2012 Football Roster

Jesse Hutcheson

36 Michael Ruckman

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newport News, Va.
  • Highschool Woodside

Biography

2011 (Junior) - Played in all 11 games for the Captains for the second straight year...Made a season-high eight tackles at Stevenson including seven solo tackles...Recorded five solo tackles versus NC Wesleyan...Had one interception on the season at Averett that was returned back for 14 yards...Posted 40 tackles overall for the season...

2010 (Sophomore) - Played in all 11 games, making nine starts...Ranked fourth on the team in total tackles with 48...Made 25 solo stops and 23 assisted...Had four tackles for a loss of 27 yards, including three sacks for 24 yards...Tied for the team-lead and second in the USA South in interecptions, with four...Broke up 7 passes and forced a pair of fumbles...Named USA South Defensive Player of the Week after season-best game came at N.C. Wesleyan, making nine tackles, six solo, with a forced fumble and interception...Also had two sacks and an interception in the NCAA Tournament game against No. 4 Mary Hardin-Baylor.

2009 (Freshman) - Played in one game in his first year at CNU, vs. Wilkes with no statistics.

AT WOODSIDE - Earned Second Team All-Peninsula District honors as a senior playing for coach Danny Dodson...Caught 33 passes for 520 yards and defensively had 60 tackles and four interceptions...Also an All-District baseball player...SCA Representative and worked with Autistic children.

PERSONAL - Michael Antonio Ruckman was born Feb. 25, 1991 in Panama City, Panama...Son of Mike Ruckman and Aurora Rodriguez has four brothers, Nathan (19), who also plays for the CNU football team, Andy (18), Gary (13) and Ethan (12), and one sister, Celeste (7)...Majoring in Biology.

ON THE FIELD:
Defensive GP UT AT Tot TFL-Yds Sacks INT PB FF FR
CAREER 23 51 37 88 9.5-52 3 5 14 2 0
2009 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 11 25 23 48 4.0-27 3 4 7 2 0
2011 11 26 14 40 5.5-25 0 1 7 0 0

Statistics

Season:
2012

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2009Freshman

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2010Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2011Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 185 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2012Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'3" 215 lbs
    36