UNLV Athletics Hall Of Fame
Only the second offensive lineman to be voted into the UNLV Athletics Hall of Fame and the first since 1994, Tony Terrell was a rare four-year starter at guard for the Rebels. A 1998 recruit out of Hawthorne High School in California, Terrell was signed by coach Jeff Horton but redshirted that first year on campus. Suiting up under new head man John Robinson in 1999, Terrell would prove to be an iron man up front, starting all but one game, including 40 straight to end his collegiate career. Emerging as a leader for the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl champions, he blocked for the only back-to-back 1,000-yard rushers in UNLV history (Jeremi Rudolph 1,005 in 2000 and then Joe Haro 1,107 in 2001). That 2001 squad finished 12th in the nation by allowing a then-school-record low 12 quarterback sacks. As a senior in 2002, Terrell was named first team All-Mountain West by both the coaches and media and remains the only Rebel blocker to earn a first team honor since the end of the millennium. The program's only two-time winner of the Bill "Wildcat" Morris Most Inspirational Award, Terrell also earned the "Doc" Tobler Senior Award, which is given to the final-year player who brings the highest credit to himself and the University. Terrell was equally impressive off the field, becoming the first UNLV player (and one of four ever) named a community service All-American as a member of the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team. After retiring from football after a camp with the NFL's San Diego Chargers, Terrell became a three-time graduate of UNLV, earning his bachelor's degree (2002), master's degree (2007) and then Ph.D. (2012). A highly visible champion of his alma mater, Dr. Terrell currently serves as Assistant Director of Learning Support at UNLV's Academic Success Center.
