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2023 Football Roster

44 Owen Walsh

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 220
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Glen Mills, Pa.
  • High School Bayard Rustin
  • Position LB
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Career Honors

  • Two-time team captain (2022, 23)
  • MVP of the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series (2023)
  • Honorable mention (2023)

2023: Team captain … MVP of the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series … Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference linebacker … Named to the Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team … Started all 11 games … Ranked second on the team with 68 tackles, including 43 solo stops, as he registered multiple tackles in every contest … Posted 5.5 tackles for loss … Recorded a season-high 13 tackles – featuring nine solo stops – at Muhlenberg … Followed that up with 10 tackles during the Senior Day victory versus Gettysburg (11/11) … Named the MVP of the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series after registering six tackles and two sacks at King’s (Pa.) … Finished with 2.5 sacks on the season … Broke up five passes.

2022: Team captain … Appeared in all 10 games at linebacker … Finished with 56 tackles, making 23 solo stops … Posted 2.5 tackles and for loss and registered one-half sack … Ranked seventh in the Centennial Conference with three interceptions … Had multiple tackles every game … Had a season-high 14 tackles and two interceptions versus Ursinus (9/24) … Posted five tackles and a half sack during the rivalry win over Dickinson (10/22).

2021: Appeared in nine games as a linebacker and on special teams … Made 21 tackles, including one-half tackle for loss … Registered multiple tackles in seven different games … Made a season-high four tackles, including his stop behind the line of scrimmage, versus nationally-ranked Muhlenberg (10/16) … Forced a recovered a fumble in the win at Dickinson (10/23) … Blocked a field goal attempt in the Centennial-MAC Bowl Series against Stevenson (11/20).

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

High School: Played three years of varsity football  … Captain senior year  … Ches-Mont American Champion (2018)  … Two-time All-Ches-Mont Defense … Two-time All-Area (Chester County) Defense  … Selected to play in Valor Bowl (2019) … Two years of varsity wrestling  … Captain senior year … Team Ches-Mont American Champions (2018, 19) … First Team All-Ches-Mont (2019) … Two years of varsity baseball... National Honor Society member.

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking at time of graduation]:
All-purpose yards: 18, Lebanon Valley, Sep 02, 2022
Punt returns: 1, Stevenson, Nov 20, 2021
Punt return yards: 3, Stevenson, Nov 20, 2021 (1 returns)
Kick returns: 1, Johns Hopkins, Oct 01, 2022
Kick return yards: 10, Johns Hopkins, Oct 01, 2022 (1 returns)
Long kick return: 10, Johns Hopkins, Oct 01, 2022
Interceptions: 2 [t-6th], Ursinus, Sep 24, 2022
Long interception return: 18, Lebanon Valley, Sep 02, 2022
Tackles: 14, Ursinus, Sep 24, 2022 (4-10)
Sacks: 2.0, at King's (Pa.), Nov 18, 2023 (2-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at King's (Pa.), Nov 18, 2023 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1 [t-9th], at Montclair State, Sep 16, 2023
Pass breakups: 2, Gettysburg, Nov 11, 2023
Blocked kicks: 1 [t-4th], Stevenson, Nov 20, 2021
 
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation)
QB hurries: t-5th (3)

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
QB hurries: t-10th (2 in 2023)
QB hurries: t-16th (1 in 2022)
Blocked kicks: t-28th (1 in 2021)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020First-Year

    LB
    5'9" 215 lbs
  • 44

    2021Junior

    LB
    5'9" 215 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2022Senior

    LB
    5'9" 215 lbs
    44
  • 44
    C

    2023Senior

    LB
    5'9" 220 lbs
    44
    C