Player Bio: Ricky Dobbs

Ricky Dobbs

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Douglasville, Ga.

High School:
Douglas County

Height / Weight:
6-1 / 194

Position:
QB

At Navy: Enters the fall third on the depth chart at quarterback ... is expected to learn from Kaheaku-Enhada and Bryant this season and will then have every opportunity to win the starting job the following season ... has the strongest arm among all the quarterbacks ... has solid speed ... has a great attitude and is always smiling ... one of the more popular players on the team ... is one of the top recruiters among the players when a prospective student-athlete and his family is visiting campus ... was impressive last winter with the stirring speeches he gave to prospect families on why their sons should come to the Naval Academy.

2007: Did not see any varsity action.

High School / Personal: Earned four letters in football and basketball at Douglas County High School ... basketball team was 72-15 over his final three seasons and won the region championship all three years ... as a senior, the basketball team posted a 27-3 record and played in the state championship game ... was named all-state in basketball and honorable mention all-state in football as a senior ... threw 28 touchdown passes in 12 games as a senior ... was born on Super Bowl Sunday in 1988, which was the Super Bowl that Doug Williams became the first, and only, African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl ... after serving his country, Dobbs plans on being the next African-American quarterback to win a Super Bowl ... Clarence Ricky Dobbs ... Born-1/31/88.