2001 Football Roster
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Roster
Rich Scanlon
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 255
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Oradell, NJ
- High School:
- Bergen Catholic
Career Biography (PDF Format)
At SU: Four letters ... Ranks eighth on SU’s career tackles for a loss list with 22.5 tackles for a loss of 92 yards ... 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-American ... 2001, 2002 and 2003 CoSIDA Academic All-America District I Football Team selection ... Four-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Golden Key International Honor Society...Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all nine semesters ... Named 2003 National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Central New York Chapter Scholar Athlete of the Year... Redshirted in 1999.
Senior Year (2003): Second-team All-BIG EAST selection ... Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ... An ECAC All-Star ... Named defensive most valuable player at the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic after recording eight total tackles ... Received SU’s 2003 Bill Horr Most Valuable Player award ... Started all 12 games at middle linebacker ... One of 13 players to start all 12 games ... Played on the punt protection, PAT/FG defense and kickoff special teams units ... Recorded 147 tackles, which ranks 10th on SU’s single-season record list for tackles by a linebacker and is the most by an Orangeman since Tim Pidgeon had 98 solo tackles and 60 assists for 158 total stops in 1986 ... Recorded 94 solo tackles, the seventh-most in a season in SU history ... Ranked eighth in the NCAA and third in the BIG EAST with 12.25 total tackles per game and ninth nationally and second in the league with 7.83 solo stops per contest ... Recorded 15 tackles, including 11 solo stops and two tackles for a loss of seven yards, at North Carolina ... Versus Louisville, posted 16 tackles, including 11 unassisted stops ... Had 14 tackles, 12 of them solo, against Central Florida ... Assisted on a tackle for a loss of two yards and had two quarterback hurries against the Golden Knights ... Versus Toledo, recorded five solo tackles and five assisted stops ... Had nine tackles, including seven solo tackles, at Virginia Tech ... Had one sack for a loss of two yards, one tackle for a loss of six yards and one quarterback hurry against the Hokies ... Posted seven tackles, including five solo stops, and broke up one pass against Boston College ... At Pittsburgh, recorded six solo tackles and five assisted stops, including assisting on one tackle for a loss of six yards ... Made six solo tackles and two assisted stops, including 2.5 tackles for a loss of four yards, against Temple ... Broke up two passes versus the Owls ... Had 10 solo tackles and seven assisted stops at Miami ... Recorded his first career interception and broke up another pass against the Hurricanes ... Against West Virginia, made six solo tackles and six assisted stops, including assisting on a sack for a loss of three yards ... Recorded a career-high 20 tackles, including a personal-best 10 assisted stops, at Rutgers ... Had one solo tackle for a loss of 12 yards and one quarterback hurry versus the Scarlet Knights ... Posted five solo tackles and three assists against Notre Dame.
Junior Year (2002): Played in all 12 games, starting nine ... One of 23 players to participate in all 12 games ... Played on SUs kickoff and punt special teams units ... Sixth on the team with 58 tackles, including a career-high 10 tackles for a loss of 38 yards ... Fourth on the team in tackles for a loss ... Tied Nate Hemsley for ninth on the SU single-season list with nine tackles for a loss ... Made four tackles, all solo, at BYU ... Registered six tackles, including three for a loss against North Carolina ... Recorded eight tackles, including one for a loss, against Rhode Island ... Tied a career high with 10 tackles at Auburn ... Posted seven tackles against Pittsburgh ... Had one tackle on special teams at Temple ... Recorded two solo tackles, including one for a loss, at West Virginia ... Earned BIG EAST co-Defensive Player of the Week Award for his career-best effort against Rutgers that included three sacks for a combined loss of 27 yards, six tackles and the first forced fumble and fumble recovery of his career ... Registered five tackles and returned a blocked kick 28 yards at Central Florida ... Recorded his first career interception against Virginia Tech in the second quarter, and broke up one other pass and made four tackles ... Registered five tackles, including one for a loss at Boston College ... Recorded five tackles against Miami.
Sophomore Year (2001): Played in all 13 games, starting five ... One of 35 players to participate in every game ... Recorded 60 tackles and two fumble recoveries ... Played on SU?s punt coverage, kickoff coverage and kickoff return units ... Posted a career-high 10 tackles against Georgia ... Had three tackles as a starter at Tennessee ... Registered three solo tackles, including one for a loss of seven yards, in a start against Auburn ... Had seven tackles, one for a loss, and one fumble recovery as a starter against East Carolina ... Posted eight tackles, forced a fumble and had a pass breakup in starting role at Rutgers ... Recorded six tackles, including one for a loss, and a fumble recovery at Pittsburgh ... Had four tackles and a pass breakup against Temple and at Virginia Tech ... Had three tackes in a start against West Virginia ... Had five tackles, including one for a loss, at Miami ... Had five tackles against Boston College.
Freshman Year (2000): Appeared in eight games ... Had a career-high three stops in the season-opening win aganst Buffalo ... Posted two tackles against Pittsburgh, Boston College and Virginia Tech ... Had one tackle for a loss against Pittsburgh and Boston College ... Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.
High School: Super Prep and Tom Lemming All-Regional selection ... Prep Star's No. 5-rated linebacker in the Eastern Region ... New Jersey State Defensive Player of the Year ... First-team all-league, all-county and all-state ... New Jersey Top 100 ... New Jersey Governors Bowl Team member ... Led team to 12-0 record and New Jersey state championship as a senior ... Three-year starter and team captain ... Member of National Honor Society ... Recruited by associate head coach George DeLeone.
Personal: Richard James Scanlon ... Born December 23, 1980 in Nyack, N.Y. ... Son of Rich and Donna Scanlon ... One brother and one sister ... Majoring in health and exercise science.
Scanlon's Career Statistics
Tackles Assists Tot. TFL Sacks Int. FF Fumble Rec. 2000 7 5 12 2.0- 2 0.0-0 0 0 0-0 yds 2001 40 20 60 2.5-10 0.0-0 0 1 2-0 yds 2002 37 21 58 9.0-38 3.0-27 0 1 1-0 yds 2003 94 53 147 9.0-42 1.5-5 1-6 0 0-0 yds Totals 178 109 277 22.5-90 4.5-32 1-6 2 3-0 yds Scanlon's Career Bests Tackles Solo 12 vs. Central Florida, 2003 Assist 10 vs. Rutgers, 2003 Total 20 vs. Rutgers, 2003 Sacks 3 vs. Rutgers, 2002 Pass Breakups 2 vs. Temple, 2003 Forced Fumble 1 vs. Rutgers, 2001 Fumble Recovery 2 vs. East Carolina & Pittsburgh, 2001 Interceptions 1 vs. Miami, 2003
