2005 Football Roster
Roster
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Ryan LaCasse
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 249
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Stoughton, MA
- High School:
- Stoughton
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: His 16.5 career sacks ties for 10th all-time at Syracuse … Four letters … Redshirted in 2001.
Senior Year (2005): All-BIG EAST First Team selection … Recorded 9.0 sacks, which is tied for 10th on the Orange single-season record list … Ranked 17th nationally and tied for fi fth in the BIG EAST with .82 sacks per game … Also ranked ninth in the BIG EAST in tackles for a loss (1.09) and forced fumbles (.27) … One of 16 players to start all 11 games … Against West Virginia, he had seven tackles, including five solo and one tackle for a loss of a yard … Against Buffalo, he had a career-high 3.0 sacks and 3.0 tackles for a loss … Against Virginia, LaCasse stopped a Cavaliers red zone threat when he came up with his first-career interception and had fi ve tackles, including three solo, and a sack … At Florida State, he had two sacks and four tackles … At Connecticut, he registered six assisted tackles … Against Rutgers, LaCasse posted two tackles, including one solo … At Pittsburgh, he had four tackles, including two solo, and a tackle for a loss of seven yards … Against Cincinnati, he recorded fi ve tackles, including three solo, a sack, a pass break up, and two tackles for a loss … Against South Florida, he registered four tackles, including three solo … Against Notre Dame, he had two half tackles … At Louisville, he tallied eight tackles, including seven solo, two sacks, and a forced fumble.
Junior Year (2004): Played in all 12 games … Ranked third in the BIG EAST and tied for 19th nationally with .33 forced fumbles per game … At Purdue, recorded four tackles … At Buffalo, tallied three tackles, including two solo … Against Rutgers, recorded two forced fumbles, one sack, a quarterback hurry and three solo tackles … Against Florida State, had two solo tackles … At West Virginia, had a career-best eight tackles, including fi ve solo and one for a loss … Against Connecticut, forced a fumble and had one sack … Against Pittsburgh, had two sacks, three solo tackles and his fourth forced fumble of the season … At Temple, registered three tackles … At Boston College, recorded two solo tackles, including one sack … Posted three tackles against Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Sophomore Year (2003): One of 39 players to participate in every game … Played on punt protection, kickoff coverage and kickoff return special teams units … Recorded one solo tackle at North Carolina … Had one assisted tackle, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry against Toledo … Posted one solo tackle and one assisted stop at Virginia Tech … Had one solo stop against Boston College … Made three solo tackles versus Temple … Recorded one solo tackle and two assists at Miami … Assisted on four tackles versus West Virginia.
Freshman Year (2002): Played in 11 games … Started against North Carolina, Rhode Island, Auburn and Pittsburgh … First collegiate tackle at BYU … Made his fi rst career start against North Carolina and recorded four tackles, his fi rst career sack for a loss of nine yards, and first career forced fumble … Recorded three tackles against Rhode Island, including a half-sack … Made two tackles at Auburn … Registered two tackles and a fumble recovery against Pittsburgh … Had three tackles against West Virginia, including two for a loss … Recorded two tackles against Virginia Tech … One tackle at Boston College … Registered a sack against Miami.
High School: Tom Lemming All-East … Boston Herald First Team All-Hockomock League and All-Scholastic honoree … Boston Globe, Patriot Ledger and Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic selections … Three-time Boston Globe Player of the Week as a senior … Posted 65 tackles and nine sacks in 2000 … Also played running back, gaining 1,407 yards and a division-leading 28 touchdowns as a senior … Career statistics: 2,609 yards and 45 TDs … Massachusetts State champion in the 100 meters and New England Champion in the 100-meters (10.5 seconds) as a senior … Finished second in the state and fourth in New England in the 100-meter dash as a junior … Recruited by former assistant coach Jerry Azzinaro.
Personal: Ryan J. LaCasse … Born February 6, 1983 in Brockton, Mass. … Son of Dorothea O’Donnell … One sister … Dual major in communications and rhetorical studies, and sociology.
