| Rien Long |
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RS Junior
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| Hometown:
Anacortes, Wash.
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| High School:
Anacortes
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| Height / Weight:
6-6 / 287
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| Position:
Defensive Line
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| Birthdate:
08/07/1981
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| Experience:
2V
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LONG'S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Earned two varsity letters in football for coach Ted Beyer at Anacortes High...a late-comer to the sport of football, playing just two years in high school...earned four varsity letters in basketball and two in track, throwing the shot and discus...as a JUNIOR named to the all-league second team in basketball...during track season finished seventh in the state in the shot put...SENIOR year named to the Associated Press All-State first team...a Seattle Times Red Chip pick...chosen to the Tacoma News Tribune's Northwest Nugget second team and an All-Northwest (24) pick by Super Prep Magazine...All-Northwest League first team pick on defense and a second team offensive lineman...team 5-4 and finished third in league play…set school, league and county record in the shot put…won league, districts and 3A state championships in the shot put…Skagit County Spring Athlete of the Year and the 1999 Skagit County Athlete of the Year…All-Northwest League second team in basketball.
LONG'S WSU CAREER
FRESHMAN (1999-00): Redshirt season.
RS-FRESHMAN (2000-01): V-letter… Games - 10…Starts - 4…moved into a starting role after seven games…an ankle sprain kept him out of the Idaho contest…made 15 tackles, five of them for losses…one sack against USC and recovered one fumble against Boise State…best game at USC when he had four tackles, three of them for losses…earned the following weekly team award: USC/Defensive Lineman.
RS-SOPHOMORE (2001-02): V-letter…Games - 12…Starts - 12…earned the following weekly team awards: BSU/Defensive Lineman; California/Defensive Lineman; Arizona/Defensive Lineman; UCLA/Defensive Lineman/Cougar Tackler/Most Disciplined Defense.
? All-Pac-10 second team pick
? Credited with 10 TFL (-44) and three sacks (-29)
? Best game eight tackles against UCLA, including two TFL…against Purdue in the Sun Bowl made seven tackles, including one TFL and one pass deflection…six tackles at ASU with a sack and three TFL… three tackles against California and Oregon
PERSONAL
Rien M. Long...born 8-7-81 at Los Angeles, Calif...parents Bailey and David Cunningham…one younger brother Devan…interested in a criminal justice major.
DEFENSE G/GS TT PT AT TFL SACKS PI/YDS
2000 10/4 15 11 4 5/-20 1/-5 0/0
2001 12/12 33 17 16 10/-44 3/-29 0/0
TOTALS 22/16 48 28 20 15/-64 4/-34 0/0
