Football Game Day Feature: Meet Johnny ‘Walk-on’: the Bobcat football player who never played in high school
Football Game Day Feature: The Class of 2025
Career: One of 90 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better.
2024: Named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.... Named to College Sports Communicators Football Academic All-District® Team.... NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Moved to safety as a fifth-year senior and saw action in all nine games for the Bobcats.... Tallied 39 total tackles on the year, with 24 solo stops.... Recorded two tackles, with one solo stop at Amherst (Sept. 14).... Tallied three tackles against Trinity (Sept. 21).... Recorded four total tackles, with two solo stops at Colby (Oct. 5).... Forced a fumble and tallied six total tackles, with four solo stops against Tufts (Oct. 12).... Netted six total tackles, with five solo tops and two tackles for loss at Williams (Oct. 19).... Had a big game against Middlebury with a pass break-up, a career-high 10 total tackles, including seven solo stops and a tackle for loss in a 21-20 win for the Bobcats (Oct. 26).... Tallied eight total tackles, with five solo stops against Bowdoin (Nov. 2).
2023: Named to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.... NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Saw action in seven games for the Bobcats.... Tallied 22 total tackles on the year, with 14 solo stops.... Recorded four total tackles, with three solo stops, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, and a pass break-up, against Wesleyan (Sept. 15).... Recorded three solo stops, including one tackle for loss, and broke up a pass, against Bowdoin (Oct. 14).... Recorded three solo stops and broke up a pass at Middlebury (Oct. 21).... Tallied a season-high seven total tackles, with two solo stops, at Trinity (Nov. 4).... Made two total tackles and recovered a fumble against Hamilton (Nov. 11).
2022: NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Selected to the College Sports Communicators Football Academic All-District® Team.... Saw action in eight games on defense for the Bobcats.... Picked off a pass against Tufts (Sept. 24).... Broke up a pass at Colby (Oct. 1).... Made two solo tackles and forced two fumbles in a 27-23 win over Amherst (Oct. 8).... Made four total tackles, including three solo stops, against Trinity (Nov. 5).... Tallied a tackle and broke up a pass in a 19-14 win over Hamilton (Nov. 12).
2021: NESCAC Fall All-Academic selection.... Saw action in three games as a sophomore.... Recorded a solo tackle in a 25-24 win over Bowdoin (Nov. 6).
2020: No season due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal: 2019 graduate of Poly Prep Country Day School (N.Y.) where he competed in baseball and wrestling ... Cum Laude ... never played football before coming to Bates.
