Rondell Bothroyd

Position:
DL
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
273
Hometown:
Manchester, Conn.
High School:
E.O. Smith
Prev School:
Wake Forest University

2023
An honorable mention All-Big 12 selection by league head coaches … started all 13 games at defensive end … totaled 25 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, team-high eight QB hurries, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup … registered season-high three QB hurries and a PBU vs. Arizona in Alamo Bowl (12/28) ... tied season high with four tackles in regular season finale vs. TCU (11/24) … posted three tackles at BYU (11/18) … registered four tackles (1.0 TFL) at Oklahoma State (11/4) … tallied three tackles (1.0 TFL) vs. UCF (10/21) … notched two solo stops (1.0 TFL) vs. Texas (10/7) … had 0.5 TFL at Cincinnati (9/23) … recorded four tackles vs. SMU (9/9).

2022 (AT WAKE FOREST)
Played in 12 games and made eight starts … started each of season’s first eight games … totaled 30 tackles, eight tackles for loss, six sacks, five QB hurries and three pass breakups … forced two fumbles and recovered one fumble … tallied a sack and two tackles for loss in a bowl win over Missouri (12/23) … notched two sacks and a forced fumble against Boston College (10/22) … posted a season-high six tackles vs. Army (10/8) … registered a sack and three tackles against Liberty (9/17) … recorded a strip sack and three tackles against VMI in season opener (9/1).

2021 (AT WAKE FOREST)
Played in 14 games and started last 13 … finished with 63 total tackles (ranked fourth on team), a team-high 16.5 tackles for loss (tied for 18th nationally and second in ACC) and 8.0 sacks … recorded at least seven tackles in five games, at least 0.5 sack in nine outings and at least 0.5 TFL in 13 of 14 contests (including all 12 regular season games) … registered a season-high 2.5 TFLs at North Carolina (11/6) … tallied a career-high 10 tackles and 1.5 TFLs in a win at Army (10/23) to earn ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors.

2020 (AT WAKE FOREST)
Played in six of team’s nine games and made four starts ... recorded 11 tackles and one tackle for loss … posted a season-high four tackles against Louisville (12/12) and Virginia Tech (10/24).

2019 (AT WAKE FOREST)
Played in 12 games and made six starts … recorded a sack against Clemson (11/16) ... totaled a season-high six tackles and a half sack vs. UNC (9/13) ... tallied five tackles against both Louisville (10/12) and Boston College (9/28).

2018 (AT WAKE FOREST)
Redshirted … played in four games ... recorded first career sack against Syracuse (11/3).

HIGH SCHOOL
Consensus three-star athlete who was rated as the fourth-best prospect in Connecticut … compiled 24.5 sacks and 10 forced fumbles during his prep career … was a first-team all-state selection as a senior when he registered 45 tackles, 12.5 sacks and an interception ... also played on offense where he recorded 15 catches for 215 yards and four touchdowns ... named athlete of the week by The Chronicle ... earned first-team All-Conference Division II honors ... had 66 tackles, 15 tackles for loss, and 13 sacks (averaged 7.3 tackles and 1.3 sacks per game) as a junior ... also forced five fumbles and recovered two (returned one for a touchdown) ... named first-team all-state by New Haven Register ... named CHSCA All-State in Class L and first-team All-Central Connecticut Conference ... named to the First-Team All-Division II East Team as a sophomore.

PERSONAL
Enrolled at OU in January 2023 ... graduated from Wake Forest with a degree in health and exercise science (minored in education) ... pursuing an OU master’s degree in human relations ... last name pronounced BAHTH-royd.