Former Cal Poly star Kyle Shotwell has found a new NFL home.
The Kansas City Chiefs announced Wednesday they signed the linebacker to their practice squad. Terms of the agreement were not released.
Shotwell, a 6-foot, 232-pound Santa Barbara native, played for the Oakland Raiders in the preseason of 2007 before being among their last cuts. After a brief stint with the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad, he played for the Indianapolis Colts in this year’s preseason before belonging to the Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers practice squads. The Buccaneers released him Nov. 4.
In 2006, as a senior at Cal Poly, Shotwell won the Buck Buchanan Award, given to the best defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA).
He holds school marks for tackles in a season (158, in 2005) and sacks in a game (four, at San Diego State in 2006).
Other former Mustangs in the NFL are Eagles linebacker Chris Gocong, Dallas Cowboys safety Courtney Brown and San Diego Chargers special teams ace Kassim Osgood.
Gocong has 34 tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble and a recovered fumble this season, while Brown has made four tackles, and Osgood nine (all solo).
Osgood, a two-time Pro Bowler, finished his college career at San Diego State, where he transferred in 2001.
Editor’s note: For a preview of the Cal Poly football team’s game against UC Davis on Saturday, see Friday’s Mustang Daily.