Wofford College Athletics

A Richardson Scholar . . . Attends Wofford as one of five recipients of scholarships provided by the family of 1959 Wofford graduate and Carolina Panther owner/founder Jerry Richardson . . . Has good size and athletic ability . . . Has made great progress each year . . . Really came on last year and followed that up with a solid spring . . . Expected to step up and be a leader this season . . .

2005: Earned a pair of starts at left tackle . . . Finished the year with 21 knockdown blocks . . . Picked up a season high six against The Citadel (Oct. 29) . . . Earned his second varsity letter . . . Recipient of the Coleman Lew Leadership Award from the Southern Conference . . .

2004: Lettered in a reserve role . . . Totaled 14 knockdown blocks while grading out at 86.2 percent . . . Posted his highest individual mark at 95.5 percent against Georgia Southern (Sept. 18) . . . Recorded a season-best four knockdowns in home victories over Chattanooga (Oct. 2) and Gardner-Webb (Nov. 6) . . . Also had two knockdown blocks in consecutive weeks against Appalachian State (Oct. 23) and The Citadel (Oct. 30) . . . Posted a 91.7 grade vs. the Mountaineers . . .

2003: Did not see game action . . .

High School: A 2003 graduate of Woodstock High School . . . A two-time all-county selection. . . A Wendy’s High School Heisman nominee . . . Started every game over his final three years . . . A four-year letterman in football . . . Also lettered three years in basketball . . . Four-year recipient of a Woodstock Academic-Athlete Award . . .

Personal: Physics major . . . Son of Jack and Virginia Rutherford . . . Born March 2, 1985 in Corpus Christi, TX.