74  Tim Bond
Tim Bond

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Phoenix, Ariz.

High School:
Desert Vista

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 300

Position:
Center


UW This Season: Tim Bond will enter his senior season having started 22 of the last 26 games on the Cowboy offensive line. Another versatile O-lineman, Bond started all 10 games he played in as a junior at center. His sophomore season, he started three games at center and nine at right guard. He will once again return to start at center in 2008.

2007: Bond played a key role for the Cowboy offense in 2007, moving from right guard to center. He started the 10 games he played in, missing two games due to a right knee sprain -- at San Diego State and at Utah. Bond came back to start the final two games of the season against BYU and Colorado State. He was one of 46 players named to the Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List in the spring of `07. The Rimington Trophy honors the top offensive center in the nation at the conclusion of each season.

2006: Bond started all 12 games for the Cowboys during the 2006 season. He started nine games at right guard, and started the other three at center when senior Jason Karcher was out due to injury. Bond was the one new starter on the o-line for the Cowboys in `06.

2005: Bond appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman. He was the backup at right guard behind Karcher throughout his redshirt freshman season. He earned his first varsity letter. Also experienced at playing the center position, he came off his true freshman season of 2004 to earn the backup spot at center in the spring of 2005 behind senior Drew Severn.

2004: Redshirted.

High School: Bond was selected by the Arizona Republic as a Second Team All-State Class 5A performer in 2003 as an offensive lineman. He also achieved First Team All-City and First Team All-Region honors in Class 5A at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix. Elected a team captain, he made the offensive line calls for his offensive unit. Primarily an offensive lineman as a senior, he did play some defensive line, recording eight tackles, breaking up two passes and forcing one fumble. His sophomore, junior and senior seasons, his high school team captured the Central Region Championship and advanced to the state playoffs. Desert Vista posted a 6-5 record his senior season, and advanced to the First Round of the 5A State Playoffs as the No. 10 seed, losing 19-36 to No. 7 seed Gilbert. Bond's junior year of 2002, his Desert Vista team posted a 9-2 record before losing in the First Round of State to Ironwood High School by a score of 21-26. He was coached in high school by Dan Hinds. Bond was also recruited by Colorado State, Nevada and Weber State.

Personal: Born Aug. 28, 1985, he is the son of Sharon and Garry Bond. Bond is majoring in communications.

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