIF title game all three seasons ... A second-team all-state pick by CalHiSports.com as a senior ... Also tabbed all-CIF first team in 2006, as well as all-Ventura County football co-MVP as a defensive back ... First-team all-Tri-Valley League and picked for the all-county second team by the Ventura County Star ... Team's defensive MVP as a senior and defensive back of the year as a junior ... Team won 31 games from 2004-06, including a 12-2 mark in 2006 ... Was a linebacker as a sophomore, before playing both wideout and safety as a junior and senior ... As a senior, had 51 tackles and six picks, while making 37 receptions for 450 yards ... Also ran 14 times for 75 yards and had five TDs ... Career-best 65 tackles and added four picks and two caused fumbles in 2005.

Personal: Born Jan. 1, 1989, in Burbank, Calif. ... Son of Kevin and Marti Ketchum ... Brother Gavin was a wide receiver at UCLA from 2005-09 ... Is an English major.

KETCHUM'S CAREER STATISTICS

Career Highs: Tackles: 6, three times; TFL: 1.5 at Missouri (9/18/10); Sacks: 0.5 at Missouri (9/18/10); PBU: 1 vs. Utah St. (9/25/10), vs. Nicholls (9/4/10); Blocked Kick: 1 vs. Nicholls (9/4/10).

KETCHUM'S GAME-BY-GAME

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