Academic Notes: Majoring in business…2009: Sat out the season recovering from injury and redshirted…Named to All-Big Sky preseason first team…2008: All-Big Sky second team selection…Saw action in all 11 games with 10 starts…Ranked ninth on the team with 32 tackles with three sacks, two pass deflections and forced fumble…Had five tackles five times during the season…2007: All-Big Sky Honorable Mention (LB)…Saw action in all 11 games with nine starts…Recorded 35 tackles with four tackles for loss…Had a season-high eight tackles at Appalachian State…2006: Saw action in all 11 games…Recorded six tackles on the season…Notched a season-high four tackles against Dixie College…High School: A 2006 graduate of North High School…Played for Stuart Goldstein… First-team all-region and second-team all-state at linebacker…Second-team all-region at running back…Named Friday Night Lights Defensive Player of the Year…Named first-team all-region at tight end and linebacker as a junior...Led the 11-2 Mustangs with 192 tackles, 87 solo with three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and seven sacks…Also played fullback…Led the state in tackles as a junior in the regular season with 163, finishing with 176 after the playoffs…Added four interceptions (one returned 45 yards for a TD), four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries…Personal: Born Cody Wayne Dowd May 20, 1988 in Scottsdale, Ariz…Son of Bob Dowd Sr…Has two brothers, Robert and Clayton.