Happy Birthday to Kyler Fackrell!
Packers LB Kyler Fackrell celebrates his birthday on Nov. 25. See photos and facts from his career. Photos by Evan Siegle, packers.com
Fackrell played in 13 games as a rookie, seeing time on defense and special teams. Was tied for No. 2 on the team with nine tackles on special teams.
He recorded nine tackles (all solo), two sacks, a forced fumble, six QB pressures, a QB hit and a pass defensed in the 2016 regular season.
51 posted sacks in back-to-back games, vs. Detroit and vs. the N.Y. Giants.
Fackrell appeared in all three postseason contests and posted an assisted tackle on defense and a tackle on special teams.
He started all 41 games he played in at Utah State and registered 253 tackles (104 solo), 36 tackles for a loss, 12 sacks, four interceptions (including one for a TD), eight passes defensed, five forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries.
51 became one of just 15 players in school history to earn first-team or second-team all-conference recognition three times during his career (2012-13, 2015).
Fackrell entered Utah State as a walk-on in 2011 before a scholarship opened up in the fall…Earned his degree in business administration in the fall of 2015.
Senior season (2015): He started all 13 games and was named first-team All-Mountain West after ranking first in the nation with five fumble recoveries and posting a school-record 12 quarterback hurries.
51 earned fourth-team All-America recognition from Phil Steele's College Football
Fackrell ranked second on the Aggies with 82 tackles (37 solo), including a team-high 15 tackles for a loss, along with four sacks and two forced fumbles.
He was named to the watch lists for the Bednarik Award, the Butkus Award, the Nagurski Trophy and the Lombardi Award.
He was a semifinalist for the Butkus Award, which honors the nation's best linebacker.
51 recorded a season-high 11 tackles (four solo), including 2½ tackles for a loss, two QB hurries, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery, earning Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week vs. Boise State (Oct. 16)
Fackrell earned Mountain West DPOW honors for the second time on the season after posting 10 tackles (three solo), a fumble recovery and two QB hurries vs. Nevada (Nov. 21).
Junior season (2014): He played in and started just one game due to a season-ending knee injury he sustained in the season opener at Tennessee (Aug. 31)
Sophomore season (2013): Fackrell started all 14 games, earning second-team All-Mountain West honors and Sophomore All-America honorable mention from College Football News.
