BUCANNON'S WSU CAREER
FRESHMAN (2010): Earned a varsity letter after appearing in all 12 games, making eight starts...earned CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America honorable mention accolades...named to Rivals.com Pacific-10 All-Freshman team and Phil Steele's All-Pacific-10 fourth team...led team with 84 tackles (7.0 per game), 67 solo and four for loss...finished 15th overall in tackles in the conference and was the conference's leading freshman tackler...tied for fourth in tackles in conference games only, averaging 8.1 tackles per game...tied for team-lead with two interceptions and had five pass breakups....forced two fumbles and recovered one...led team in tackles in four contests...made four tackles and forced a fumble at Oklahoma State...named Cougar Special Teams Player of the Week against Montana State...in first career start, made five tackles at SMU...registered eight tackles, all solo, and recorded first career interception against USC...made five tackles and recovered a fumble against Oregon...earned Cougar Defensive Player of the Week accolades against Arizona, collecting a game-high 16 tackles, 14 solo, along with a tackle-for-loss and a pass breakup...the 16 tackles were the most by a Cougar since Xavier Hicks, Jr. had 17 against Arizona State (10/6/07)...the 14 solo tackles tied for the fifth-most in school single-game history and were the most by a Cougar freshman...followed that performance with 15 tackles, 11 solo, at Stanford...made eight tackles, all solo, at Arizona State...made 10 tackles, five solo, and had the Cougars "Big Hit" of the Week against California...collected seven tackles, forced a fumble and had an interception in the end zone against Washington.
BUCANNON'S HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Two-year letterwinner in football for head coach LeVon Haynes...also lettered four times in golf...JUNIOR year racked up 140 tackles, three sacks, three interceptions and two fumble recoveries en route to his first Solano County Athletic Conference Player of the Year award...named All-CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and City Defensive Player of the Year...also garnered all-region, all-city and all-league accolades...SENIOR year named first-team all-state (medium schools) by CalHiSports.com......also named first-team All-Northern California by GoldenStatePreps.com...garnered his second-straight SCAC Defensive Player of the Year honor, in addition to all-league and all-city honors...recorded 107 tackles (44 solo), including four sacks, and had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries...caught 20 passes for 264 yards and a touchdown on offense...led Vanden to the second round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division III playoffs...three-star prospect according to Scout.com was rated No. 78 overall in the state of California and No. 102 at his position nationally...three-star prospect according to Rivals.com was rated No. 45 at his position nationally and No. 85 overall in the state of California...rated No. 77 in the Contra Costa Times' Cream of the Crop (California Top 100).
PERSONAL
Deone Ariel Bucannon...born in Oakland, Calif....parents Duane and Sonji...borthers David and Davondre...undecided on academic area at WSU.
