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2011 Football

47 Erik Rask

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 220
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Corona del Mar

Biography

2011/Career Notes: Two-time Ivy League champion ... 2011 Asa A. Bushnell Cup (Ivy MVP) finalist ... Unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection as a senior ... 2010 first-team All-Ivy ... 2009 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Played in each of the last 30 games for the Quakers and started every game his junior and senior seasons ... Two-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19, 2010; Nov. 7, 2011) ... Finished his career with 190 tackles (110 solo), 30.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, three interceptions, 13 passes defended, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and two blocked kicks ... Blocked a punt as a sophomore against Cornell and blocked a field goal in the Ivy title-clinching game against Harvard his junior season ... Returned an interception for a touchdown in the final game of his career ... Led the team in tackles as a junior and senior ... Finished sixth in the Ivy League in tackles with a career-high 83 in 2011 ... Single-game high of 16 tackles came in Homecoming win over Princeton (Nov. 5).

2010: First-Team All-Ivy ... Started all 10 games and led the team in tackles with 65 ... Finished seventh in the Ivy League with 8.0 tackles for loss ... Also finished with 3.5 sacks, four pass breakups, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick ... Had at least three tackles in every game, including a career-best 11 against Harvard ... Also blocked a field goal in the Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard ... Had a fumble recovery in the victory at Cornell (Nov. 20) ... Recorded eight tackles apiece in wins over Lafayette (Sept. 18) and Brown (Oct. 30).

2009: Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19) ... Played in all 10 games ... Led the team and finished fourth in the Ivy League in tackles for loss with 10.5 ... Finished the year sixth on the team with 42 tackles ... Season-best seven tackles at Lafayette (Sept. 26) ... Recorded his first career sack at Columbia (Oct. 17) ... Also had an interception and six tackles against the Lions ... Blocked a punt in the season finale against Cornell (Nov. 21) ... Had at least three tackles in eight of the last nine games.

2008: Did not see any varsity game action.

Corona del Mar HS: Three-year letterwinner and two-year captain of football team ... 2007 Pacific Coast League (PCL)?Defensive MVP and first-team All-CIF?(Southern Section)?... Two-time first-team All-PCL ... Second-team All-PCL?as a sophomore ... Three-time Newport-Mesa Dream Team ... High school coach was Dick Freeman ... Also lettered twice in basketball, helping CdM?to two league titles and a CIF?crown in 2006-07 ... Two-time All-PCL?selection ... Newport-Mesa Dream Team ... California Scholar Federation member ... AP?Scholar ... National Football Foundation Scholarship Award winner.

Personal: Son of Julie and Rob Rask ... Father played football and basketball at the University of Washington ... Grandfather, Charles Rask, played basketball at Oregon ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Career Stats:

SCORINGgtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
200910000000000.0
201010000000000.0
201110100100060.6
TOTAL30100100060.2
 
PUNT RETURNSgno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
2009101240024.02.4
20101000000.00.0
20111000000.00.0
TOTAL301240024.00.8
 
INTERCEPTIONSgno.yardstdlongavg/ravg/g
20091015055.00.5
20101000000.00.0
20111024113020.54.1
TOTAL3034613015.31.5
 
ALL PURPOSEgrushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
200910002405292.9
2010100000000.0
201110000041414.1
TOTAL300024046702.3
 
TACKLESguaatotaltflpdfffrblk
20091021214210.51001
2010104124658.04011
20111048358311.58110
TOTAL301108019030.013122
 
SACKSguaatotalyards
200910101.012
201010233.515
201110212.515
TOTAL30547.042
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Touchdowns: 1, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
All-purpose yards: 30, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Punt returns: 1, Cornell, Nov 21, 2009 
Punt return yards: 24, Cornell, Nov 21, 2009 (1 returns)
Interceptions: 1, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 ; at Brown, Oct 29, 2011 ; at Columbia, Oct 17, 2009 
Long interception return: 30, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Tackles: 16, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 (8-8)
Sacks: 1.5, Lafayette, Sep 18, 2010 (1-1)
Tackles for loss: 4.0, Yale, Oct 24, 2009 (3-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 
Fumbles recovered: 1, at Harvard, Nov 12, 2011 ; at Cornell, Nov 20, 2010 
Pass breakups: 3, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011 
Blocked kicks: 1, Harvard, Nov 13, 2010 ; Cornell, Nov 21, 2009

Statistics

Season:
2011

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Historical Player Information

  • 51

    2008Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    51
  • 47

    2009Sophomore

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2010Junior

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2011Senior

    LB
    6'1" 220 lbs
    47