Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics

2018: Defensive end ... Played all 12 games ... Twenty tackles (5 solo) ... One tackle for lost yards (2) ... Had 0.5 sacks (1 yard) ... Season-high four tackles (2 solo) at Utica ... Team's Defensive Player of the Week once (Ithaca) ... Liberty League All-Academic ... CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District ... 

2017: Defensive end ... Played nine games ... Twenty tackles with 12 unassisted ... One sack for three yards lost against Western New England ... Two tackles for loss (4 yards) ...Recovered fumble against WPI ... One pass breakup ... Multiple tackles in five games, including season-high seven against Golden Bears ... ECAC Academic Honor Roll ...  

2016: Played eight games ... Had 12 tackles with six unassisted ... Had 2.5 tackles for loss of nine yards ... Two sacks for eight yards lost ... Multiple tackles in four games ... Three tackles (1 solo) with 4-yard sack at Norwich ... 

2015: Did not see game action ... Team's Special Teams WAR Dog of the Year ...

High School: Three years of varsity football (TE, OLB) ... Two-year starter ... Captain as senior ... All-League as junior ... All-County as senior ... Blue Helmet Award ... Team won two Big 4 Championships ... Three years of varsity lacrosse (LSM) ... Starter for one ... Most Improved Award as senior ... Team won two County Championships ... National Honor Society ... 2015 Suffolk Zone Team Player Award ... 

Personal: Business and Management major ... Dean's Honor List ... National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society ... Intern at Northwestern Mutual (financial planning) ... Son of Bonni and David Valinoti.

On attending Rensselaer: "The outstanding academic reputation, plus it gave me a chance to continue my football career." - August 2017

Benefits of undergraduate community: "There is a very good faculty to student ratio." - August 2017