Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Became the first Columbia tight end to earn First Team All-Ivy League honors since Andrew Kennedy in 2010 … Played in 37 games with 31 career starts at tight end … Caught 38 passes for 328 yards (8.9 average per catch) and three touchdowns … Caught passes in eight straight games to close out his career … Four-year letterman.
 
2019
 
Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors as the only tight end named to the First Team … Second Team All-Ivy League selection by Phil Steele Magazine … Named the team’s Offensive Most Valuable Player award honoree at team banquet …  NFF Hampshire Academic Honor Society honoree … Started and played in all 10 games as the senior starting tight end … Ranked No. 3 on the squad in both receptions (24) and receiving yards (239), scored one touchdown, and ranked No. 4 in all-purpose yardage … Caught at least one pass in nine of Columbia’s 10 games in 2019 … Set career-highs for both receptions (7) and receiving yards (52) in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 23) … Caught two passes for 25 yards vs. Brown (Nov. 16) … Caught one pass for 25 yards, a season and career-long reception vs. Harvard (Nov. 9) … Finished with two receptions for 21 yards at Yale (Nov. 2) … Caught two passes for 12 yards at Dartmouth (Oct. 25) … Scored touchdown on 11-yard pass, caught two passes for 17 yards vs. Penn (Oct. 19) … Caught one pass for 24 yards vs. Central Connecticut State (Oct. 12) … Caught a then-career-high five passes for 42 yards with a long of 17 yards at Princeton (Oct. 5) … Caught two passes for 21 yards in season opener at Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 21).
 
2018
 
Started all 10 games as a junior tight end … Caught 12 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown with a long of 18 yards … Led all Columbia tight ends in receptions (12) … Caught at least one pass in seven of 10 games … Caught two passes for nine yards vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Caught a two-yard touchdown pass at Brown (Nov. 10) … Caught two passes for 14 yards with a long of 13 at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Caught two passes for four yards vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Caught two passes for 13 yards with long of nine at Penn (Oct. 13) … Caught two passes for 25 yards with a career-long of 18 yards vs. Marist (Oct. 6) … Made one reception for 15 yards at Georgetown (Sept. 22).
 
2017
 
Started seven of nine games played as a sophomore tight end … Concluded year with one reception for seven yards and a touchdown … Made first career catch, a seven-yard touchdown reception during a key play vs. Penn (Oct. 14) … Also made a tackle at Yale (Oct. 28).
 
2016
 
Played in eight games with two starts as a first-year tight end … Primarily a blocking tight end … Started game at tight end at Harvard (Nov. 5) … Made first career start vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Saw first career action in season opener vs. Saint Francis, Pa. (Sept. 17).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2016 graduate of Seton Hall Preparatory School in West Orange, N.J., where he played three years of varsity football for head coach Vito Campanile … Named First Team All-State … Two-time First Team All-County selection … Saw action as a tight end and defensive end in football … Caught 26 passes for 451 yards and six TDs in his senior year … Top performance was a three touchdown game in a seven-reception, 109 yards contest as a senior … Named team captain as a senior … Led the Pirates to a 6-3 overall record and 4-1 conference record and state playoff appearance as a senior … Caught three passes for 41 yards as a junior … Earned six varsity letters, three each in football and lacrosse at Seton Hall Prep … Scored a goal and an assist in two years as a defender in lacrosse … Earned High Honors all four years at Seton Hall Prep.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Rory Schlageter on July 10, 1998 in Chicago, Ill. … Son of David and Shannon Schlageter … Has three siblings, Ryan, Keelin and Will … Sister Ryan plays on Columbia’s women’s lacrosse team … Both of his parents attended Marquette University … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.