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Wide Receiver
5-9 · 185
Austin, Texas (Westlake HS/Colorado)
#22
A speedy three-year receiver and returner who played in 25 career games as a Longhorn including two bowl games (1999-2000 Cotton Bowls) ... sat out his sophomore season after transferring from Colorado following the 1996 campaign ... combined with Kwame Cavil in 1999 to form one of the top receiving duos in UT history (receptions/156; yards/1,788) ... registered at least one reception in 19 of his last 20 games ... averaged 10.4 yards every time he touched the ball (1,205 career all-purpose yards/16 attempts) ... finished his career ranked third on the UT single-season receptions list with 56 receptions in 1999 ... 1999 honorable mention All-Big 12 ... 1999 UT Most Improved Offensive Player.
SENIOR (1999)
Played in 13 games, including the Cotton Bowl, and started 12 contests at wide receiver ... his 56 receptions (for 600 yards) during his senior season ranked third on the UT single-season list ... ranked third in the Big 12 in receptions (4.3 per/g) ... started the season with seven receptions for 54 yards against North Carolina State ... pulled in three passes for 32 yards vs. Stanford ... had a career-high 104 yards (on seven receptions) at Rutgers ... pulled in a career-high nine receptions (for 84 yards) against Rice ... scored his first touchdown of the season against Baylor ... pulled in one pass for 11 yards against No. 13 Kansas State ... scored a career-high two TDs vs. Oklahoma ... set a career-high for the second consecutive week with a 39-yard reception against No. 3 Nebraska ... caught six passes for 57 yards at Iowa State ... tallied 31-receiving yards (on three passes) at Oklahoma State, against Texas Tech and in the Big 12 Championship game against No. 3 Nebraska ... pulled in six passes for 48 yards in the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl against No. 24 Arkansas.
JUNIOR (1998)
Played in all 12 games, including the Cotton Bowl, primarily as a backup flanker used in three and four wide receiver sets ... also returned kickoffs ...ranked fourth on the team with 18 receptions for 171 yards ... caught a pass in 10 games ... returned eight kickoffs for 102 yards ... had season-highs with four receptions (for 37 yards) and a 20-yard reception vs. Oklahoma State ... tied his season-high with 20-yard catches against Rice and New Mexico State ... made a critical third-down reception for nine yards on what proved to be the Longhorns' game-winning TD drive in a 20-16 upset at No. 7 Nebraska (snapping a 47-game Husker home winning streak) ... matched his season-high four receptions (for 36 yards) in Texas' 26-24 over No. 6 Texas A&M in the season finale.
SOPHOMORE (1997)
Sat out the season after transferring from Colorado.
FRESHMAN (Colorado/1996)
Played in all 11 games as a true freshman at Colorado ... caught two passes for 12 yards ... ranked seventh in the Big 12 in punt returns (6.4 ypr) ... averaged 26.0 yards on six kickoff returns.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Ron Schroeder at Westlake High ... finished his career ranked third on the Texas 5A rushing list (5,146 yards in three years) ... tabbed second-team all-state in class 5A as a senior ... rushed for 1,388 yards and had 19 catches for 396 yards as a junior ... ran 13.5 in the 110-hurdles (was ranked third) in the state 5A meet as a sophomore.
PERSONAL
Born 12/5/76 in Kerrville, Texas ... full name is Ryan Paul Nunez ... majored in geography ... earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall of '97 ... his grandfather, Louis Oliver, lettered as an offensive lineman at Texas in 1934.
CAREER STATISTICS
Rushing-Receiving
Year G/GS Rush-Yds YPC Long Rec-Yds YPC TD High
1999 12/11 0-0 0.0 - 56-600 10.7 3 39/Neb.
1998 11/0 0-0 0.0 - 18-171 9.5 0 20/3x
1997 Redshirted
1996* 11/0 1-3 3.0 3/OSU 2-12 6.0 0 9/Mich.
Career 34/11 1-3 3.0 3/OSU 76-783 10.3 3 39/Neb.
Returns
Year G KR-Yds YPR TD Long PR-Yds YPR TD Long
1999 12 0-0 0.0 0 - 0-0 0.0 0 -
1998 11 8-102 12.8 0 19/A&M 0-0 0.0 0 -
1997 Redshirted
1996* 11 6-156 26.0 0 39/Mich. 25-161 6.4 0 27/WSU
Career 34 14-258 18.4 0 39/Mich. 25-161 6.4 0 27/WSU
All-Purpose
Year Rush-Yds Rec-Yds KRet PRet Att-Tot Per/Play Per/G
1999 0-0 56-600 0-0 0-0 56-600 10.7 50.0
1998 0-0 18-171 8-102 0-0 26-273 10.5 24.8
1997 Redshirted
1996* 1-3 2-12 6-156 25-161 33-332 10.1 30.2
Career 1-3 76-783 14-258 25-161 116-1,205 10.4 35.4
High Games
Receptions: 9 (for 84 yards) vs. Rice (Sr.)
Receiving Yards: 104 (on seven receptions) at Rutgers (Sr.)
TD Receptions: 2 vs. Oklahoma (Sr.)
Long Reception: 39 vs. Nebraska (Sr.)
