2003 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Clyde Surrell
- Position:
- Safety
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Aurora, Colo.
- High School:
- Eaglecrest
AT COLORADO: 2003 (Sr.)?He saw action in eight games, including six starts, as he missed the season opener while serving a one-game suspension for violating team rules, and missed another due to family reasons. He finished fifth on the team in tackles with 55 (his 6.9 per game average was fourth best), with 44 of the stops of the solo variety. He also had seven third down stops, three forced fumbles, three recoveries and five tackles for loss including a sack. He had 13 tackles (10) solo at Florida State and 10 stops at Texas Tech (he had 27 against the Red Raiders in two games in his career). He forced two fumbles with one recovery, along with six tackles, in CU’s battle against No. 1 Oklahoma, and had eight stops with a force and recovery against Missouri. He also returned five kickoffs for 79 yards (15.8 per) on the year.
2002 (Jr.)?He played in 12 games (nine starts), as he was a key fixture in CU’s dime package, playing mostly at the weak safety spot. In 670 snaps from scrimmage, he was fifth on the team in tackles with 71 (49 solo), with seven tackles for loss including three quarterback sacks. He also had seven third down stops, three hurries, three pass deflections, an interception and a forced fumble. He posted the team’s single-game high in tackles, when he had what would be a career best 17 (and 15 solo) against Texas Tech, helping to shut down Tech’s heralded quarterback, Kliff Kingsbury (he also had his interception in that game). He also had 12 tackles (10 solo) against San Diego State, and had nine against Iowa State and eight versus Baylor. He was ruled academically ineligible for the Alamo Bowl against Wisconsin (didn’t pass the Big 12 Conference required number of hours in the fall). He missed spring practice due to academics, as he was suspended from CU and attended Aurora (Colo.) Community College. He was reinstated to the team for fall drills as he worked hard to get back into good standing.
2001 (Soph.)?He saw action in all 13 games including the Fiesta Bowl on special teams and in four on defense. He was second on the team in special team points with 16, on the strength of 11 tackles (four inside-the-20) and a knockdown block. He played 51 snaps from scrimmage at cornerback, posting six tackles (five solo), with a third down stop and two pass deflections. He averaged 16.0 yards on three kickoff returns, with a long runback of 20 yards. He missed the spring game, as he had surgery with two days remaining in drills to mend a fractured thumb. He was having a good spring, posting 12 tackles and returning an interception 54 yards for a touchdown in three of CU’s full scrimmages.
2000 (Fr.)?He saw action in eight games (he sat out the first three), playing primarily special teams as he got in for one snap on defense at Texas A&M. He earned three special teams points, all coming on knockdown blocks to help spring men on return units.
HIGH SCHOOL?He earned SuperPrep and USA Today (honorable mention) All-America honors as a senior, when he also was named on Prep Football Report’s Top 250 list (the No. 159 player overall nationally) and to Rivals.com Top 100 running backs in the preseason (No. 54). SuperPrep tabbed him as the No. 27 skill athlete nationally, and the No. 33 player overall in the Midlands. He earned all-Colorado honors from the Denver Post at kick returner, and the newspaper also selected him all-state and listed him as a top Colorado blue chip; the Rocky Mountain News pegged him as an honorable mention all-stater. He earned first-team all-Centennial League honors as a junior and senior as well. As a senior, he was in on 96 tackles (58 solo, with seven for losses), as he had 10 pass deflections, an interception, a forced fumble and a recovery playing cornerback. He rushed 170 times for 1,194 yards and 10 touchdowns, averaging 7.0 yards per carry. He also caught 13 passes for 231 yards and three scores, returned five kickoffs for 221 yards (44.2 per), and had six punt returns for 194 yards (32.3, and that doesn’t include two touchdowns of 99 and 80 yards that were called back due to penalties). He had 50 tackles as junior (28 solo), with six passes broken up, an interception and a sack, while rushing 200 times for 1,275 yards and 12 touchdowns; he also had five receptions for 80 yards and another score. As a sophomore playing at quarterback, completing 101-of-170 passes for 1,166 yards (12 touchdowns, five interceptions), in addition to rushing for 952 yards and10 touchdowns. He topped the 300-yard rushing mark twice in his career: he had 367 and four touchdowns in a 42-28 loss to Overland as a senior, and 303 yards and three scores in a 41-11 win over Smoky Hill as a junior. Top defensive games as a senior included 11 tackles in an 18-15 win over Chatfield and 10 tackles, two for losses, and three PBU’s in a loss to Fairview. Eaglecrest was 4-6 his senior year, 2-8 his junior year and 8-4 his sophomore year, losing in the state finals to Arvada West, under coach Gary Thompson. He also lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore and three times in track. He owns the school records in the 100-meter (10.56 personal best) and the 200-meter (21.34) dashes, winning the state championship as a junior with that time in the latter. He earned honorable mention all-state honors in track as a junior, but was first-team all-league and a Top 25 pick by Track & Field News.
ACADEMICS?He is majoring in communication at Colorado. An honor roll student as a high school senior.
PERSONAL?Born March 23, 1982 in Stockton, Calif. Hobbies include lifting weights and playing basketball. He is the father a daughter, Jada (born March 26, 2002).
TACKLESSeason G Plays UT AT?TOT TFL Sacks 3DS Hurr FR FF PBU Int2000 1 1 0 0?0 0- 0 0- 0 0 0 0 0 0 02001 4 51 5 1?6 0- 0 0- 0 1 0 0 0 2 02002 12 670 49 22?71 7-30 3-20 7 3 0 1 3 12003 8 426 44 11?55 4-10 1- 4 7 0 3 3 0 0Totals 25 1148 98 34?132 11-40 4-24 15 3 3 4 5 1 ADDITIONAL STATISTICS?Kickoff Returns: 3-48, 16.0 avg., 20 long (2001); 5-79, 15.8 avg., 24 long, (2003). Interception Return Yards: 1-15, 15.0 avg. (2002). Special Team Tackles: 8,3?11 (2001); 1,0?1 (2002).
