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New Mexico: Strong physical safety … can play either the strong or free slots … finds himself around the ball … one of UNM’s best tacklers.
2015 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played in 13 games with 12 starts at safety … recorded 52 tackles with 29 of those solos … had three break ups and one interception … recorded his first career interception in the season finale against Air Force, adding five tackles in that game … twice had season-highs of nine tackles, in back-to-back games against Hawai’i and San Jose State … had a five tackle game against Tulsa … had three tackles and a pass break up against Colorado State … had three tackles and two pass break ups against Arizona in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl.
2014 (Redshirt Sophomore Season): Played in 11 games with one start for the second straight season … recorded 39 tackles (18 solo) and 1.0 TFLs (5 yards) and one hurry … saw plenty of action in the final two games of the season, recording a career-high tying seven tackles against Colorado State before besting that the next week with 10 in UNM’s win over Wyoming 36-30 … had a tackle for loss against Fresno State … had five tackle games against Boise State and San Diego State.
2013 (Redshirt Freshman Season): Played in 11 games with one start … finished with 20 tackles on the season with a tackle for loss and a forced fumble … had a then-career-best seven tackles against Colorado State, including three solo tackles.
2012 (Freshman Season): Redshirted.
High School: Three-year varsity letterman who was the 2011 co-Defensive Most Valuable Player in District 13-5A for coach Drew Svoboda … first-team all-district as a senior … appeared on the 2011 5A Texas Super and the Vype 100 Texas recruits lists … second-team All-Greater Houston by the Houston Chronicle … unanimous first-team all-district as a junior … the 13-5A Defensive Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore … finished his career with 282 tackles (202 solos) with nine interceptions … team record was 31-5 during his three years on varsity … Klein Collins was undefeated District 13-5A champions in 2010-11 … Santos also participated in track and field for four years … established personal bests of 45 feet, 6 inches in the triple jump and 20 feet, 9 inches in the long jump … a three-star Rivals.com recruit.
Personal: Full name is Ryan James Santos… born March 2, 1994 in San Jose, Calif. … majoring in liberal arts … son of Rosalind and David Santos … one brother, David, is a senior outside linebacker at the University of Nebraska.