RYAN DANNEWITZ
6-6, 285, OL
San Jacinto, Calif. (San Jacinto) |
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HIGH SCHOOL?As a senior, he earned All-West Region honors from PrepStar and All-Far West Region accolades from SuperPrep, which ranked him as the No. 84 player overall in California, Hawai’i and Nevada (and the 13th ranked offensive lineman). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 64 player in California and the No. 49 offensive lineman, while Scout.com pegged him the No. 73 player in the state and the 53rd best O-lineman nationally. As a senior captain, he was named first-team All-CIF, All-Mountain Pass League and All-Riverside County, while being named the team most valuable player. He played in the Navy Marine Corps All-Star Classic for the Marine Inland team. A four-year letterman, he started all 52 games of his prep career. At offensive tackle, he had 130 pancakes on the year and allowed zero sacks, while playing defensive end on the other side of the ball, he registered 56 tackles, a sack and two fumble recoveries. As a junior, he was named first-team All-League and All-CIF, as well as second-team All-County and All-State. He had 84 pancakes on the year, allowing just one sack, and picked up a teammate’s fumble and advanced it for a touchdown. Defensively, he played occasionally, filling in at defensive tackle. He was a first-team All-League selection as a sophomore, with 75 pancakes and just one sack allowed. He had several top performances against players headed for Division I: as a sophomore, he held future Arizona Wildcat defensive end Ricky Elmore in check in a 20-7 loss to Grace Brethren. In the same season, he held a similar edge over UCLA-bound linebacker Akeem Ayers. As a senior, he had four pancakes and zero sacks allowed in a loss to undefeated Citrus Hill in the regular season. Under coach Bill Powell, San Jacinto went 11-3 both his junior and senior seasons (losing in CIF final both times, to Big Bear and Citrus Hill, respectively), was 9-4 his sophomore year (advancing to the semifinals) and 9-4 when he was a freshman.
ACADEMICS? He is undecided on his major at Colorado, so will enroll in the School of Arts & Sciences, but is interested in Integrated Physiology, Kinesiology or Business. He was an honor roll student throughout high school, maintaining a 3.5 grade point average.
PERSONAL?Born June 14, 1990 in Fontana, Calif. Hobbies include weightlifting, fishing and golfing. One of the highlights of his youth included traveled to Cooperstown, N.Y., to visit the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
