Biography
• At Navy: Enters the fall listed as the starter at running back ... starter in 20 games during his career (0 Fr // 8 So // 12 Jr) ... coming off a standout junior campaign ... 3 of his 13-career touchdown runs have been 60 yards or more - 62 at Charlotte in 2023 / 65 vs. Temple in 2024 / 75 at Memphis in 2023) ... has earned 2 varsity letters.
• 2024: A starter in 12 of Navy’s 13 contests, he garnered All-East honors ... closed out the season as the team’s second-leading rusher with 576 yards and 8 touchdowns on 125 carries (4.6 yds/carry, 44.3 yds/gm) and the 3rd-leading receiver with 229 yards and 2 TDs on 12 catches (19.1 yds/catch, 17.6 yds/gm) ... rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries in Navy’s 21-20 victory over Oklahoma in the Armed Forces Bowl ... carried the ball 9 times for 32 yards and caught a 31-yard pass from Blake Horvath in the Mids’ win over #19 Army ... carried the ball 14 times for 42 yards and caught a 30-yard pass in the Mids’ win at East Carolina ... led Navy is rushing against #25 Tulane with 31 yards on 7 carries, while he caught one pass for 5 yards ... rushed for 58 yards on 12 carries and caught a 38-yard touchdown from Blake Horvath with 2 seconds remaining in the opening half of Navy’s win over USF ... carried the ball 7 times for 31 yards, while catching 2 passes for 10 yards at Rice ... Navy’s top receiver against #12 Notre Dame where he caught 2 passes for 39 yards ... carried the ball 12 times for 33 yards and also had a fumble ... Navy’s leading rusher with 68 yards and 2 touchdowns on 8 carries, while also catching a pass for a 46-yard touchdown (caree long) in Navy’s Homecoming win over Charlotte ... scored touchdowns on Navy’s first-three drives of the game - 46-yard reception (13:07, 1Qtr), 12-yard rush (7:17, 1Qtr), 2-yard rush (6:20, 1Qtr) ... it was his 2nd-consecutive multi-touchdown game of the season and the 3rd of his career ... carried the ball 6 times for 26 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the win at Air Force ... it was just his second-career multiple-touchdown game (2 vs. North Texas, 2023) ... rushed for 22 yards on 4 carries at UAB and scored on a 6-yard run ... also caught a career-long 23-yard pass ... carried the ball 10 times for 58 yards against Memphis ... threw and completed his first-career pass, a 13-yarder to QB Blake Horvath ... rushed for 92 yards on 9 carries and scored a 65-yard touchdown against Temple in the AAC opener ... carried the ball 12 times for 40 yards and scored on a 3-yard rush in the Mids’ win over Bucknell in the opener ... also caught a pass for a 12-yard gain.
• 2023: A starter in 8 of Navy’s 12 contests, he garnered Honorable Mention All-AAC honors ... led Navy in rushing, averaging 63.2 yards per game and 6.0 yards per carry, which ranked 22nd nationally ... also caught 16 passes for 97 yards (6.1 yds/catch, 8.1 yds/gm) ... carried the ball 9 times for 34 yards and caught 2 passes for 9 yards against Army ... caught 3 passes for 34 yards and carried the ball twice for 1 yard at SMU ... led the Mids with 94 yards rushing on 24 carries, including a 19-yard touchdown run in the win over East Carolina ... also caught 2 passes for 9 yards ... rushed for 82 yards on 9 carries against UAB ... carried the ball 8 times for 20 yards and caught 1 pass for 4 yards at Temple ... led Navy in both rushing (12 carries, 24 yds) and receiving (4 catches, 27 yds) against Air Force ... paced the Mids at Charlotte with 75 yards on 6 carries, including a 62-yard touchdown run ... Navy’s leading rusher against North Texas with 137 yards and 2 touchdowns on 17 carries ... turned in the first multiple touchdown game of his career with touchdown runs of 39 (7:18, 2Qtr) and 21 yards (7:07, 4Qtr) ... paced the Mids with 82 yards on 13 carries against USF ... Navy’s leading rusher at Memphis in the AAC opener where he gashed the Tigers for 163 yards on 15 carries, including a 75-yard touchdown run ... came into the game having rushed for a combined 46 yards on 11 carries in the Mids’ first-2 contests ... caught just his second-career pass for a gain of 14 yards in the win over Wagner ... also carried the ball 3 times for 8 yards ... made his collegiate debut against Notre Dame in the opener where he carried the ball 8 times for 38 yards, including a long of 11 yards ... also caught a pass for a gain of 2 yards.
• 2022: Did not see any varsity action.
• High School / Personal: A 2022 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, Pa., Tecza was a three-sport athlete who earned letters in football (3) and lacrosse (3) ... three-time All-Conference selection who earned first-team honors as a junior and senior ... as a senior, named to the PennLive All-Pennsylvania Team (Defense), Pittsburgh Post Fabulous 22 and Class 6A Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) Player of the Year, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Terrific 25 and Class 6A WPIAL Player of the Year, Class 6A First-Team All-State (Pa.), Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 6A Player of the Year ... selected to play in the Big 33 Football Classic his senior year ... finalist for Mr. Pennsylvania Football his senior season ... led Mt. Lebanon HS to the 2021 Pennsylvania 6A State Championship for the first time in school history with a 15-0 record and the 6A WPIAL Championship ... he rushed for 2,085 yards and scored 26 touchdowns his senior year, including 3 TDs in the state finals ... also received offers from 9 other schools, including Army ... member of the National Honor Society ... high school teammate of current Navy senior snipe Eli Heidenreich ... father, Randy, attended Lock Haven where he was a member of the football team ... son of Randy and Dana Tecza ... majoring in cyber operations ... earned a 3.34 grade-point average in the fall of 2024 semester.
