Courtney Arnick

Career Honors: 2014: KU’s Defensive Player of the Week vs. Baylor. 2013: Academic All-Big 12 Second Team. 2012: Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (fall).

2014 (So.): Started five of the 12 games he played in 2014 and ended the season sixth on the team in total tackles with 45… Tackled in double-digits for the first time in his career posting 10 stops at Oklahoma… Posted one solo stop against SEMO... Recorded one tackle at Duke... Set a then season-high four tackles, including his first career sack, against Central Michigan... Credited with his first quarterback hurry of the season against Texas... Contributed five tackles and one tackle-for-loss at West Virginia... Had one tackle against Oklahoma State... Notched five tackles with one tackle-for-loss at Texas Tech... Started for the first time in 2014 and posted eight tackles at Baylor... Recorded five tackles – one-for-loss - and had a career-high two pass breakups in a victory over Iowa State... Had two tackles against TCU... Credited with a career-high 10 tackles at Oklahoma... Made three stops at K-State.

2013 (RFr.): Earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors... Played in all 12 games, starting six… Finished the season seventh on the team in tackles with 51 total stops… Credited with 3.5 TFLs, also had one forced fumble, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry… Made his collegiate debut in KU’s season-opening win over South Dakota and tallied four tackles… Recorded three stops at Rice... Credited with his first career TFL in the win over LA Tech, also had four stops... Turned in a career-best nine tackles vs. Texas Tech... Also recorded his first-career forced fumble, pass breakup and quarterback hurry against the Red Raiders... Earned his first-career start vs. Oklahoma and finished the game with six tackles... Started vs. Baylor, picking up four tackles... Tallied five assisted tackles vs. West Virginia... Recorded seven stops at Iowa State… Had six total tackles vs. Kansas State, including 1.0 TFL.

2012 (Fr.): Redshirted his first year at Kansas.

High School: A three-star linebacker according to Rivals.com... Rated the 13th-best linebacker in the Dallas Metro area by the Dallas Morning News... Earned unanimous first team District 11-4A honors following his senior season... Had a 60-yard fumble return for a touchdown in his school’s “Super Bowl” rivalry game against Kimball HS during his senior season... Recorded 112 tackles (60 solo), 16 TFLs, three pass breakups and one interception in 2011... Voted Carter’s team MVP as a senior... Named to ESPN Dallas/Fort Worth’s, District 11-4A’s, 2011 Preseason watch list... Served as team captain as a senior... Coached by Patrick Willams at Carter HS... Also competed in track and field, where he placed second at the district meet in the discus and fourth in the shot put as a junior... An excellent student, ranked seventh in his graduating class at Carter and was the senior class vice president.

Personal: Son of Carla and Curlie Arnick... Brother, Curnelius, played at Tulsa, where he was a four-year starter at linebacker and led the Golden Hurricane with 159 tackles in 2011... Also considered Boise State, Houston, Colorado State and Memphis... Majoring in liberal arts and sciences.