Columbia University Athletics

CAREER
 
Concludes career after having played in 37 career games with eight starts at linebacker … In career, made 63 total tackles (27 solo), 9.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks with a forced fumble … Four-year letterwinner who has contributed at linebacker and on special teams.
 
2018
 
Earned team’s Lou Little Coaches Most Improved Player Award at team banquet, shared the award with sophomore Casey Mariucci … Saw action in all 10 games with seven starts at middle linebacker as a senior … Ranked No. 4 on the squad in tackles with 40 (15 solo), totaled 5.0 tackles for loss for 14 yards, 1.0 sack and forced a fumble … Ranked No. 38 in the Ivy League in tackles (40) … Led Lions with 13 tackles (four solo), 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack in season finale vs. Cornell (Nov. 17) … Forced fumble, made three tackles (one solo) at Harvard (Nov. 3) … Made two tackles, 0.5 tackle for loss vs. Yale (Oct. 27) … Made five tackles (two solo) with 1.0 tackle for loss vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 20) … Made five tackles (one solo) at Penn (Oct. 13) … Made five tackles (two solo) in first start of the year vs. Marist (Oct. 6) … Made three tackles at Georgetown (Sept. 23).
 
2017
 
Played in all 10 games with one start at linebacker as a junior … Saw extensive action at middle linebacker … Finished the year with 18 total tackles (10 solo), 4.0 tackles for losses for 20 yards and 1.0 sack for 15 yards … Registered a career-high six tackles (three solo) in first career start at Cornell (Nov. 11) … Made four tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss for four yards at Marist (Oct. 7) … Registered four solo tackles with 2.0 tackles for loss for 16 yards and his first career sack (15 yards) vs. Georgetown (Sept. 23).
 
2016
 
Played in nine of 10 games as a sophomore … Finished season with four tackles (two solo) … Made three tackles vs. Cornell (Nov. 12) … Contributed primarily on special teams and at linebacker.
 
2015
 
Played in seven of 10 games as a first-year linebacker … Recorded one assisted tackle vs. Harvard (Nov. 7).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
 
A 2015 graduate of Loyola Academy in Glenview, Ill., where he played two years of varsity football for head coach John Holecek … First team All-Catholic League Blue honoree during his senior season … Tallied 91 tackles in 10 games in 2014, adding three sacks and seven tackles for a loss as a senior linebacker and fullback … Led Ramblers to a 11-3 overall record and state playoff berth as a senior … In 14 games during his junior campaign, totaled 89 tackles (50 solo) at strong safety, adding two sacks, two interceptions and two pass breakups … Led the Ramblers to a combined 23-5 record during his final two seasons, including a Class 8A state runner-up finish as a junior in 2013 … Two-year starter.
 
PERSONAL
 
Born Calvin Edward Falkenhayn on April 22, 1997 … Son of Edward and Carrie Falkenhayn … Has a younger brother Ted … Nickname is Cal … Spent time as a camp counselor for two summers … Enrolled at Columbia College … Majors in Political Science.