2010 (Junior)
Started all 11 games as NSU’s strong safety…ranked fifth on the team with 43 total tackles…added 4.0 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception and two pass deflections…had four tackles, half a tackle for loss and a pass breakup in the win over Virginia State…had six tackles, one for loss, at Bethune-Cookman…made his first career interception at S.C. State, which he returned 39 yards for the Spartans’ only touchdown of the game…also made four assisted tackles at S.C. State…matched his season high with six tackles, one for a loss, against Morgan State…had a season-high five solo tackles, one for loss, and forced a fumble in the win at Savannah State.
2009 (Sophomore)
Again served as a key special teams player and also as a reserve safety…played in 10 games, missing the Morgan State game due to injury…had 11 total tackles for the year…posted his season high with four tackles at FAMU…also broke up a pass in that game… named to the NSU and MEAC Commissioner’s all-academic teams.
2008 (Freshman)
One of NSU’s top special teams players, Volcin played in all 11 games…also saw some time as a backup safety…made 17 tackles (13 solo) on the year…had a season-high five tackles, including a sack, in the opener against Virginia State…scored his first collegiate touchdown by recovering an errant punt snap in the end zone against North Carolina A&T…made four tackles at Howard…had three tackles and broke up one pass vs. Morgan State.
High School
Lettered four years in football, three in track and one in wrestling…a first-team All-Dade County and second-team all-state pick by the Florida Sports Writers Association as a senior …recorded 75 tackles, 11 sacks, two forced fumbles and one interception from his linebacker position…also caught 16 passes for 307 yards and four TDs on offense…named the team’s best two-way player…also posted seven sacks and more than 70 tackles as a junior.
Personal
Ricardo Volcin was born on October 24, 1989…son of Benita Jeudy…majoring in sociology.
Volcin's Career Defensive Statistics
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YEAR
|
GP
|
UT
|
AT
|
TT
|
TFL-Yds
|
Sck-Yds
|
Int-Yds
|
PD
|
FF
|
FR-Yds
|
|
2010
|
11
|
26
|
17
|
43
|
4.0-16
|
0-0
|
1-39
|
2
|
1
|
0-0
|
|
2009
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
11
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
0-0
|
1
|
0
|
0-0
|
|
2008
|
11
|
13
|
4
|
17
|
1.0-2
|
1.0-2
|
0-0
|
1
|
0
|
1-0
|
|
Totals
|
32
|
45
|
26
|
71
|
5.0-18
|
1.0-2
|
1-39
|
4
|
1
|
1-0
|
Volcin’s Career Highs
Tackles: 6 (2x, last vs. Morgan State, 11-6-10)
TFL: 1.0 (4x, last vs. Savannah State, 11-20-10)
Sacks: 1.0 (vs. Virginia State, 8-30-08)
PD: 1 (2x, last vs. FAMU, 10-24-09)
INT: 1 (vs. S.C. State, 10-9-10)
FF: 1 (vs. Savannah State, 11-20-10)
FR: 1 (vs. N.C. A&T, 9-13-08)
