AT SAN JOSE STATE: Second season with the Spartans...First joined the team for 2008 spring practice...Safety prospect in 2009.

2008: A special teams contributor and reserve safety...Was in on one tackle in five different games last season - Nebraska (9/6), San Diego State (9/13), Hawai’i (9/27), Idaho (11/1) and Louisiana Tech (11/8)...Had a pair of two-game streaks in which he made a tackle.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE: Played at the College of San Mateo (Coach Larry Owens)...Enrolled at the University of Arizona in 2005 and redshirted the season.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Coach Mike Mitchell) at Saint Francis High in Mountain View, Calif.

MORE ON BILLY: Economics major... Dad, Bill Ring, was an Academic All-WAC honoree at Brigham Young University and played six seasons (1981-86) as a fullback for the San Francisco 49ers that won the 1982 and 1985 Super Bowls... The native of Redwood City, Calif., was born on February 6, 1987.