Nov. 20, 2009

LAS VEGAS - Opposing defenses couldn't manage to stop honors candidate Ryan Wolfe for the last four years while playing wide receiver at UNLV but a broken foot could.

The school announced Friday that Wolfe (Santa Clarita, CA/Hart HS), who appeared in all 47 of his previous games as a Rebel, will not be able to play his senior-season finale on Nov. 28 vs. San Diego State after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his left foot while returning punts during Wednesday's practice. The Rebels have a bye this weekend.

Wolfe is expected to have surgery sometime next week and begin a rehabilitation program that lasts 8-12 weeks. He will be on crutches for the first 4-6 weeks.

"It was a fluke thing, I just rolled my foot a little bit," said Wolfe, who is currently pursuing his master's degree in sports education leadership. "It's unfortunate, but I realize there's nothing I can do but focus on getting better and back into playing shape as soon as possible."

The pro prospect officially finished as his school's and conference's career leader in receptions with 283, which ranked 12th in NCAA FBS history. His total of 3,495 receiving yards means he will finish fourth in league history -- just 139 yards short of Colorado State's David Anderson's Mountain West Conference all-time mark set from 2002-05.

Wolfe is already the only two-time first team all-conference choice in school history and hopes to add a third such honor when the 2009 awards are announced. He leads the MWC with 74 receptions (18th in the nation with 6.73 catches per game) and is second with 760 yards. Wolfe had two of his school-record 12 100-yard receiving games this fall and also served as UNLV's primary punt returner as well as serving on kickoff coverage teams.

During his Rebel career, the versatile athlete also rushed for 235 net yards on 35 attempts (6.7 YPC) and was credited with 14 total tackles and one pass breakup.

NCAA FBS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS
RK  NO   PLAYER              SCHOOL1.  316  Taylor Stubblefield Purdue2.  306  Josh Davis          Marshall3.  303  Taurean Henderson   Texas Tech4.  300  Arnold Jackson      Louisville5.  298  Trevor Insley       UNR6.  295  Geoff Noisy         UNR7.  293  Rashaun Woods       Oklahoma State    293  Davone Bess         Hawaii9.  292  Dorien Bryant       Purdue    292  Jarett Dillard      Rice    292  Jason Rivers        Hawaii12. 283  Ryan Wolfe          UNLV
Ryan Wolfe's CAREER RECEIVING STATSYEAR  GP-GS  REC  YDS    AVG   TD  LG2009  11-10  74   760    10.3  2   522008  12-11  88   1,040  11.8  6   462007  12-10  66   784    11.9  2   452006  12-12  55   911    16.6  5   75TOTAL 47-43  283  3,495  12.3  15  75