27 Kurtis Drummond
	Class: Junior Hometown: Masury, Ohio High School: Hubbard Height / Weight: 6-1 / 196 Position: S Experience: 2L

Career Stats | Game-by-Game Statistics: 2011 | 2012

CAREER NOTES: Two-year letterwinner has 70 tackles and eight passes defended (four interceptions and four pass break-ups) in 25 career games, including seven starts . . . also has 5.5 tackles for loss (27 yards).

2012 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games, including seven starts (Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Northwestern, Minnesota, TCU) . . . ranked fifth on the team with 53 tackles, including 4.5 tackles for loss (17 yards) . . . playmaker had four pass break-ups, two interceptions, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery . . . recipient of the team's Tommy Love Award (most improved player - defense) . . . had six tackles and a pass break-up in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl victory over TCU . . . collected five tackles and two pass break-ups vs. Northwestern; tallied a career-high 18 production points against the Wildcats . . . recorded career highs in tackles (10) and tackles for loss (2.5 for 10 yards) while also forcing a fumble and returning an interception 7 yards vs. No. 21 Nebraska . . . tallied seven tackles in overtime win at Wisconsin . . . recorded five tackles, including 1.5 for losses (5 yards), at No. 23 Michigan . . . collected four tackles in his first career start against Iowa . . . good all-around game against No. 14 Ohio State, tallying three tackles, including a 2-yard loss, while recovering a fumble and recording an interception . . . collected three tackles vs. No. 20 Notre Dame . . . posted two stops at Central Michigan.

2011 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games to earn his first letter . . . was the back-up free safety behind Trenton Robinson . . . ranked fifth on the team with two interceptions . . . recorded 17 tackles . . . did not play the last two games of the regular season due to injury (vs. Indiana and Northwestern) . . . compiled three stops against Minnesota . . . had three tackles, including a 10-yard sack of Devin Gardner, in MSU's fourth-straight win over Michigan . . . registered two tackles at Ohio State . . . recorded his second interception of the season vs. Central Michigan . . . notched his first career interception at Notre Dame and returned it 34 yards, setting up an MSU field goal . . . produced three tackles and forced a fumble against Florida Atlantic that led to Jeremy Langford's 37-yard fumble return for a touchdown.

2010 SEASON: Redshirted . . . sat out preseason camp with a shoulder injury.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked among the nation's top safeties by Scout.com (No. 69) . . . listed among the country's top athletes by Scouts, Inc. (No. 83) . . . named to SuperPrep's and PrepStar's All-Midwest Teams . . . ranked among Ohio's top 50 seniors by Rivals.com (No. 44) and Scout.com (No. 47) . . . three-year starter for Coach Brian Hoffman at Hubbard (Ohio) High School . . . had 24 receptions for 489 yards (20.4 avg.) and three touchdowns as a senior . . . recorded two 100-yard receiving games in 2009: vs. Warren Kennedy (2 catches for 105 yards, including a 75-yard TD reception) and Youngstown East (4 for 106) . . . had a career-best eight catches for 91 yards vs. Buckeye . . . registered 75 tackles (46 solos, 29 assists) as a senior, including four sacks . . . also credited with three passes defended and two forced fumbles in 2009 . . . produced eight tackles each vs. Struthers and Cardinal Mooney . . . posted two sacks vs. McKinley . . . tallied a season-high 10 tackles vs. Ravenna Southeast, including a sack . . . returned 12 punts for 110 yards (9.2 avg.) and five kickoffs for 86 yards (17.2 avg.) . . . averaged 35.0 yards on 27 punts as a senior . . . averaged 48.0 yards on two punts vs. Struthers, including a career-long 62-yarder . . . caught 16 passes for 281 yards (17.6 avg.) and four TDs as a junior . . . had five catches for 98 yards and three scores vs. Struthers . . . made 49 tackles (29 solos, 20 assists) in 2008, including two sacks . . . also recorded three interceptions (62 yards) and 11 passes defended as a junior . . . totaled a career-best 11 tackles vs. Aurora, including seven solo stops . . . contributed six tackles vs. Brookfield . . . earned Associated Press Division II All-Ohio Special Mention honors in basketball in 2008-09, playing for Coach Rick Fox . . . averaged 17.1 points for the Eagles his senior year to garner Associated Press All-Northeast Inland Division II Third-Team honors . . . son of Evette Drummond . . . born Jan. 29, 1992 . . . majoring in psychology.