Honors
2008—Second-team All-ACC ... Second-team All-ACC by Phil Steele ... Second-Team Sophomore All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com. 2007—Honorable mention Freshman All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com … ACC All-Freshman team by The Sporting News … Bill Dudley Award as UVa’s most outstanding first-year player.


AT VIRGINIA
2008-Played in 11 games, starting the final nine games of the season ... led the team with three interceptions and 11 pass breakups ... had a total of 43 tackles ... had a huge game at Duke with career highs for tackles (eight) and interceptions (two) ... also picked off a pass against Maryland, the fifth interception of his career ... his interception total was the most by a Cavalier since Marcus Hamilton had in 2006 ... ranked third in the ACC in passes defended (PBUs + INTs) with 14. 2007—One of five true freshmen to play ... did not play in opener at Wyoming, but played in the last 12 games ... finished with 44 tackles ... averaged 3.7 tackles per game, eighth among all ACC freshmen and fourth among true freshmen ... led the team with nine pass break-ups ... shared the team lead with two interceptions to become the first true freshman to lead the team since Jerton Evans in 1999 ... 16 tackles in kickoff coverage led the team by a wide margin ... second on squad with five tackles on the punt team ... tied school record with five pass break-ups at NC State ... had seven tackles and his first career interception in that game ... also had seven tackles in Gator Bowl vs. Texas Tech ... started for the first time against Wake Forest and intercepted a pass for the second game in a row ... four tackles, all in kick coverage, in his debut against Duke ...   named the coaches’ special teams player of the week for performance against Pittsburgh ... helped defense allow just nine rushing touchdowns, the second lowest total in ACC and fifth in the nation ... key member of a defense that ranked 16th nationally at 19.7 points allowed per game ... UVa defense was 13th in rushing, allowing just 106.9 ypg. and 23rd in total defense allowing 332.5 yards per game.

High School and Personal
Versatile athlete who played defensive back, wide receiver and some quarterback during his career ...  played a postgrad season for coach Robert Prunty at Hargrave Military Academy following his senior year at Deep Creek HS, where he was coached by David Cox … made 60 tackles and intercepted two passes to earn first-team all-city and second-team all-district honors as a senior ... also caught 14 passes for 255 yards and four touchdowns ... also played basketball and was a two-time second-team all-district selection ... sprinter on the track team ... full name is Ras-I Luis Dowling … born 5-9-88 in Charleston, S.C. … son of Juliette and Larry Dowling … has an older sister, Tiki, and two older brothers, Larry, Jr., and Omar.


CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 8 at Duke, vs. Miami, 2008
Tackles for Loss: 2 vs. Clemson, 2008
Pass Breakups: 5 at NC State, 2007
Interceptions: 2 at Duke, 2008

Dowling Defensively

Dowling Interceptions