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2005 Football Roster

23 Mark Byrne

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 215
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ludlow, MA
  • Highschool Ludlow

Biography

2005: Started all ten games … Made 43 tackles, including 21 unassisted and seven for lost yards (19) … Registered team-high six sacks (12 lost yards) … Photo by Tom KillipsForced one fumble and recovered one fumble … Had at least one tackle in every game and three-or-more in eight games … Recorded five-or-more stops in five contests … Registered six tackles, including a four-yard sack, at Hobart (9/24) … Had two sacks (2 yards) in Shot Glass Trophy Game win at Coast Guard (10/1) … Recorded a solo tackle and four assisted stops, including one for a loss (1 yard), against King’s Point … Had a season-high eight tackles – all solos – with three tackles for lost yards (5) and a sack (2 yards) in Transit Trophy Game win at WPI (10/29) … Assisted on five tackles against Rochester (11/5) … Had four tackles (2 solos) and forced a fumble at Union (11/12) … Made six tackles, including three unassisted, one for lost yards (4) and two sacks (4 yards), in ECAC Northwest Bowl Game win at St. John Fisher (11/19) … Team's Defensive Most Improved Player ...  

2004: Played in six games at linebacker … Posted six solo tackles and 11 assisted stops for a total of 17 … Played on special teams … Recorded season-high nine tackles, including seven assisted, against Hobart (9/25) … Had a solo and three assisted tackles in win at Kings Point (10/23) … Tallied two solo and three total tackles in Transit Trophy Game win (10/30) …

2003: Played in three games, all as a starter … Missed ten games due to injury … Made two solo tackles and six assisted stops for eight total tackles … UCAA All-Academic … Had a solo tackle and six assisted stops in Shot Glass Trophy Game win over Coast Guard (9/20) … Recorded a solo tackle before suffering season-ending injury in Transit Trophy Game win at WPI (9/27) …

2002: Played in seven games, all in reserve … Made seven solo tackles and six assisted stops … Broke up one pass … Had two multiple-tackle games … Played on special teams … Team’s Rookie of the Year … Recorded two tackles, including a solo stop, in Transit Trophy Game victory over WPI (9/28) … Had single tackles against league foe Rochester (10/5), at Union in Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game (10/12), against Hartwick (10/26), versus St. John Fisher (11/2) and in the ECAC Northeast Championship Game victory at Worcester St. (11/23) … Had season-high six tackles (3 solos) and a pass breakup against league opponent St. Lawrence (11/9) …

High School: Played four years of varsity football, including three as a starter … Captained the team for two seasons … Team’s Defensive Most Valuable Player, All-League and All-Western Massachusetts after making 110 tackles as a senior … Three-year participant in wrestling and track … Two-time track captain … Helped 4x100 team set school record … Second in Western Massachusetts in the shot put …

Personal: Management major … Dean’s List … Brother, Robert, plays center on the Westfield St. football team … Son of Elizabeth Wisner and Mike Byrne.

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