DTEddie Vanderdoes

UCLA — Pac-12
  • Height: 6-3
  • Weight: 320
  • Hometown: Auburn, CA
  • Age: 22

Bio

SENIOR (2016): Named to the watch list for the Bednarik Award, Nagurski Award, Rotary Lombardi Award ... Honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection by the coaches ... Starter in all 12 games on the defensive front ... Credited with 29 tackles on the season ... Had multiple tackles in six game with a best of five tackles in games vs. Texas A&M and USC.

JUNIOR (2015): Made eight tackles in the opener against Virginia, including two tackles for loss ... Suffered an injury in that contest and missed the balance of the season.

SOPHOMORE (2014): Appeared in 13 games and made 12 starts on the defensive line ... Honorable mention all-conference selection ... Ranked eighth on the team with 50 tackles ... Tied for fourth on the team with 5.5 tackles for loss ... Had a best of nine tackles vs. Utah, including a tackle for loss ... Made eight tackles against Arizona ... Had seven tackles, including a sack, vs. USC ... Recovered a fumble vs. K-State ... Made at least four tackles in six games ... Made four rushing attempts on offense for five yards ... Scored a one-yard rushing touchdown vs. Utah ... Had two carries for four yards vs. Texas.

FRESHMAN (2013): Appeared in all 13 games and made seven starts on the defensive line ... Named first-team Freshman All-America by Sporting News and Football Writers Association (FWAA) ... Honorable mention all-conference ... Credited with 39 tackles on the season ... His 11 tackles at Stanford were the most by a Bruin defensive lineman since 1992 (Bruce Walker - 12) ... Had multiple tackles in nine games.

HIGH SCHOOL: A five-star recruit according to both rivals.com and scout.com … Second-team USA Today All-American … Selected to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl all-star game … Scout.com’s No. 2-ranked defensive tackle in the country … No. 3 recruit and No. 1 ranked defensive tackle on the scout.com West 150 list … ESPN.com’s No. 10 recruit in the nation, No. 1 defensive tackle in the country and the top-rated recruit in the state of California … No. 2-ranked defensive tackle in the nation according to scout.com and No. 1 in the West … Listed No. 21 on the rivals.com 250 and No. 9 in the nation by scout.com … Ranked No. 3 recruit in California by rivals.com and the No. 2 defensive tackle in the nation … SuperPrep’s No. 4-ranked defensive lineman nationally … Regarded as the No. 2 recruit in the CA/NV/HI region by SuperPrep … Ranked as the nation’s No. 43 recruit and the No. 6 defensive end by Tom Lemming … No. 32-ranked player nationally on PrepStar Dream Team and the country’s No. 5-ranked defensive tackle … Credited with 72 tackles and nine sacks for an 11-1 team in his senior season … Had 65 tackles and 10 sacks as a junior … Coached by Joey Montoya ... Also played baseball.

PERSONAL: Full Name: Eddie Norman  Vanderdoes IV ... Born in Auburn, Calif. ... Parents: Eddie and Behia Vanderdoes ... Has one younger sister, Baylee ... Admires NBA player LeBron James and NFL players Ray Lewis and Ndamukong Suh ... Lists his biggest thrill to date as playing in the U.S. Army High School All-American Bowl and winning his league championship ... Hobbies include long boarding and hanging with his friends ... History major.