Ryan Solomon

Height:
5-8
Weight:
180
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
High School:
Peninsula HS

Expected to back up the slotbacks at Cal Poly this fall.

2011 -- Team member but did not play in anygames as a junior ... no carries in 2012 Spring Game.

2010 -- Member of squad but did not play in anygames as a sophomore.

2009 -- Played in one game against Dixie State,but did not carry the ball or catch a pass ... no statistics in2010 Spring Game.

2008 -- Redshirt.

High School -- Rushed for 1,288 yards and 15touchdowns and added 266 receiving yards as a senior under headcoach Tony Uruburu at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in 2008... Panthers finished 4-6 overall and 2-3 in the Bay League ...gained 334 yards and scored five touchdowns against Mira Costa,including 191 yards in the fourth quarter alone ... a second-teamAll-Bay League selection, team MVP and was invited to play in theLions Club All-Star Football Game ... as a junior cornerback,notched 54 tackles (20 solo) and intercepted two passes ... alsolettered four years in track and field with the 100, triple jumpand long jump as his specialties ... earned team MVP honors as ajunior and qualified for the CIF-Southern Section division prelimsas a freshman, sophomore and junior ... holds school record as partof sprint medley relay team ... named school’s athlete of theyear in 2008 ... visited Cal Lutheran and the University of SanDiego before choosing Cal Poly.

Personal – Son of David Solomon andDeidra Eckwood … one sister, Bria Solomon ... Ryan is firstfamily member to go to college … uncle Jerry Eckwood was arunning back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1979-81 after astandout college career at Arkansas ... aspires to be a lawyer ...lists video games, reading and movies as hobbies ... born Sept. 23,1990, in Torrance, CA … majors in philosophy.