Ryan Radloff

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-4
Weight:
260
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Hilton Head Island, S.C.
High School:
Hilton Head Christian Academy

2007: Hard-working defensive end who could vie for significant playing time this fall ... could also see action on special teams.

2006: Played in 11 games, missing only the Florida State contest ... credited for eight tackles including a season-high two stops versus Vanderbilt, Navy and North Carolina ... on the field for a total of 179 snaps.

2005: Played in the VMI game before suffering season-ending foot injury ... against the Keydets, recorded one tackle and blocked one punt.

Prior to Duke: Three-year letterman at Hilton Head Christian under Tom Lewis ... lettered one season (2003) at Charlotte (N.C.) Latin for Larry McNulty ... as a senior, recorded 95 tackles and 10 sacks and received MVP honors for the SCISSA 2A classification ... as a junior at Charlotte Latin, helped team to state title with 73 tackles and 17 sacks.

Personal: Son of Garland and Wayne Radloff ... father played football at Georgia, was a member of the Bulldogs’ 1980 national championship team and played professionally with the USFL’s Michigan Panthers and NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers ... has strong family ties to Duke University including graduates Herbert Smith (great grandfather; Class of 1923), Scott W. Smith (grandfather; 1957), Nancy Garland Smith (grandmother; 1960), Alice Ketner Smith (aunt; 1953), Lena Smith Wilmer (aunt; 1951) and Bill Wilmer (uncle; 1951) ... great great uncle, William Wannamaker, served Duke for over 50 years as professor, dean of the college, vice president in the division of education and dean of the university and finally vice chancellor ... born January 13, 1987.