Hokie Club36 - Aaron RousePosition: Linebacker
Class: r-Sophomore
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210 lbs.
High School: First Colonial
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Va.
A big, fast playmaker who will challenge James Anderson for the starting whip linebacker duties when practice opens ... Picked up some valuable experience while playing in every game last season ... Has good size and excellent athletic skills to go with it ... Plays with good instincts and a constant motor ... Continues to make strides in the strength and conditioning program ... Is also a contributor on special teams ... Named to the 2003 Rivals.com Freshman All-America football team as an honorable mention selection ... Possesses a tremendous amount of potential ... Is coming off a solid spring practice ... Should see his share of playing time in 2004 ...2003: Played in all 13 games, starting one ... Was in for 25 total plays against UCF in the opener ... Had three assists ... Made his first collegiate start against James Madison ... Played 39 defensive plays and three on special teams against the Dukes, registering four solo tackles, seven assists and a forced fumble ... Played 42 snaps on defense and 13 on special teams against Texas A&M ... Had two assisted tackles ... Played 37 snaps on defense against UConn ... Recorded three solo stops, one of which was for a loss, and four assists ... Played 27 snaps on defense at Rutgers, recording two solo tackles and two assists ... Recorded two solo stops, one which was for a loss, and two assists on defense against Syracuse ... Also had a solo tackle and an assist on special teams ... Played 21 snaps on defense at West Virginia, recording three tackles ... Had two assists on defense and an assist on special teams against Miami ... Had a solo tackle on defense and an assist on special teams at Pittsburgh ... Was in for seven special teams plays against Boston College ... Had a solo tackle on special teams at Virginia ...Was in on four tackles, including one behind the line, against Cal in the Insight Bowl ... Also broke up two passes in that game ... Had a personal-best 460-pound back squat during spring testing ... Missed the 2004 spring game due to a sprained left knee ...
2002: Spent the fall working at whip linebacker while taking a redshirt year ... Had a 400-pound back squat during spring max testing ... Turned in a 4.44 clocking in the forty ... Was in on four tackles in one spring scrimmage and three in another ... Contributed a quarterback sack and three total tackles during the Maroon-White game ... Also broke up a pass ...
High School: A PrepStar All-American who was named the defensive player of the year in the Beach District as a senior ... Saw action as a wide receiver, safety, linebacker, running back and cornerback during his varsity career for coaches Sam Scarborough and Frank Webster at First Colonial ... Posted 85 tackles in 2001, including a pair of sacks ... Intercepted five passes, recovered three fumbles and blocked three kicks ... Caught 13 passes for 390 yards and four TDs as a receiver ... Registered 11 solo tackles and scored a touchdown against Princess Anne his senior year ... Was first-team all-district, all-Tidewater and all-region as a senior ... Named first-team Group AAA by The Associated Press and second-team by the state coaches as a defensive back ... Ranked the No. 32 safety in the nation by Rivals ... Rated the No. 9 defensive back in the Atlantic Region by PrepStar ... Listed as the No. 79 player in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report ... Ranked the No. 24 player in Virginia by SuperPrep and the No. 24 player by The Roanoke Times ... Finished his junior season with 71 tackles, eight sacks and three interceptions ... Posted a game-saving interception against Ocean Lakes ... Named first-team all-district and second-team all-Tidewater ... Blocked a school-record eight kicks during his career ... Had 176 career tackles and nine interceptions ... Also lettered in basketball ...
Personal: Aaron Roosevelt Rouse ... Born 1/8/84 in Norfolk, VA ... Son of Nadine Rouse ... Enrolled in consumer studies.
| Tackles | G | UT | AT | Tot. | Loss | Sacks |
| 2003 | 13 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 3-8 | 0-0 |
| 2003 Tackles Game-by-Game | ||||||
| UCF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| JMU | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| TAMU | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| UCONN | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| at RU | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| SYR | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| at WVU | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| UM | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| at PITT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| at TU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| BC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| at UVa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| vs. Cal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
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