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2023 Football Roster

90 Tom Papa

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 260
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Medford, N.J.
  • High School Shawnee
  • Position DL
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Career Honors

  • Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team (2022, 23)
  • Three-time Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2021, 22, 23)
  • Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2023)

2023: Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2023) …Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team …Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Played in all 11 games, making seven starts on the defensive line … Registered 27 tackles, including 13 solo stops … Recorded multiple tackles in eight different contests, including a season-high eight tackles at Dickinson (9/29) … Made four tackles behind the line of scrimmage … Broke up a pass at Lebanon Valley (9/1).

2022: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree … Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in nine games along the defensive line … Registered 12 tackles, including four solo stops … Made three tackles behind the line of scrimmage … Had a season-high four tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage, at McDaniel (9/17) … Made two of his three tackles against Juniata in the opponent’s backfield (10/15).

2021: Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll … Appeared in nine games on the defensive line, making four starts at defensive end … Finished with 12 tackles, three tackles for loss, and two sacks … Registered a sack in his collegiate debut at Lebanon Valley (9/4) … Made a season-high four tackles in the win versus McDaniel (9/18) … Also had a sack in the win versus Juniata (10/16).

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

High School: Played four years of varsity football... Senior team captain... Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club Outstanding Scholar-Athlete Award... Gordon Masters Football Club (Burlington County) Academic Excellence Award 2019... First Team Burlington County 2019... West Jersey Football League American Division All-Stars 2019 First Team Defense... All-South Jersey High School Football 2019 Second Team Defense... National Honors Society.

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking at time of graduation]:
Tackles: 8, at Dickinson, Sep 29, 2023 (3-5)
Sacks: 1.0, Juniata, Oct 16, 2021 (1-0); at Lebanon Valley, Sep 04, 2021 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Juniata, Oct 15, 2022 (2-0)
Pass breakups: 1, Moravian, Nov 05, 2022 ; at Lebanon Valley, Sep 01, 2023
Blocked kicks: 1 [t-4th], Johns Hopkins, Oct 01, 2022
 
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
QB hurries: t-15th (1)

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

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020First-Year

    DL
    6'3" 220 lbs
  • 90

    2021Sophomore

    DL
    6'3" 220 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2022Junior

    DL
    6'3" 245 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2023Senior

    DL
    6'3" 260 lbs
    90