UNLV REBELS

Ruschard Dodd-Masters

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Class: Senior Hometown: Richmond, Calif. High School: DeAnza HS

Height / Weight: 6-0 / 185 Position: DB Birthdate: 05/02/1982 Experience: 3L

UNLV: An established starter at corner who looks to have a big senior season ... Named preseason Third Team All-MWC by Phil Steele's preview magazine ...

2003: Started 11 of 12 games at CB ... Missed the first half of the BYU game while serving a league suspension ... Finished seventh on team with 50 total tackles ... Led Rebels with 10 tackles in win over Toledo ... Pulled in the defense's first interception of the season at Kansas ... Earned MWC Defensive Player of the Week honors after recording 10 solo tackles, forcing two fumbles, recovering one and breaking up a pass against a Hawaii team that threw the ball 61 times ...

2002: Played in all 12 games, including starting six as a nickelback and cornerback ... Finished fifth on team with 48 total tackles ... Had one sack for 10 yards ... Four pass breakups included a key interception in win at BYU and one vs. Air Force, which he returned 26 yards ...

2001: Played in 10 of 11 games as a reserve corner and special teams performer ... Finished with 16 total tackles, including one for loss ... 2000: Received medical hardship status after playing in first two games and earning a tackle in both ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2000 graduate of DeAnza HS ... Played both ways and scored touchdowns on both sides of the ball and on special teams for the Dons ... Totaled six interceptions, two for touchdowns on defense as a senior for coach Greg Ochs ... Hauled in eight receptions for 300 yards and four scores and rushed for three more TDs on offense ... Also returned two punts and two kickoffs for scores ... Named Cream of the Crop Top 20 Prospects in the East Bay ... Tabbed First Team All-Metro and First Team All-West County Times ... Ran the 100 and 200 meters for the league-champion track team ...

PERSONAL: Ruschard Thomas Dodd-Masters was born on May 2, 1982, in Bagdat, Germany ... The son of Dick Masters and Jacqueline Dodd-Masters ... Has one older sister, LaCretia Dodd ... Majoring in sociology.

ROBINSON SAYS: "Ruschard Dodd-Masters was thrust into the battle early at one of the most difficult positions in football. He has not only matured into an old pro at cornerback but also worked his way into now being a potential all-star."

DODD-MASTERS' DEFENSIVE STATS
YEAR	UT	AT	TOT	TFL	PD	INT
2003	38	12	50	1-5	6	1
2002	26	22	48	1-10	4	2
2001	10	6	16	1-1	0	0
2000	2	0	2	0-0	0	0
TOTAL	76	40	116	3-16	10	3