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44 Ryan Brady

  • Class Senior
  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 223
  • Hometown Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
  • High School La Salle

Biography

AS A SENIOR IN 2018:
• Served as one of the Crusaders’ team captains.
• Named first team All-New England, first team All-Patriot League and second team All-ECAC.
• Selected to the FCS Athletic Directors’ Academic All-Star team.
• Earned Academic All-Patriot League honors.
• A semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.
• Inducted into the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.
• Named the team MVP and the WEEI Defensive Player of the Year.
• Started all 11 games at linebacker.
• Totaled a team-high 121 tackles on the year, with 90 solo stops, two sacks and 15 tackles for loss.
• Added three fumble recoveries, two pass breakups, a forced fumble, a safety and five quarterback hurries.
• Ranked fifth in the nation in fumble recoveries, seven in total tackles, 18th in solo tackles and 67th in tackles for loss.
• Led the Patriot League in total tackles and fumble recoveries, while standing ninth in tackles for loss.
• Reached double-figures in tackles six times, while leading the team in tackles seven times.
• Made a season-high 17 tackles in the Dartmouth game, and was named the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week.
• Totaled 16 tackles with three tackles for loss and a safety in the victory at Georgetown.
• Finished with 15 tackles, four tackles for loss and a fumble recovery at Boston College.
• Tallied 14 tackles, two sacks and four tackles for loss at Colgate.
• Recorded 11 tackles, two fumble recoveries and a tackle for loss in the win over Fordham.
• Had 11 tackles with one tackle for loss in the victory over Yale.
• Selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2017:
• Selected to Phil Steele’s All-Patriot League second team.
• Named Academic All-Patriot League.
• Received the team’s Coaches Award, as the player who showed outstanding effort for the good of the squad in weekly preparations throughout the season.
• Started all 11 games at linebacker.
• Ranked second on the team with 110 tackles, including 86 solo stops, four quarterback sacks and 10 tackles for loss.
• Also posted two pass breakups and a quarterback hurry.
• Led the team in tackles on eight occasions, while reaching double-figures in tackles six times.
• Ranked first in the Patriot League in solo tackles, third in total tackles, sixth in tackles for loss and seventh in quarterback sacks.
• Finished the season fourth in the nation in solo tackles and 14th in total tackles.
• Made a season-high 14 tackles with one tackle for loss at Connecticut.
• Totaled 13 tackles and a quarterback sack at Lehigh.
• Recorded 13 total tackles at Dartmouth.
• Posted 12 solo tackles, a sack and two tackles for loss vs. Monmouth.
• Had eight tackles and two sacks in the win over No. 9 New Hampshire.
• Made 10 tackles with one tackle for loss in the shutout win at Bucknell.
• Selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2016:
• Played in all 11 games at linebacker.
• Totaled 23 tackles on the season, with a quarterback sack and three tackles for loss.
• Made a season-high six tackles in the victory at Morgan State.
• Recorded three tackles and a sack against Fordham.
• Posted three solo tackles in the Dartmouth game.
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2015:
• Appeared in four games as a backup linebacker and on special teams.
• Made four tackles on the season with one quarterback sack.
• Recorded two solo tackles in the victory over Bryant.
• Had a 12-yard sack in the win over Georgetown.
• Made one tackle in the victory at Bucknell.
• Selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL:
• Played for head coach Drew Gordon at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa.
• Served as team captain during his senior season.
• Received first team All-Philadelphia Catholic League honors as a senior, after being a second team selection as a junior.
• Helped lead team to the Philadelphia Catholic League in 2012.
• Also lettered in lacrosse, earning third team All-Philadelphia Catholic League honors.
• Lacrosse team won three straight Philadelphia Catholic League titles and the 2012 state championship.
• Spent one season on the wrestling team, where he was named second team All-Philadelphia Catholic League.

PERSONAL:
• Son of John and Bridget Brady.
• Father played football at Ursinus College.
• Mother played lacrosse at Shippensburg University.
• Has one brother (Shane) and one sister (Bridget).
• Brother played football at both Lafayette College and East Stroudsburg University.
• Sister played field hockey at the University of Scranton.
• Majoring in Political Science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 44

    2015Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 197 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2016Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 206 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2017Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 223 lbs
    44
  • 44

    2018Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 223 lbs
    44
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