AT SAN JOSE STATE: Completed four seasons with the Spartans... 42 games played with 12 starting calls... Played his first three seasons of defense as a cornerback... Saw action as a safety and a cornerback as a senior... One of the team's top special teams defenders... Also contributed as a kickoff returner... Pronounces his first name, DAY-mun.
2013: Played in 11 games and was a starter in seven contests... Fourth on the team in tackles with a personal single-season highs of 61 tackles and four pass break-ups... Career best 13 tackles in the Wyoming win (10/26)... His 12 unassisted tackles against Wyoming were the top single game figure for a San Jose State defensive player... Was one of the Spartans kickoff return specialists the first half of the season... Averaged 17.1 yards per kickoff return.
2012: Started five of the first six games as a cornerback before heading to the sidelines with an injury... Returned for the final two games of the season... Finished with 33 tackles and was averaging more than 6.0 tackles per game before being sidelined... Had a dynamic season-opening game at #21-Stanford with a then career-high seven tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss including an assisted quarterback sack and forced two fumbles... Credited with three forced fumbles in the first four games of the season... Career-high eight tackles in the Colorado State win (9/15)... Came up with his first career pass interception in the Navy win (9/29)... Added kickoff return duties to his array of special teams play... Helped the Spartans set a single-game team record for kickoff return yardage against San Diego State (9/22) with his career-best 67 yard return.
2011: Played in the last 11 games of the season...Excelled on special teams... 13 tackles for the season... Career-high four stops at Louisiana Tech (10/29)...Recovered a fumble in punt coverage that led to a field goal at Utah State (11/12).
2010: Played in 12 of the team's 13 games...Primarily used as a special teams defender...Credited with eight tackles (three solo, five assisted)...Was in on a tackle in six games... Had a season-best three assisted tackles against Utah State (11/13).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Arroyo Valley High (Coach Marcus Soward) in San Bernardino, Calif....50 receptions for 1,022 yards and 13 touchdowns his senior season...As a defensive back, he was in on 44 tackles and came up with two interceptions...A quarterback until he was moved to wide receiver in 2009...The two-sport letterwinner was a sprinter and long jumper on the track and field team...A two-time all-league honoree in track and field ...Following his junior year, he was named his school district's Athlete of the Year.
MORE ON DAMON: A communication studies major...Damon was born in Fontana, Calif., on February 18, 1992.
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