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#27 Shawn Abuhoff
Position: CB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185
Year: Freshman
Hometown: Hialeah, Fla.
High School: Dade Christian

Preseason All-Ivy League first-team return specialist as chosen by Phil Steele ... one of the top cover men in the conference — defended 22 passes with six interceptions in his first two seasons at Dartmouth.

SOPHOMORE (2009)
New England Writers FCS All-Star as a return specialist ... second team All-Ivy as a cornerback ... named the team’s Kenneth T. Young Award winner ... tied for league lead with 14 passes defended ... 35 solo tackles ranked third on the team ... 596 all-purpose yards was second best among Big Green players ... ranked second in the conference in kickoff return average (25.2 yards) ... started every game at cornerback ... began the season by returning a defensive extra point against Colgate ... also returned a pair of punts a total of 44 yards versus the Raiders ... came up with a season-high eight tackles (seven solo) the following week at sixth-ranked New Hampshire, plus posted a season high in kickoff return yardage with 101 on just three returns ... picked off a pass in each of the first two games as well ... had seven solo stops again two weeks later at Yale ... posted a tackle for a loss in four straight games beginning with Penn in week three ... picked up first career sack when he forced star Holy Cross quarterback Dominic Randolph to fumble ... made the crushing hit to jar the ball out of the Columbia QB's hands, allowing teammate Charles Bay to scoop it up and return it for a touchdown in the 28-6 win over Columbia ... also blocked a Lion 35-yard field goal attempt ... made five solo tackles in the double-overtime win over Cornell, plus broke up a pass in the second overtime period to help clinch the victory ... final interception of season came in fourth quarter at Brown, and his recovery of a blocked field goal as time expired forced overtime.

FRESHMAN (2008)
Ivy League Rookie of the Week three times in the final four weeks ... Earl Hamilton Freshman Award, given to the top Big Green rookie contributor ... quickly established himself as Dartmouth’s top cover man ... started the final seven contests ... ranked sixth on the team in tackles with a season-high 10 in the last game of the year at Princeton ... recorded eight tackles, five solo, versus Holy Cross ... led the team and was sixth in the Ivy League with three interceptions, plus was eighth in the conference with eight passes defended ... first career interception came in the home opener against New Hampshire ... picked off another pass the following week at Penn ... pounced on a Yale fumble ... set up Dartmouth’s first touchdown at Cornell with his interception inside the Big Red 30 ... brought back a kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown versus Brown and set a school record with 190 return yards on kickoffs ... only Ivy Leaguer with at least two returns to average 30 yards bringing back kickoffs ... fifth in the conference in punt return average.

HIGH SCHOOL
Two-time choice for 1A All-State first team ... eight touchdown catches and six interceptions as a senior ... averaged 24.6 yards per catch ... also spent some time as a placekicker ... ran 200 and 400 and long jumps for the Dade Christian track team ... earned four letters in football, tennis and track ... captained football and track for two years and tennis for four ... ran on 4x400 and 4x100 state championship relays in Dade Christian’s class.

PERSONAL
Son of Michael and Elaine ... born on October 12, 1989 ... father played tennis at Delaware ... grandfather Ralph Abuhoff played basketball at Illinois ... uncle Daniel Abuhoff rowed at Princeton.

Complete Career Statistics

SCORING g td rush rcv ret pat 2pat fg total avg/g
2008 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.6
2009 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.2
TOTAL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0.4
 
PUNT RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 10 17 143 0 17 8.4 14.3
2009 10 11 95 0 39 8.6 9.5
TOTAL 20 28 238 0 39 8.5 11.9
 
KICK RETURNS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 10 9 277 1 94 30.8 27.7
2009 10 20 505 0 58 25.2 50.5
TOTAL 20 29 782 1 94 27.0 39.1
 
INTERCEPTIONS g no. yards td long avg/r avg/g
2008 10 3 18 0 8 6.0 1.8
2009 10 3 -4 0 0 -1.3 -0.4
TOTAL 20 6 14 0 8 2.3 0.7
 
ALL PURPOSE g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g
2008 10 0 0 143 277 18 438 43.8
2009 10 0 0 95 505 -4 596 59.6
TOTAL 20 0 0 238 782 14 1034 51.7
 
TACKLES g ua a total tfl pd ff fr blk
2008 10 23 20 43 0.0 8 0 1 0
2009 10 35 6 41 4.0 14 2 0 1
TOTAL 20 58 26 84 4.0 22 2 1 1
 
SACKS g ua a total yards
2008 10 0 0 0.0 0
2009 10 1 0 1.0 8
TOTAL 20 1 0 1.0 8

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