2014 Football Roster
Roster
Robert Welsh
- Position:
- Defensive End
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 257
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bay Shore, N.Y.
- High School:
- Saint Anthony's HS
At SU: Four letters ... 2014 All-ACC Academic Team ... Member of Spring 2014 and Fall 2014 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Senior Year (2014):Â Started all 12 games ... At Boston College, had five total tackles, including one and a half sacks and two and a half tackles for a loss ... Against Duke, had two tackles ... At Wake Forest, earned ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week after returning an interception 42 yards for a touchdown and posting three tackles, including two for a loss of yards ... Against Florida State, made two solo tackles ... Against Louisville, posted three solo tackles and had one pass break-up ... Against Notre Dame, had three tackles, including one solo ... Against Maryland, had three tackles, including two solo tackles ... Against Villanova, made five tackles, including the stop in the backfield on the potential game-winning two-point conversion attempt.
Junior Year (2013): Played in all 13 games, including 12 starts … Against Penn State, tallied six tackles, including four solo and a sack, and intercepted a pass and returned it for 31 yards, en route to ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week honors … At Northwestern, had three tackles … Against Wagner, posted two solo tackles … Against Tulane, recorded one solo tackle … Against Clemson, notched three solo tackles, including one for a loss … At NC State, had with five tackles, including two for a loss and two pass breakups … At Georgia Tech, registered two solo tackles, including one for a loss … Against Wake Forest, recorded four solo tackles and broke up one pass … At Maryland, compiled four tackles, including a sack … Against Pittsburgh, broke up one pass … Against Boston College, recovered a fumble … Against Minnesota in the Texas Bowl, posted two solo tackles, including one sack, and had two quarterback hurries.
Sophomore Year (2012): Played in all 13 games … Against Stony Brook, tallied one solo tackle … Against Pittsburgh, recorded one solo tackle … Against Connecticut, posted one tackle, including 0.5 tackles for a loss of two yards … Against Louisville, recorded one solo tackle.
Redshirt Freshman Year (2011): Played in 10 games.
Freshman Year (2010): Did not play in any games.
High School: 2009 Daily News All-Long Island/West Chester County All-Star … Earned 2009 all-state honors … As a senior captain, he had 66 tackles, including eight sacks … Played for 2007 and 2009 CHSFL AAA Division Champions … Career statistics: 167 tackles, including 18.5 sacks … High School Coach: Rich Reichert … Also played for Saint Anthony’s basketball team.
Personal: Robert John Welsh … Born in December 1991 in Peekskill, N.Y. … Son of Robert and Loretta Welsh … One sister … Received an undergraduate degree in communication and rhetorical studies and is pursuing a master's degree in instructional design, development and evaluation.
