Mathias Kiwanuka in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: U.S. Mission Uganda, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive end, Boston College, 2001–⁠05

Mathias Kiwanuka

Born
Mar 8, 1983, in Indianapolis, Indiana

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Mathias Kiwanuka played defensive end at Boston College (2001–⁠05). The New York Giants took Kiwanuka in the first round, No. 32 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2005
First-team All-ACC
Drafted
No. 32
Overall, 2006 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Honors

Team titles: Big East champions, 2004

All-America: AFCA 2004 and 2005; Sporting News 2004; AP second team 2005; Walter Camp second team 2005; AP third team 2004; Rivals.com 2004 and 2005; CBS Sports 2005

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2004Boston College2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only.

Game by game

2004 Boston College 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 17vs.UConnW 27–⁠71
Nov 6vs.RutgersW 21–⁠101

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2006
Height6′5¾″
Weight266 lb
Arm length34¾″
Hand size9⅞″
40-yard dash4.72 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump32″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill7.27 s
20-yard shuttle4.13 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 117 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2006New York Giants163542
2007New York Giants104150
2008New York Giants15408.50
2009New York Giants164730
2010New York Giants3940
2011New York Giants16653.51
2012New York Giants142830
2013New York Giants163660
2014New York Giants11212.50
NFL career11732239.53

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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