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2016 Football Roster

34 Gianmarco Rea

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 235
  • Hometown Birmingham, Mich.
  • Previous School Detroit Country Day School

Biography

CAREER: Played in 35 career games with 28 starts ... Totaled 218 career tackles (110 solo) with 20.5 tackles for loss for 63 yards, 6.0 sacks for 34 yards, two pass breakups and seven quarterback hurries ... Started 28 consecutive games to close out career ... Four-year letterman.

2016: First Team All-Ivy League selection as Columbia's middle linebacker ... Candidate for Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year ... Presented with the Sid Luckman team Most Valuable Player Award ... Named a Fall Academic All-Ivy League selection ... Earned FCS ADA Academic All-Star honors and CoSIDa Academic All-District honors ... Hamsphire Honor Society member ... Led the Ivy League in tackles with 108 ... Ranked No. 12 nationally in total tackles per game (10.8) and No. 12 in solo tackles per game (5.8) ... Also led the Lions in both tackles for loss (15.0-46) and sacks (5.0-26) and tallied six quarterback hurries ... Reached double figure tackles in nine of 10 games on the year ... Made 10 tackles (seven solo) with 1.5 tackles for loss at Brown (Nov. 19) ... Finished with 10 tackles (four solo) with 0.5 takle for loss vs. Cornell (Nov. 12) ... Registered a career-high 15 tackles (eight solo), with 2.0 tackles for loss for 17 yards and 2.0 sacks at Harvard (Nov. 5) ... Finished with 12 tackles (11 solo) with 3.5 tackles for loss vs. Yale (Oct. 28) ... Tallied 11 tackles (six solo) vs. Dartmouth (Oct. 22) ... Made 2.0 tackles for loss with 1.0 sack and five tackles at Penn (Oct. 15) ... Registered 10 tackles (three solo), three quarterback hurries, 1.0 sack at Wagner (Oct. 8) ... Finished with 12 tackles (five solo) vs. Princeton (Oct. 1) ... Registered 12 tackles (six solo) with 2.0 tackles for loss at Georgetown (Sept. 24) ... Tallied 11 tackles (one solo) with 1.0 sack in season opener vs. Saint Francis U (Sept. 17).

2015: Played and started all 10 games at linebacker … Recorded 48 tackles, five for a loss and one sack … Registered a season high nine tackles, one for a loss, at Princeton … Registered five solo tackles at Cornell.

2014: Played in all 10 games ... Finished second on the team with 59 tackles ... Recorded nine tackles in back-to-back games against Princeton and Monmouth ... Registered 10 tackles against Yale.

2013: Played in five contests … Recorded three tackles on the year.

At Detroit Country Day School: Played for head coach Dan MacLean … Captain his senior year and led his team to a 10-3 record … All-county 2012 … All-state 2012 … Also lettered in Baseball … All-district Baseball 2012.
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2013First Year

    Linebacker
    6'2" 220 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2014Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 217 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2015Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 232 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2016Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    34