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2018 Sprint Football Roster

96 Gavin O'Donnell

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Greenfield Township, Pa.
  • High School Lakeland

Biography

Career Honors:
2018 All-Collegiate Sprint Football League
(Second Team)
 
2018 (Senior): Named Second Team All-Collegiate Sprint Football League … Played and started all eight games on the defensive line … Second on the team with 50 total tackles (35 solo) … Led the team with 18.5 tackles for loss for 83 yards, amassing a team-best 12.0 sacks, dropping quarterbacks for 70 total yards … In addition, added a pair of quarterback hurries … Had a season-best 11 tackles, including a season-high nine solo stops in the CSFL-South Division title game at Penn … Added nine tackles against Chestnut Hill and another eight against Post … Ended the season with five consecutive games with 1.5 sacks per more, including a season-best 3.5 sacks against Penn … Had 2.0 sacks against Caldwell, 2.5 vs. Chestnut Hill, 2.5 at Post, and 1.5 against Army West Point in the CSFL Championship … Contributed on at least one tackle for loss in seven of the eight games played.
 
2017 (Junior): Played in five games during the season … Recorded 12 total tackles (nine solo, three assisted) … Registered 4.0 tackles for loss, including a sack … Had a season-high four tackles – all solo – with 3.0 tackles for loss at Army West Point … Added three tackles against Cornell and Caldwell with two stops at Post … Notched a sack for four yards at Post.
 
2016 (Sophomore): Played in four games on the year … Recorded 12 tackles (six solo, six assisted) with 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and a quarterback hurry … Had a season-best five tackles (three solo) with 2.0 tackles for loss, including a sack against Chestnut Hill, while adding a quarterback hurry … Combined for a sack against Post in a four-tackle (four assisted) effort … Had three solo stops against Mansfield.
 
2015 (Freshman): Participated in four games as a reserve defensive lineman … Made first career appearance versus Longwood on Sept. 18 and made a season-high four tackles, including one tackle for loss … Recorded his fifth and final tackle of the season at Mansfield on Sept. 26.

High School / Personal: Lettered three times each in football and track and field at Lakeland High School … Earned All-State (Class AA), All-Region and All-League honors in football from 2011 through 2013, while taking home All-Region and All-League nods for track and field from 2012 to 2014 … Served as a team captain for both football and track squads … Lakeland HS finished runner-up in the Pennsylvania PIAA D2 football championship in 2012 and 2013 … Prepped at New Mexico Military Institute during 2014-15 school year … Member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta … Son of Robert and Lisette.
 
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Historical Player Information

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    2018Senior

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