Holy Cross Athletics

AT TIME OF GRADUATION:
Program's all-time leader in career rushing touchdowns (44) and total touchdowns (45)
Single-season program record for yards per carry (6.7, 2023)
Single-season program record for rushing touchdowns (18, 2023)
Ranks second in career program history for scoring (320)

HONORS & AWARDS:
Team Captain (2024)
Agganis-Zimman Award (2023)
CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2023)
FCS Football Central All-America Second Team (2023)
Associated Press All-America Third Team (2023)
Phil Steele All-America Fourth Team (2023)
All-New England (2023)
All-ECAC (2023)
All-Patriot League First Team (2023)
FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (9/4/2023)
Four-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (9/4/2023, 10/9/2023, 11/6/2023, 9/2/2024)
Davitt Award (2023)
Week 1 New England Football Writers Gold Helmet Award (2023)
HERO Sports Sophomore All-America (2022)
All-Patriot League Second Team (2022)
Phil Steele All-Patriot League First Team (2023)
Phil Steele All-Patriot League Second Team (2022)
Phil Steele All-Patriot League Fourth Team (2021)
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
Academic All-Patriot League (2022, 2023)
Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar (2022, 2023)
Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (9/4/2023)
William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist (2024)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024:

• Named a team captain.
• Made three appearances to open season as running back.
• Totaled campaign-high 139 rushing yards and a touchdown in season opener at URI, earning Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week honors.
• Rushed for 283 yards while averaging 4.2 per carry, adding four touchdowns.
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SENIOR IN 2024:

• Preseason All-Patriot League.
• Team captain.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023:

• Named Agganis-Zimman Award from the New England Football Writers as the most outstanding player in New England. 
• Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-America second team and earned Academic All-District honors.
• Earned All-America honors from FCS Football Central (second team), Associated Press (third team) and Phil Steele (fourth team).
• All-New England honoree.
• All-ECAC selection.
• Named to All-Patriot League first team
• Academic All-Patriot League selection.
• Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar.
• Selected to Phil Steele All-Patriot League first team.
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
• Selected as FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (9/4).
• Earned team's Davitt Award as most outstanding offensive back. 
• Started 10 games at running back. 
• NCAA FCS statistical champion in scoring (11.4 points per game), leading nation with 19 total touchdowns and program-record 18 rushing touchdowns. 
• Rushed for 1,046 yards on 156 carries. 
• FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week (9/4).
• Three-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week (9/4, 10/9, 11/6).
• Week 1 New England Football Writers Gold Helmet Award (2023).
• Totaled five touchdowns, four rushing and one receiving while running for 120 yards in the victory against Merrimack (9/2).
• Rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns at Boston College (9/9). 
• Ran for 54 yards and a touchdown at Yale (9/16).
• Posted 121 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns against Colgate (9/23). 
• Recorded 162 yards of offense including a career-best 147 rushing yards with four touchdowns at Bucknell (10/7).
• Rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown versus Lafayette (10/21). 
• Tallied 116 yards on the ground and two touchdowns becoming the program's all-time leader in rushing touchdowns in the win at Fordham (10/28).
• Rushed for a career-best 228 yards and scored two touchdowns in the victory at Lehigh (11/4).
• Selected as Hilton Garden Inn Crusader of the Week (9/4). 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022: 

• All-Patriot League Second Team selection.
• CSC Academic All-District pick.
• Selected as Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar. 
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 
• HERO Sports Sophomore All-American (2022).
• Selected to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League second team.
• Played in 12 games, with one start at running back.
• Rushed for 536 yards on 111 carries and 13 touchdowns.
• Caught seven passes for 49 yards.
• Had three rushing touchdowns against Lehigh (11/5) and Georgetown (11/19).
• Rushed for a season-best 85 yards on 11 carries vs. Bryant (11/12). 

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021: 

• Selected to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League Fourth Team. 
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. 
• Played in 12 games as a reserve running back. 
• Rushed for nine touchdowns on 48 carries and 227 yards, while also passing for one touchdown.
• Had a 34-yard touchdown run against Monmouth (9/25). 
• Scored a touchdown against Georgetown (10/16).
• Ran for a touchdown vs. Colgate (10/23). 
• Had three touchdown runs in Patriot League Championship-clinching victory at Fordham (11/13). 
• Had a touchdown and ran for a season-high 64 yards against Bucknell (11/20). 
• Threw a touchdown pass in second round FCS playoff game at Villanova (12/3). 

BEFORE HOLY CROSS: 

• Played running back and free safety at the Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Mass., under head coach Jim O’Leary.
• Earned All-Independent School League and All-NEPSAC honors as a running back in 2019.
• Team captain in 2020.
• Named team MVP in 2019.
• In eight games in 2019, totaled 1,371 rush yards and 13 touchdowns while averaging 7.4 yards per carry.
• Team was the Independent School League runner-up in 2019. 
• Also competed in basketball and track and field.
• Previously attended Winnacunnet High School in Hampton, N.H., where he set school records for most rushing yards and rushing touchdowns as a sophomore.
• Over prep career, tallied 3,300 rush yards and 36 touchdowns.
• Named to school’s High Honor Roll every quarter in 2019-20.

PERSONAL: 

• Father Jerome played football and baseball at Holy Cross and is a member of the Varsity Club Hall of Fame. 
• Father owns the Holy Cross single-season record for rushing yards (1,465 in 1991).
• Majoring in economics.