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2013 Football Roster

34 Anthony McCloskey

  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 235
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Glen Mills, Pa.
  • Highschool Cardinal O'Hara

Biography

Returning starter at nose guard on the defensive line ... second team All-PSAC East selection … thrust into the starting lineup three years ago as a red-shirt freshman due to injury and flourished ... thrust into a new position last spring and picked it up very quickly … filled a void at nose guard very well … a bit under-sized, but uses his quickness to his advantage ... has started every college football game for the Golden Rams over the last three years … very athletic ... flies to the football ... anticipates plays well ... possesses good instincts for the game … an all all-league candidate as well as all-region prospect ... coaching staff was very impressed at how quickly he picked up his new position ... has taken to the position very well ... anchors the middle of the defensive front ... sheds blockers and has a knack for getting to the ball carrier … reads plays well … can be a valuable asset in the pass rush … has 160 career tackles to his credit … second among active players on the roster … one of the top defensive players on the Golden Rams’ squad ... three-year letterwinner.
 
2012: Appeared in and started all 11 games … ranked 14th on the team in tackles with 28 … notched 11 solo stops and 17 assisted stops … registered five tackles for a loss and career-high two sacks … intercepted one pass and returned it 16 yards … credited with two fumble recoveries … also credited with one QB hurry … posted a season-high five tackles at Kutztown … recorded three solo stops against Cheyney … had three assisted tackles at Kutztown … notched four tackles against both Cheyney and Bloomsburg … picked up a sack against Kutztown and a sack against Cheyney … notched career-high 2.5 tackles for a loss against Kutztown … had one tackle for a loss against both Millersville and Cheyney … added half-a-tackle for a loss against Gannon … his two fumble recoveries tied for the team lead … recovered a fumble against Gannon and Clarion … intercepted a pass at California (Pa.) … second team All-PSAC East.
 
2011: Appeared in and started all 11 games ... second on the team in tackles with a career-best  71 stops … his 30 solo stops ranked tied for third on the squad … his 41 assisted tackles was second as well … also recorded 3.5 tackles for a loss and one sack … credited with a pair of QB hurries and recovered a pair of fumbles … posted a season-high nine tackles in finale against Indiana (Pa.) … registered at least four tackles in all 11 games … made eight stops at Delaware and Millersville … recorded seven tackles on three separate occasions (New Haven, Shippensburg, Cheyney) … recovered one fumble and returned it 34 yards against East Stroudsburg … also jumped on a fumble against Kutztown … credited with a QB hurry against both East Stroudsburg and Cheyney … picked up his sack against Slippery Rock … also had a tackle for a loss at Delaware and Shippensburg … posted five solo stops on four different occasions (Delaware, Slippery Rock, Shippensburg, Cheyney) … registered six assisted tackles in each of the final three games.
 
2010: Appeared in 11 games and made nine starts ... tied for the team lead in tackles with 61 ... recorded 26 solo stops and 35 assisted stops ... posted 5.5 tackles for a loss, including one sack ... registered a career-high 10 tackles in season finale at Indiana (Pa.) ... credited with seven solo stops in that loss ... notched a career-best seven assisted tackles against Edinboro ... posted 1.5 tackles for a loss on two separate occasions (Slippery Rock, Millersville) ... forced a fumble and broke up a pass against Delaware in season opener ... registered his one sack on the year at Delaware as well ... posted eight tackles against Cheyney ... notched seven stops at East Stroudsburg ... posted at least two tackles in each game ... recorded a tackle for a loss at Indiana (Pa.) and half a tackle for a loss against C.W. Post ... registered four solo tackles against East Stroudsburg and Bloomsburg.
 
2009: Red-shirted … did not appear in a contest.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2009Freshman

    Fullback
    6'0" 230 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2010Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'0" 230 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2011Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'0" 225 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2012Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 235 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2013Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'1" 235 lbs
    34