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UTAH: Honor candidate has played in all 26 games--starting 17--at nose tackle his first two seasons ... listed in the two deep at both end and tackle after spending a lot of time at end in the spring ... co-starter at left end heading into fall camp.
2010-Played in all 13 games, starting 10 at nose tackle ... 27 total tackles with two TFL and a half sack ... season-high six tackles against Pittsburgh ... three tackles vs. Air Force, BYU and Boise State... two tackles included a half sack against San Jose State.
2009-Rivals.com second-team Freshman All-American ... played in all 13 games and started the last seven at nose tackle ... 37 total tackles included 6.0 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks ... 13 tackles with 1.5 TFL in first career start vs. Air Force ... eight tackles against TCU ... had a 9-yard sack with two tackles and a forced fumble vs. UNLV ... assisted sack and a fumble recovery against Louisville.
2008-Redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: All-state, all-region and all-valley defensive end as a senior in 2007 ... three-year starter for Timpanogos High (Utah) ... led class 5A in sacks as a junior and had 13 sacks as a senior ... ranked No. 48 in the nation at his position by Scout.com.
PERSONAL: Son of Paul and Jennifer Kruger ... father played football for Oregon State ... three brothers and two sisters ... brother Paul was an all-conference defensive end for Utah in 2008 and now plays for the Baltimore Ravens ... brother Joe is a sophomore defensive end for Utah ... brother-in-law Tony Bergstrom is a Ute offensive lineman ... sociology major ... full name is David Brent Kruger ... born May 17, 1990.
YEAR G/GS UT AT TOT TFL SACK 2009 13/7 13 24 37 6.0-18 1.5-13 2010 13/10 6 21 27 2.0-7 0.5-3 Totals 26/17 19 45 64 8.0-25 2.0-16
