Rick Furman Class: Freshman Hometown: Greenville, S.C. High School: Christ Church Episcopal Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Position: FS

2007 graduate of Christ Church Episcopal (A) School...football coach was Ashley Haskins...played quarterback and cornerback, and also punted during his prep career...rushed for 2,297 yards, passed for 2,030 yards, and accounted for 55 touchdown responsibilities on offense, and registered 79 tackles, 11 interceptions, and 34 pass deflections as a defensive back his junior and senior seasons...two-time Region II-A Player-of-the-Year and 2006 High School Sports Report All-State selection...named to the 2006 Palmetto Championship All-Star and North-South All-Star Team...rushed for 1,119 yards, passed for 1,428 yards, and accounted for 40 touchdowns responsibilities (26 rush, 14 pass) as a senior, helping CCES to a 9-2 record and region championship -- the program's first in 28 seasons...tacked on 30 tackles, 23 pass deflections, and six interceptions in 2006...member of three CCES state championship soccer teams...three-time all-state selection...named 2006 National Soccer Coaches Association/Adidas High School All-America...National Merit Commended Student...International Baccalaureate Student...Furman University Scholar...Will Grist Scholarship Award recipient...Blair Babb Smoak Award winner.

Personal: Full name is Richard Hendricks Furman, Jr...son of Richard and Nancy Furman...born June 30, 1988, in Greenville, South Carolina...has a brother, Robert, and a sister, Sitton...has possibly the strongest Furman University lineage of any football player in school history...fifth great-grandfather, Richard Furman, founded Furman University in 1826...father, uncle, Earle Furman, Jr., grandfather, Earle Furman, Sr., and grandmother, Carolyn Hendricks Furman, all graduated from the university...mother, Nancy Yeargin Furman, was an All-American tennis player at Rollins College who played professionally at Wimbledon, as well as the United States, French, and Italian Opens.