David Arnold Class: Sophomore Hometown: Copley, Ohio High School: Copley Height / Weight: 6-1 / 220 Position: S

The 2009 Scouting Report: Despite some injury battles his first two seasons, is making progress and will contribute at the safety position when healthy ... Good mix of size and speed.

2008: Backup safety ... Netted one special teams tackle against Syracuse ... Knee injury sidelined him for three games (Duke through Ohio) ... Returned to action at Iowa, but saw limited action ... Notched a special teams tackle vs. Michigan State and Purdue ... One stop vs. Ohio State ... Two tackles at Michigan and vs. Illinois ... Assisted on one tackle in Alamo Bowl vs. Missouri.

2007: Did not see action.

High School: Rivals.com All-Region, SuperPrep All-Midwest and Velocity/PrepStar All-Region safety ... Ranked 28th among all players (ninth among defensive backs) in Rivals.com Ohio player ranking and 32nd among all players in SuperPrep Ohio player ranking ... Ranked 20th-best safety nationally by Tom Lemming, 43rd-best safety nationally by SuperPrep, 49th-best safety nationally by Rivals.com and 55th-best safety nationally by ESPN/Scouts, Inc. ... First-team All-Ohio (Division II), first-team All-Northeast Ohio Inland District and first-team All-Suburban League in 2006 ... Also named a first-team all-league selection and a second-team All-Northeast Ohio Inland District player his junior season ... Team MVP in 2006 ... Tabbed Best Offensive Back and Best Defensive Back by teammates his senior year ... Named the team's Best Receiver as a junior ... Named to Ohio's Tremendous 26 ... Akron Touchdown Club and Dapper Dan honoree ... Tabbed Copley's Oustanding Senior Athlete of the Year ... Rated as a five-star prospect by Ohio High Magazine and the state's 14th-best prospect, regardless of position ... McDonald's Athlete of the Week ... In his junior and senior seasons, totaled 145 tackles (60 solo hits his senior year) and eight interceptions ... Had 37 receptions in 2005 and '06 for 850 yards ... Scored 12 touchdowns ... Also ran for 803 yards (69 carries) in 2006 ... Notched the game-winning interception against Parma Normandy, which helped team advance to regional semifinals ... Selected to play in 2007 Ohio North-South game in Columbus, Ohio (June 16) ... Three-year starter and letterwinner, team captain ... Also lettered one year in track (sprints/relays) ... National Honor Roll and Who's Who ... Coached by Dan Boarman.

Personal: Born David P. Arnold Jr. ... Son of Shannon and Frank Pangas and Dave Arnold ... Father, Dave, played football at Michigan and was later drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers (1989) ... Uncle, Steven Arnold, is the head basketball coach at Warren Harding ... Uncle, Peter Pangas, played basketball at Eastern Michigan before playing professionally in Greece for seven years ... Major is undeclared.

Arnold's Career Stats

TACKLES                G    UA     A Total    TFL-Yds    PD   FF   FR Blkd
2008................  10     5     4     9    0.0-0       0    0    0    0
TOTAL...............  10     5     4     9    0.0-0       0    0    0    0