*** 2018 Academic Honors Candidate ***

Career: Has started 11 games and has played in a total of 26 as an Eagle, and has 121 tackles with 3 1/2 sacks in his career.

2018: Listed as a starter at middle linebacker on the preseason depth chart. He had 11 tackles with a pair of sacks in three spring scrimmages, including five tackles in EWU’s Red-White Game.

2017: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team and was an Academic All-America nominee. Started all 10 games he played as EWU’s middle linebacker. He finished the 2017 season with 73 tackles to rank second on the team, and had 1 1/2 sacks, three passes broken up and two forced fumbles. His average of 7.3 tackles per game ranked 20th in the Big Sky. Calhoun equaled his career-high with 13 tackles versus Weber State (11/4/17) against Weber State. He also had nine tackles versus UC Davis (10/7/17) and eight with a sack against Southern Utah (10/21/17). He had 11 tackles with a pair of sacks in three EWU scrimmages.

2016: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. He had 30 tackles in the eight games he played, but missed six-straight outings from Oct. 29 to Dec. 10 with a hamstring injury. He and fellow sophomore linebacker Ketner Kupp made their starting debuts as injury replacements against top-ranked and five-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State (9/10/16). Calhoun had a career-high 13 tackles in that game. He was EWU’s special teams player of the week against UC Davis (10/1/16). He was second on the team with 13 tackles in three spring scrimmages, including a team-leading eight in the Red-White Game.

2015: Was named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team. Calhoun had 18 tackles on the season, including a season-high eight with a sack versus Montana State (9/19/15) to win the team’s co-defensive player of the week honor. He also had a sack one game earlier against Northern Iowa (9/12/15). He missed three-straight games from Oct. 10-24 with a hamstring injury. He broke-up a pass and had a tackle against Oregon (9/5/15) versus the FBS runner-up from the year before.

2014: Redshirted. Was Eastern’s special teams scout team player of the week once.

HS: Graduated from Zillah High School in 2014. Played in the Earl Barden All-Star Classic in June of 2014, an all-star game with the top 2A, 1A and 2B seniors in the state of Washington. He rushed eight times for 36 yards in helping his East team to a 27-12 victory. Named by the Seattle Times as a “White Chip” selection as one of the top 100 prospects in the state of Washington. As a senior he earned first team 1A All-State honors from Associated Press as a running back. He also earned second team All-State honors as a junior when he rushed 232 times for 1,947 yards (8.4 per carry) for 30 touchdowns and average of 194.7 yards per game. His rushing total was a Yakima Valley record, and included five-straight 200-yard outings. He also earned all-league honors at Zillah. He was a starting centerfielder for the baseball team since his freshman season, and was also a starter in basketball. He helped his hoops team win the State 2A title in 2014. Earned a total of 10 letters in high school.

Personal: Exercise science major and has a 3.59 grade point average thus far at EWU. Born 5/20/95 in Yakima, Wash. Son of Steve and Nancy Calhoun. His father played football at Portland State (1978-79). Kurt’s brother, Tim Calhoun, played for the Eagles (2002, 2005-06) and was the Big Sky Conference Freshman of the Year in 2002. Kurt and Tim are the nephew of former WSU and Seattle Seahawks running back Dr. Dan Doornink.

 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2015	8	18	8	2	3-10	1-1	1	0-0
2016	8	30	13	0	2-2	0-0	1	0-0
2017	10	73	13	1.5	4-17	2-1	3	0-0
Totals	26	121	13	3.5	9-29	3-2	5	0-0

KURT CALHOUN Top Tackling Performances (3 with 10+)
13 tackles ­– Weber State – 11/4/17
11 tackles – UC Davis – 10/7/17
13 tackles – North Dakota State – 9/10/16