Southern Oregon University Athletics

2015: Voted first-team All-Frontier Conference and a first-team American Football Coaches Association NAIA All-American -- just the 13th first-team All-American defender in Raider history and the sixth to make the first team... Led the team at safety with 109 tackles (89 solo) while starting all 14 games... Had one interceptoin on Sept. 19 at College of Idaho and nine pass break-ups, including four in the postseason... His career-high 17 tackles in the NAIA title game against Marian on Dec. 19 were the fourth-most ever for a Raider in a single game... Forced two fumbles on the season, and on Oct. 24 against College of Idaho he scored the second touchdown of his career with a 94-yard fumble-recovery return. Following the return, he was voted the Frontier's defensive player of the week... Named the Raider Football Athlete of the Year at the SOU All-Sports Awards and Outstanding Defensive Performer by the team's coaches.

2014: Appeared in 15 games as SOU’s starting safety… Ranked third on the team in tackles with 88… Led the team in interceptions with five for 62 yards… Had his first career two-interception game in the NAIA championship against Marian, including a 54-yard return for a touchdown in the first quarter… Totaled a career-high 11 tackles on Nov. 8 at Montana Tech and also had an interception in the game.

2013: Received regular playing time as a true-freshman safety, making a total of 26 tackles (16 solo) in nine games... Picked off his first career interceptoin on Sept. 21 at Eastern Oregon... Had season-highs of six tackles in successive games, Oct. 5 against Montana Tech and Oct. 19 against MSU-Northern.

Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1994 in Stockton, Calif... Graduated in 2013 from Portland's Westview High, where he was a four-year letterwinner as a quarterback and defensive back in football and a two-year letterwinner in basketball... Parents are Monique Jones, Julius Rucker Sr., and Wendy Yeager; has four brothers, Jaquay, Jason, Justen, and Abraham; and three sisters, Savannah, Sentavia, and Savone... Majoring in emerging media and digital arts.