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Engineers

2024 Football Roster

Keri Bugbee '24
Kevin Beattie

42 Diego Fernandez

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Davie, FL

Biography

2024: Played in ten games ... Registered 44 total tackles, with 24 solo and 20 assisted ... Notched half a tackle for loss for one yard ... Added two pass breakups and one fumble recovery.

2023: Played all 11 games...Third on the Engineers with 59 total tackles...Tallied four pass break-ups...Forced one fumble and recovered another...Had seven games with five or more tackles, including a season-best 8 versus Ithaca (10/7/23).

2022: Saw action in most games ... Six solo tackles and two assisted ... Two unassisted stops and one assisted at Buffalo State ... Two tackles (1 solo) in Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game win vs. Union ...

2021: Saw limited game action ... One unassisted tackle (St. John Fisher) ... Kicker ... Two kickoffs for 40 yards ... Successful onside kick in Dutchman Shoes Trophy Game win at Union ... Liberty League All-Academic ... 

2020: Did not compete due to COVID-19 restrictions ...

High School: Four years of football ... Captain for one ... Broward Sun-Sentinel Special Teams Player of the Year once ... All-County Third Team once ... Honorable Mention once ... Four years of soccer ... Captain for one ... Excelsior Club (president) ...

Personal: Materials Engineering major ... Dean's Honor List ... Son of Silvia and Benny Fernandez.

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 42

    2020Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'9" 170 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2021Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 170 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2022Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 170 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2023Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    42
  • 42

    2024Graduate Student

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    42