Editing (section) DeMeco Ryans 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Early years </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Ryans was born in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Bessemer%2C%20Alabama%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Bessemer%2C%20Alabama%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBessemer%2C%20Alabama%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" class="new" title="Bessemer, Alabama (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQmVzc2VtZXIsX0FsYWJhbWE/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Bessemer, Alabama</a>. He attended <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Jess%20Lanier%20High%20School%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Jess%20Lanier%20High%20School%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJess%20Lanier%20High%20School%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" class="new" title="Jess Lanier High School (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvSmVzc19MYW5pZXJfSGlnaF9TY2hvb2w/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Jess Lanier High School</a> in Bessemer, where he played <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22high%20school%20football%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22high%20school%20football%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bhigh%20school%20football%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a>. In his senior season, he had 135 tackles, 11 sacks, two forced fumbles and two interceptions. Considered a three-star recruit by <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rivals.com%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rivals.com%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRivals.com%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" href="/wiki/Rivals.com" title="Rivals.com">Rivals.com</a></i>, Ryans was listed as the No. 39 inside linebacker prospect in the nation from the class of 2002.<span data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%3E%7B%7BCitation%20%7Curl%3Dhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Ffootballrecruiting.rivals.com%5C%2Fviewrank.asp%3Fra_key%3D41%20%7Cwork%3DRivals100%20%7Ctitle%3DInside%20linebackers%20%7Cdate%3DFebruary%205%2C%202002%20%7D%7D%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-0 class=reference"><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-16827976245dec71ec39055%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ6ec5eb873e4a523a-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%2224816-16827976245dec71ec39055%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ6ec5eb873e4a523a-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%226%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%227%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" href="#cite_note-0"><span data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> He picked Alabama over <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Mississippi%20State%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Mississippi%20State%20University%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BMississippi%20State%20University%7CMississippi%20State%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="24816-16827976245dec71ec39055" href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State</a>. </p> <br /><strong data-rte-washtml="1" class="error" data-rte-attribs=" class=error">Cite error: <code data-rte-washtml="1"><ref></code> tags exist, but no <code data-rte-washtml="1"><references/></code> tag was found</strong><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key footbal:rte-parser-cache:22620 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. 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