PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (COLUMBIA)
CAREER (at Columbia) - Columbia's all-time leader in career sacks with 23.0 ... three-time Second Team All-Ivy League selection in 2022, 2023 & 2025 ... inducted into the NFF Hampshire Society. 2025 (at Columbia) - Team Captain … ranked first in the Ivy League in TFL’s with 14 … ranked No. 2 behind future UVA teammate Ezekiel Larry (Yale) in the Ivy League in sacks with 8.5 … the 8.5 sacks were the tied for the fourth-most ever in a single season by a Columbia defender ... All-Ivy League Second Team selection … Phil Steele First Team All-Ivy League selection ... Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 24 after he had four tackles, a season-high 2.5 sacks and a forced fumble in season finale against Cornell (11/22) in the Empire State Bowl. Broke Columbia's career sack record with a strip sack in the fourth quarter of the Lions' second win of the season … started all 10 games, totaled 32 tackles (17 solo) and 14.0 tackles for loss ... had three multi-sack games - 2.0 vs. Georgetown (9/27), 2.0 vs. Princeton (10/3) and 2.5 against Cornell (11/22) ... logged a season-high six tackles against Harvard (11/7) … added five tackles versus Penn (10/18) … recorded four tackles at Yale (11/1) and at Cornell (11/22) ... named to the Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Annual Academic All-Star team. 2024 (at Columbia): Started the first three games, missed final seven due to injury … recorded a sack in win over Princeton (10/5), his final game of the season … had four tackles at Georgetown (9/28). 2023 (at Columbia): Second Team All-Ivy League … Named the program's Defensive Player of the Year ... tied for Ivy League lead in sacks (7.5) and posted 12 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, which was second in the Ancient Eight … sack total was the sixth highest single-season total in program history … had multiple sacks in three contests, including the final two games of the campaign … started all 10 games … intercepted a pass for a touchdown in Ivy League opener at Princeton. 2022 (at Columbia): Started all 10 games … recipient of the Lou Little Coaches Most Improved Player Award, annually given to a player in the program that exhibits extraordinary efforts, improved his play and maximized his production ... had 28 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and six sacks … recorded six tackles each in games against Princeton (Oct. 1) and Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … had a season high 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks against Princeton (Oct. 1) … posted five tackles, one tackle for loss and 0.5 sacks at Penn (Oct. 15). 2021 (at Columbia): Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive lineman … Contributed on the scout team ... overlapped with former Cavalier defensive lineman Paul Akere who was a senior at Columbia in 2021.
HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
A June 2021 graduate of Randolph High School, where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Will Nathan … two-time All-County selection … named First Team All-Group 4 as a senior … two-time All-Conference honoree …three-time Daily Record Player of the Week … named team Most Valuable Player … played linebacker and running back for the Rams … two-year team captain as a junior and senior … rushed for 598 yards and six touchdowns on 72 carries, caught 15 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns, scored one touchdown on a kickoff return, made 32 tackles, intercepted two passes, forced a fumble, and had two sacks as a senior … scored a total of 10 touchdowns in eight games during his senior year … guided the Rams to two straight Freedom Blue Conference titles … scored two touchdowns including the opening kickoff return, totaled 287 yards, six tackles, forced a fumble, made a sack and intercepted a pass vs. Irvington … rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries vs. West Morris … rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries vs. Morris Knolls … rushed for two touchdowns vs. Morristown … rushed for two touchdowns, caught three passes for 92 yards and a touchdown vs. Union City … guided the Rams to a shortened 6-1 record and Freedom Blue Conference title as a senior … guided Rams to a 9-1 record and Freedom Blue Conference championship as senior … also played three years on the baseball as a first baseman … served as team captain as a senior … four-year Honor Roll student … member of the National Honor Society … involved in a variety of volunteer activities … ran unified basketball games and volunteered countless hours at his church ... cousin John Maddaluna played football at Colgate from 2010-14 ... was a Sociology major at Columbia College.