Rusty Fernando

Rusty Fernando

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Apache Junction, Ariz.

High School:
Apache Junction

Last College:
Glendale (AZ) CC

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 242

Position:
DE

Birthdate:
05/28/1991

Experience:
1V

03/15/2013

Pro Day Features Nearly Every NFL Team

Twenty-four NFL scouts visit campus

12/20/2012

Audibles -- The Goal Line Stand (Def. Linemen)

The Beavers have made 75 TFLs this season.

11/13/2012

Beavers to Host Golden Bears in First of Three Straight at Home

Beavers to Host Golden Bears in First of Three Straight at Home

10/23/2012

No. 7 Beavers Face Dawgs at the Clink Saturday on Pac-12 Networks

No. 7 Beavers Face Dawgs at the Clink Saturday on Pac-12 Networks

10/09/2012

No. 10 Beavers Set to Travel to BYU for Saturday Tilt on ABC

No. 10 Beavers Set to Travel to BYU for Saturday Tilt on ABC

2012: Rusty is a proficient speed rusher in the mold of former OSU sack artists Victor Butler and Slade Norris ... quick off the ball and into opponents' backfields. 2011: Rusty had success in his first season as a pass rusher ... registered 3.5 sacks, second on the team ... finished the season with 14 tackles ... set a season-high of four tackles and two sacks at Arizona State ... enrolled at OSU in January after signing his letter of intent during the winter junior college signing period.

GLENDALE: First Team All-Region and All-Western States Football League selection as a sophomore at Glendale - second team in both as a freshman ... led Glendale to the Valley of the Sun Bowl in 2010 ... 17 career sacks.

APACHE JUNCTION: Defensive Player of the Year for the Desert Sky League his final prep season after earning honorable mention as a junior ... made 20 career sacks in high school ... 99 tackles and 12 sacks as a senior ... lettered four years in football and track, where he earned all-state honors ... helped Apache Junction to the state track title as a junior.

PERSONAL: Born May 28, 1991 in Monterrey, California ... son of Roger and Vicki Fernando ... has one brother ... plays the violin ... chose OSU because of the "family atmosphere and football brotherhood" ... majoring in psychology.

CAREER STATISTICS

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