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2011 Football Roster

10 Damian DiIorio

  • Year Senior
  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-0
  • Hometown Totowa, N.J.
  • High School Passaic Valley Regional

Biography

Career: Has started in 11 of 26 games, collecting 85 tackles (32 solo, 6.0 TFL, 3.0 sacks), an interception and three fumble recoveries.

2010: Made 27 stops (nine solo, 1.0 sack) while starting in four of seven appearances … Added a pair of fumble recoveries and two pass breakups … In the NJAC statistics, was tied for fourth in fumbles recovered (0.29 per game) … His 35-yard fumble return for a fourth-quarter touchdown was the deciding score in a 14-7 victory against King’s (9/18/10) … Had three tackles and a pass breakup against the Monarchs … Made a career-best 10 stops (four solo) and recovered a fumble at Rowan (9/25/10) … Collected six tackles during a 35-0 Homecoming win against Western Connecticut (10/2/10).

2009: Started in seven of 10 appearances, compiling 45 tackles (18 solo, 4.0 TFL), a fumble recovery and an interception ... Made his first career start during the season opener against Brockport Sept. 5, posting four stops … Had a season-high nine tackles (five solo), and his 24-yard interception return set up the Pioneers’ first touchdown, at Montclair State (10/3/09) … Made eight tackles, including a sack, and recovered a fumble that led to WP’s final score of a 14-2 victory at Morrisville State (10/10/09) … Had four or more tackles on five other occasions.

2008: Played in nine games as a rookie, making 13 tackles (five solo) ... Had three solo stops, including a sack, during a 51-24 win against Buffalo State (11/1/08) ... Also had three tackles in a 21-13 victory against U.S. Merchant Marine (9/20/08).

Prior to William Paterson: An all-conference, all-county and all-area honoree as a senior at Passaic Valley H.S. ... Also won a basketball state title and earned honorable-mention honors ... Played for a 28-3 baseball team while earning third-team all-state and all-conference accolades ... Named the northjersey.com Athlete of the Year.

Academics: Majoring in sociology.

DiIorio's Career Statistics

Year

GP-GS

Solo

Asst.

Total

TFL

Sacks

FF

FR

PBU

Int.-Yds.

2008

9-0

5

8

13

1.0

1.0

0

0

0

0-0

2009

10-7

18

27

45

4.0

1.0

0

1

1

1-24

2010 7-4 9 18 27 1.0 1.0 0 2 2 0-0

Totals

19-7

32

53

85

6.0

3.0

0

3

3

1-24

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2008Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2009Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
    1
  • 10

    2010Junior

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2011Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'0" 225 lbs
    10