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2024 Football Roster

Michelle Roslinski
Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen
Kevin Beattie

53 Desmond Von Tobel

  • Position Linebacker
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 220
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ridgewood, NJ

Biography

2024: Played in nine games ... Recorded 31 total tackles, including 16 solo and 15 assisted ... Tallied three and a half tackles for loss for 11 yards ... Added one and a half sacks for nine yards, two pass breakups, six quarterback hits, and one fumble recovery.

2023: Played all 11 games...Totaled 34 solo and 35 assisted tackles...Finished second on the team with 69 total tackles...Recorded 3.5 tackles for loss...Also registered one sack and forced two fumbles...Tallied 10 or more tackles in three different games, including a season-best 11 tackle effort against Widener in the ECAC Bowl Game (11/18/23).

2022: Saw action in most games ... Twelve tackles with four unassisted ... One kickoff return for 17 yards (St. John Fisher) ... Three assisted tackles in Transit Trophy Game win vs. WPI ... Four stops (1 solo) vs. Rochester ... 

2021: Saw action in most games ... Six tackles with two unassisted ... Three stops (1 solo) vs. Rochester ...

High School: Four years of football (LB, FB, LS) ... Three-year starter ... One-time captain ... All-Division Second Team as sophomore ... First Team as junior and senior ... All-County Honorable Mention as junior ... Second Team as senior ... Maxwell Football Club award ... Team MVP as senior ... Team was North I Group 3 State Finalists ... Four years of lacrosse ... Three-year starter ... One-time captain ... All-Division First Team and All-County Third Team as senior ... Bergen County Coaches Association Multi-Sport Athlete award as senior ... National Honor Society ... High Honor Roll ... RPI Bridge Scholar ...

Personal: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering major ... Economics minor ... Son of Kim and Carl Von Tobel ... Mother played softball (P) at Western Maryland ... Father competed in football and track & field at Western Maryland, winning NCAA Division III Championship in javelin.

On attending Rensselaer: "Top-tier aerospace engineering program and competitive football." - August 2022

Benefits of undergraduate community: "The opportunity that underclassmen are given to explore their academic interests." - August 2022

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 53

    2021Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'1" 210 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2022Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 215 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2023Junior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 220 lbs
    53
  • 53

    2024Senior

    Linebacker
    6'1" 220 lbs
    53