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30 Kirby Hora

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • High School Roosevelt

Biography

2018 (Senior): One of the greatest to ever play for Augustana... Team captain ... Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year for Division II Football... Awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, which is awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically... Named to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society... 2019 Dr. William Britton Scholar-Athlete Award winner, which honors the Northern Sun Conference’s (NSIC) top male student-athlete... Myles Brand All-Academic Distinction Award.... Campus president of both the SAAC and the FCA... Named first-team All-NSIC at linebacker.. Named to the Don Hansen All-Super Region Four team (Third team defense)... Finished the season with 97 tackles (54 solo) ranking first on the team and fifth in the league... The linebacker ended his career with 410 career tackles, which ranks second all-time in Augustana program history... Hora's career total of five forced fumbles sits tied for first in Augustana history... Finished with a league-best three forced fumbles and had one interception.

2017 (Junior): Team captain ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team ... Academic All-NSIC selection ... D2Football.com All-America honorable mention ... CCA All-Super Region 4 first team honoree ... earned NSIC South Division All-Conference First Team one of eight Vikings to start all 11 games ... led the Northern Sun and tied for first in all of Division II with 129 total tackles, 59 solo and 70 assists ... finished tied for fifth in the nation with 11.7 tackles per game ... also tallied five sacks and 11 total tackles for loss ... opened the season with a school-record tying 21 tackles vs. MSU Moorhead on Sept. 2 ... tallied 14 tackles at Minot State on Sept. 9 and 15 against Bemidji State on Sept. 16 ... notched 13 tackles at Minnesota State on Oct. 7, 16 vs. Upper Iowa on Oct. 21, and then posted 11 each at Sioux Falls on Oct. 28 and vs. Concordia-St. Paul on Nov. 4.

2016 (Sophomore): Earned CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honors ... named to CoSIDA Academic All-District III Team ... Academic All-NSIC selection ... named to Don Hansen All-Super Region Three Third Team ... All-NSIC First Team selection ... led the NSIC with 110 tackles ... ranked 30th in NCAA Division II in total tackles ... averaged 5.0 solo tackles per game ... recorded 55 solo stops ... recovered two fumbles ... forced one fumble ... recorded one interception ... had 11 or more tackles in a game five times ... recorded a season-high 16 tackles against Northern State on Sept. 3 ... finished with 13 tackles at Minnesota Duluth on Sept. 24 ... finished with 13 tackles and a forced fumble against USF on Oct. 1 ... recorded 13 tackles against Minnesota State on Oct. 15 ... recorded nine tackles and two forced fumbles against Winona State on Oct. 29 ... recorded 11 tackles and first career interception at SMSU on Nov. 12.

2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Named All-NSIC South Division Honorable Mention ... played in 11 games, making seven starts at outside linebacker ... finished third on the team with 75 total tackles ... recorded 40 solo tackles ... registered 2.5 tackles for loss ... broke up two passes ... recorded at least one tackle in 10 of 11 games played ... registered 10 or more tackles five games ... finished with six tackles at Minnesota State on Oct. 10 ... registered first career double-digit tackle game with 11 against Wayne State on Oct. 17 ... recorded 10 tackles, nine solo, at USF on Oct. 24 ... finished with a season-high 14 tackles, including 10 solo, against Upper Iowa on Oct. 31 ... recorded 10 tackles at Winona State on Nov. 7 ... picked up 11 tackles, including seven solo stops at Humboldt State on Nov. 21.

2014 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt.

High School: Prepped at Roosevelt High School for coach Kim Nelson ... three-year letterwinner, two-year starter ... named team captain senior season ... named team’s defensive Most Valuable Player as a senior ... named to Argus Leader Elite 45 team in 2013 ... earned first team all-state and all-conference honors as a senior ... recorded 75 tackles in 2013, including 15 tackles for loss ... picked off one pass senior season ... recorded three sacks and one forced fumble in 2013 ... racked up 70 tackles as a junior and 28 as a sophomore ... earned all-conference honors as a junior.

Personal: Son of T.J. and Jen Hora ... born Feb. 13, 1996 ... pre-med/biology major.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 200 lbs
    30
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    2015Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 214 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2016Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 216 lbs
    30
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    2017Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 210 lbs
    30
  • 30

    2018Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 225 lbs
    30