13  Lon Sheriff Class: Senior Hometown: Santee, Calif. High School: West Hills HS Height / Weight: 6-3 / 210 Position: Quarterback Birthdate: 03/08/1980 Experience: 3V

A two-time academic all-Mountain West selection... Tough quarterback who carries the most experience on the team at the position... Is less than 1,000 yards from entering the Aztecs' prestigious top 10 for career passing yards... Quietly battled a thumb injury during the 2000 season… Enters fall camp locked in a battle with Adam Hall for SDSU's starting nod at quarterback.

2001: Led the Aztecs with 1,295 passing yards... Started 10 games, coming off the bench at UNLV... Had three touchdown passes, but suffered 12 interceptions... Had just two interceptions in his last 102 attempts... Best totals through the air included 194-yard efforts vs. Air Force and Utah... His touchdown passes came against Eastern Illinois, Brigham Young and New Mexico... Had completions covering at least 35 yards against Utah, New Mexico, Eastern Illinois and Air Force.

2000: Took over as the Aztecs' signal caller late in the Illinois game... Went on to start the final nine games of the season... Completed 155-of-290 (53.4 percent) passes for 2,163 yards and six touchdowns... Yardage total was the most for an SDSU sophomore since former NCAA record-holder Todd Santos passed for 2,877 yards in 1985... Was the Mountain West's leading passer in conference play with 264.4 yards per game... Also led the MWC in total offense (1,744 yards) during league action... Threw for a single-game league-high 393 yards, including a 71-yard hook up with J.R. Tolver and a 64-yard touchdown strike to Derrick Lewis, against conference champion Colorado State... Also topped 300 yards passing against UNLV with 328 yards on 17-of-32 attempts, including a 78-yard scoring strike... Led the Aztecs to fourth-quarter, come-from-behind victories at BYU and New Mexico... Was 9-for-12 passing for 129 yards and a rushing touchdown in the second half versus the Lobos... Threw for 239 yards at BYU, including a 46-yard hook-up with Derrick Lewis in the closing seconds to set up the game-winning field goal... Named MWC player of the week after throwing for 317 yards and two scores on 19-for-27 passing at Wyoming.

1999: Played in the final four games of the year... Recorded 113 passing yards (11-of-22) with a long of 34... Threw for 94 yards on 9-of-16 passing against Brigham Young for top outing.

1998: Redshirted his first year on campus.

High School: A two-year starter and three-year letterman at West Hills... Passed for 2,595 yards and a school-record 29 touchdowns as a senior... Named first-team all-CIF and most valuable player of the Grossmont North League... An all-Western region selection by PrepStar... Threw for 401 yards against Santana High and seven TDs against La Jolla for prep-career bests... Finished career with 4,699 yards passing and 51 touchdowns... An all-county student-athlete with a 4.32 grade-point average... Turned down opportunity to attend Harvard... Also played shortstop for West Hills' baseball team.

Personal: Lon Andrew Sheriff was born March 8, 1980, in San Diego... Parents are Ray and Judy Sheriff... Enjoys going to the movies and the beach... Favorite athlete is baseball great Ozzie Smith... Majoring in English with plans to attend medical school... Multiple Monty Award winner for maintaining a 3.5 or higher GPA.