Shayne Skov Class: Junior Hometown: Piedmont, CA High School: Trinity-Pawling School Height / Weight: 6-3 / 243 Position: ILB

Feature Stories: 8/25/10 on Gostanford.com | 11/16/10 in San Francisco Chronicle | 8/24/11 in San Francisco Chronicle | 11/23/11 in Cardinal Clubhouse |

AT STANFORD: Incumbent starter at one of the inside linebacker position where he has started 18 career games over the last two seasons...tenacious, tough competitor who has grown comfortably into a leadership role....has recorded 27 total tackles in his two bowl appearances vs. Oklahoma (15; 2009 Sun Bowl) and Virginia Tech (12; 2011 Orange Bowl).

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Honorable mention All-Pac-10 selection...was also named Stanford's most outstanding sophomore...finished the regular season as the team's top tackler from his inside linebacker's position, despite missing the first two games of the season with injury...recorded 84 total tackles, including 50 solo stops...also had 7.5 sacks among his 10.5 tackles-for-loss...credited with five pass breakups, one fumble recovery and two forced fumbles...teamed with Owen Marecic to form one of the top inside linebacker tandems in the Pac-10...ranked eighth in the Pac-10 in tackles per game (7.64)...made his season debut against Wake Forest and finished with four tackles, including one for loss...set the tone for Stanford's defense in the Cardinal's 37-14 victory at Notre Dame...finished with eight tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble...dropped Irish quarterback Dayne Crist twice in the first quarter...also forced a fumble with his second sack of the game at the 3:30 mark that led to a Nate Whitaker field goal...credited with nine tackles at Oregon...finished with a season-high 13 tackles against USC, including one for loss...effort culminated a three-game stretch in which he totaled 30 tackles...totaled 46 tackles over the last six games of the season in which Stanford allowed just 56 points while pitching two shutouts...finished with 12 tackles, 3.0 sacks and one pass breakup in a stellar Orange Bowl effort against Virginia Tech.

2009 (FRESHMAN): Earned honorable mention freshman All-America marks by CollegeFootballNews.com...appeared in all 13 games and started the last seven contests at will linebacker...finished the season as the team's third leading tackler with 62 total stops, including 33 unassisted efforts...had 3.0 tackles-for-loss...also credited with one pass breakup...came off the bench for the first six game of the season...took over the starting position at will linebacker against Arizona...had 50 tackles in his seven starting assignments...had five tackles in three straight games against Arizona State, Oregon and USC...also recorded a tackle-for-loss against the Ducks...registered a season-high 12 tackles against Cal, including five solo stops...credited with six total tackles against Notre Dame....registered a season-best 15 tackles in the Sun Bowl against Oklahoma, including six solo stops...also was credited with 1.5 tackles-for-loss...recipient of the Menlo-Atherton Award honoring the team's top freshman.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Graduated from Trinity-Pawling School in Pawling, N.Y...played for head coach Dave Coratti...five-star recruit by Scout.com and earned a four-star rating by Rivals.com...listed as the third-best middle linebacker in the nation by both Scout and Rivals.com and 10th-best overall linebacker by SuperPrep Magazine...PrepStar All-American was ranked as the 45th-top recruit in the nation by Rivals.com...credited with 61 total tackles as a senior, including 42 solo efforts...was named the Erickson Conference Player of the Year and earned U.S. Army All-America honors as a senior...helped Trinity-Pawling to Erickson Conference and New England Prep titles as a senior...two-time all-conference and all-New England selection...participated in the U.S. Army High School All-American Game in San Antonio, Texas, where he recorded three tackles-for-loss among his seven total tackles...also lettered in basketball and track and field...attended Piedmont (Calif.) High School as a freshman in 2006 before transferring to Trinity-Pawling HS in Dutchess County, New York...great-grandfather Rogers P. Smith served as varsity captain of Stanford's track team in 1931...parents are Peter and Terri Skov...has one younger brother...born in San Francisco, Calif. ....full name is Shayne Miller Skov...majoring in management science and engineering.

CAREER STATISTICS

Skov's Career Highs
Tackles: 15 vs. Oklahoma, 2009
Tackles for Loss: 5.0 vs. Virginia Tech (Orange Bowl), 2011
Sacks: 3.0 vs. Virginia Tech (Orange Bowl), 2011
Interceptions: None