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2024 Football Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin

4 Aaron Brebnor

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Suwanee, Ga.
  • Previous School North Gwinnett
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Economics

Biography

2024: Honorable Mention All-Ivy League … Recipient of Head Coach Achievement Award … Started all 10 games at safety … Registered 39 tackles an interception and six pass breakups … Registered four tackles and a pass breakup in season-finale against Cornell … Tied season-high with six tackles in win over Yale … Intercepted a pass in Columbia’s first win at Penn since 1996 … Made six tackles in win at Wagner.

2023: Started all 10 games at safety … Led team with three interceptions and added 42 tackles … Registered interception in win over Cornell … Posted eight tackles against Brown … Recovered fumble and made six tackles against Penn on Homecoming … Picked off pair of passes in shutout win over Marist … Had career-high nine tackles twice (at Princeton - week three, at Lafayette - week one).

2022: Started all 10 contests … Registered 37 tackles (28 solo) and five pass breakups … Made seven tackles in overtime win at Brown … Had five tackles and pass breakup in road win over Harvard … Posted six tackles against Dartmouth on Homecoming … Recovered a fumble and returned it two yards for a touchdown … Recorded first career interception at Georgetown.
 
2021: Saw action in all 10 games as a first-year backup safety and on special teams … Spent the season as a backup safety on the depth chart … Finished season with three tackles and a fumble recovery … Registered one tackle (solo) in season finale at Cornell (Nov. 20) … Recovered fumble at Yale (Oct. 30) … Totaled one tackle vs. Georgetown (Sept. 25) … In first career action, made a solo tackle in season opener at Marist (Sept. 18).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A May 2001 graduate of North Gwinnett High School where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Bill Stewart … Earned Gwinnett Daily Post Class 7A All-County and Region 8 Class 7A All-Region honors as a senior in 2020 … Earned Gwinnett Touchdown Club Class 7A All-County honorable mention honors as a senior … Saw action as a defensive back and on special teams as a kickoff returner … Led the Bulldogs to four straight Class 7A state playoff appearances, 45-10 four-year record, and a state title in 2017 … Intercepted five passes, broke up five passes, made 65 tackles and averaged 43 yards per kickoff return in 12 games as a senior in 2020 … Led the Bulldogs to a 9-4 record, third round in in the state playoffs, and second place region finish as a senior in 2020 … Made five tackles (three solo) in four games as a junior … Helped guide the Bulldogs to a 12-2 overall record, No. 41 national ranking, No. 3 state ranking, region title, and Class 7A state semifinal appearance as a junior in 2019 … Made 14 tackles (seven solo) as a sophomore … Led the Bulldogs to a 10-3 record, region title, and Class 7A state semifinalist finish as a sophomore … Helped North Gwinnett win a state title, No. 2 state ranking, No. 22 national ranking with a 14-1 overall record during freshman season … Earned a total of eight varsity letters … Four-year letterwinner in track and field … Named Class 7A All-State honoree as a senior in 2021 … 2021 state qualifier in the 200-meter dash … Class 7A Region champion in the 100 and 200-meter dashes in 2021 … Won Class 7A County championship in the 4x100-meter relay in 2018 … Four-time Class 7A All-County honors in the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes (2020 and 2021) …Personal-best times include a 10.85 in the 100-meters, 21.97 in the 200-meters … Helped set the school-record in the 4x100-meter relay in 2018 … Earned All-America status in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays while competing for track club ATL Zoom … Competed in the National Junior Olympics and was a Silver Medalist in the 200-meter dash … Named team Most Valuable Plyer and Boys MVP in the sprints/hurdles … Also played baseball as a freshman and helped lead his team to the 2017 county title … National Merit Scholar Award … Member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society in 2019 … Member of the Beta Club in 2018 … Involved in a variety of community service activities including ATL Zoom (feed the homeless) and Happy Feat (prom buddy).
 
PERSONAL: Enrolled at Columbia College…Intends to major in Architecture or Engineering.

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Historical Player Information

  • 43

    2021First Year

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 180 lbs
    43
  • 4

    2022Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2023Junior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 195 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2024Senior

    Defensive Back
    6'1" 195 lbs
    4