Rodney Hudson Class: Junior Hometown: Mobile, AL High School: B.C. Rain Height / Weight: 6-2 / 285 Position: OG

2009 Outlook: Pre-season first team All-American by NationalChamps.net...a 2007 freshman All-American and 2008 first team All-ACC selection...has garnered an ACC Player of the Week honor four times in his first two seasons at FSU...allowed just 1.5 sacks in 1400 career snaps...gave up a sack in his first ever game as a true freshman and then went 16 straight games without allowing another...has graded out as the top overall offensive lineman 11 times in 24 career games...finished with the first or second best grade overall 17 times, a remarkable 70% of the games he has played...has missed just 13 assignments in 24 games...has posted a grade of 80% or better 17 times in his career from a notoriously tough grader in line coach Rick Trickett...has posted the top run or pass grade an astonishing 23 times in his career...has compiled nearly 100 knockdowns in his two-year career...whistled for the first and only penalty of his career versus Virginia Tech in 2008 ending a streak of 1,024 snaps without being flagged...the most dominant and versatile lineman on the Seminole roster...a candidate for All-America honors at guard, coaches believe Hudson would give Rimington Trophy candidate Ryan McMahon a run for the starting job at center...can also play tackle where he practiced in the spring of 2008 for an expected switch in the fall, which never materialized...named the most dependable offensive lineman following spring practice...also named one of four winners of the leadership award for the offense and the Big Otis Award winner.

2008: One of the top offensive guards in America in just his second season in Tallahassee...an ACSMA/AP All-ACC first team selection...named first team All-ACC by Rivals.com and Phil Steele...a three-time ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week. Hudson garnered that honor more than any other offensive lineman in the ACC...has garnered an ACC Player of the Week honor four times in his first two seasons at FSU...named a Rivals mid-season All-American...winner of the leadership award for the offense at the team award dinner...also the sophomore class academic award winner for the offense...received the top overall grade on the offensive line five times...graded out second on the line four other times giving him a top two grade in nine of 13 games...received the top grade overall or in run or pass blocking 16 times as a sophomore...ranked as the team's best run blocker or pass blocker 11 times...led the team with seven pins and 64 knockdowns...missed just eight assignments...the lowest number on the team missing just one assignment per 112 plays...led all linemen in plays with 893...whistled for the first penalty of his career (false start) versus Virginia Tech...a streak that covered 1,024 snaps and 20 games from his true freshman season...also went sixteen games between allowing a sack...allowed a sack in the first start of his true freshman season in 2007 versus Clemson (9/3) and then allowed ½ a sack versus Virginia Tech on October 25, 2008...has played center once and also was slated to start at tackle in the pre-season before youth along the line forced him back to his most dominant position.

2007: Started 10 of Florida State's 13 games with nine starts coming at the left guard position and one at the left tackle position in the Music City Bowl...was the Seminoles' starter at the left guard position in the season opener against Clemson marking just the third college football game he had ever attended....named the ACC Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in the Seminoles' victory over No. 2 ranked Boston College...played in all 81 snaps for the Florida State offense in the Seminoles' 27-17 upset win at No. 2 Boston College and was the Seminoles' only offensive lineman to grade out above 80 percent...recorded a team-high four knockdown blocks as the Florida State offense rushed for the second-most yards of any BC opponent this year and gave up zero sacks to the aggressive Boston College front seven...one of only four offensive lineman (also Daron Rose, Ryan McMahon and Jacky Claude) to start at least 10 games on the offensive line during the season...a Freshman All-America first team selection by College Football News and the Football Writers Association of America...named a Freshman All-America Honorable Mention by the Sporting News...earned All-ACC second team honors by the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association and All-ACC third team honors by Phil Steele...named to the All-ACC Freshman team by the Sporting News...named to the Miami Herald All-State team...in his final eight games of the season he graded out either first or second among the Seminoles' offensive linemen...earned the best grade among his offensive line teammates six times as a freshman (against Alabama, Wake Forest, Boston College, Florida and Kentucky)...graded out at 80 percent or better in his final eight games including an 89 percent grade against Florida and an 85 percent grade against Kentucky...graded out at 80 percent or better in passing situations seven times in his final eight games...allowed only one sack and had 14 knockdown blocks in the final five games of the season...missed only five offensive assignments during the entire season according to the coaching staff...was not flagged for a penalty throughout the season.

High School: Graduated from B.C. Rain High School in 2007...an All-Region first team selection by PrepStar Magazine...rated as the 17th-best prep center in the nation and the 24th-best overall player in the state of Alabama by Rivals.com...earned All-State first team honors as a prep senior and junior...graded out at 95 percent for his entire senior season with a total of 47 pancake blocks...also a standout on defense as he recorded 55 tackles as an interior defensive lineman...selected Florida State over West Virginia, Alabama, Auburn, Louisville, Ole Miss, South Florida and Southern Miss.

Personal: Born July 12, 1989... major is recreation and leisure.