Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... 2012 honorable mention All-Ivy ... 2010 first-team All-Ivy ... 2010 Asa A. Bushnell Cup finalist (Ivy MVP) ... Three-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 4, 2010; Nov. 8, 2010; Nov. 5, 2012) ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 5, 2009) ... Set school record with 56 total touchdowns over his career (20 rush, 36 pass) ... Only player in school history to lead team in total offense four times ... Finished with the fifth-best offensive season in program history (2,284 yards of total offense) ... Second all-time at Penn with 6,724 career all-purpose yards ... Third all-time at Penn with 5,104 career pass yards ... Third all-time at Penn with 437 career completions ... Second all-time at Penn with 786 career pass attempts ... Third all-time at Penn with 36 career passing touchdowns ... Career 4.5 yards per carry ranks ninth all-time at Penn ... Ranks ninth all-time at Penn with 20 career rushing touchdowns ... First Penn player with 1,000+ career rush yards and 2,000+ career pass yards ... Finished with 1,620 rushing yards.
2013: Started eight games at quarterback ... Led team with 95 completions, 1,105 passing yards and eight passing touchdowns ... Also rushed for 106 yards ... Finished seventh in the Ivy League with 1,211 yards of total offense ... Had multiple touchdown passes against Lafayette (Sept. 21) and at William & Mary (Oct. 12) ... Also threw for a season-high 218 yards against the Leopards ... Threw for 213 yards and a touchdownand ran for a season-high 60 yards and the game-tying touchdown in the second overtime against Dartmouth (Oct. 5) ... Had 146 yards passing, 58 rushing yards and a touchdown pass in win at Columbia (Oct. 19).
2012: Started nine games at quarterback for the Ivy League champions ... Missed season finale due to injury ... Honorable Mention All-Ivy ... Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5) ... Ranked sixth in the Ivy League in total offense, seventh in passing yards and ninth in rushing ... Finished 118-of-210 passing for 1,288 yards and 11 touchdowns ... Also rushed for 476 yards and four touchdowns ... Led team in total offense with 1,764 yards ... Hauled in his first career reception in win at Dartmouth (Sept. 29) ... Rushed for a season-high 95 yards and a touchdown in Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard (Nov. 10) ... Had a season-high 21 completions and 207 pass yards against William & Mary (Oct. 6) ... Threw for multiple touchdowns in four games, including three in win over Columbia (Oct. 13).
2011: Started all 10 games at quarterback ... Finished with the fifth-best offensive season in program history (2,284 yards of total offense) ... Finished in the Top 10 in the Ivy League in passing (5th), scoring (5th), total offense (5th), rushing (9th) and passing efficiency (5th) ... Finished the year with 1,860 pass yards and 11 passing touchdowns ... Finished second on the team with 424 rush yards ... Had a team-high seven rushing touchdowns ... Season-high 94 rush yards and three passing touchdowns in win over Yale (Oct. 22) ... Also had three passing touchdowns and a season-best 254 pass yards in win over Princeton (Nov. 5) ... Had two rushing touchdowns apiece against Columbia (Oct. 15) and Cornell (Nov. 19) ... Had 15 or more completions in eight games ... Passed for 250 or more yards on three occasions ... Had a touchdown in all but two games ... Became first Penn player with 1,000 rush yards and 2,000 pass yards in a career.
2010: First-Team All-Ivy ... Asa A. Bushnell Cup finalist (Ivy MVP) ... Two-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 4, Nov. 8) ... Started eight games at quarterback and played in nine ... Finished fifth in the Ivy League in rushing and in total offense ... Third in the Ivies in passing efficiency ... Led the team with 834 passing yards and 1,382 yards of total offense ... Second on the team with 548 rush yards ... Had a team-best 13 total touchdowns (seven rush, six pass) ... Scored a season-high four touchdowns, including game-winner in overtime against Dartmouth (Oct. 2) ... Season-high 151 rush yards in win over Brown (Oct. 30) ... Season-best 181 pass yards and two passing touchdowns in win at Princeton (Nov. 6).
2009: Played in two games before suffering a season-ending injury in Week 3 ... Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Oct. 5) ... Earned the honor at Dartmouth (Oct. 3) with 62 rushing yards and a touchdown, while also connecting on all three passes for 17 yards before the injury sidelined him in the third quarter ... Also rushed for four yards and recorded a tackle in his career debut.
Cheshire HS: Three-time letterwinner in basketball and football, and one-time letterwinner in baseball ... As a captain his senior year, led team to the Class LL state final where he was named Co-MVP ... 2008 Wendy’s Heisman nominee ... 2008 ESPN Radio Player of the Year ... 2008 Waterbury Republican Player of the Year ... 2008 Walter Camp Foundation Connecticut State Player of the Year ... Team Offensive MVP for football all three seasons ... Two-time All-Southern Connecticut Conference ... Two-time first-team all-state ... Connecticut State Coaches Scholar Athlete of the Year ... Led basketball team in scoring and assists all three years ... Two-time All-Southern Conference in basketball ... Earned high honors.
Personal: Son of Cathleen and Eugene Ragone ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Career Stats:
RUSHING | g | att | yards | td | long | avg/c | avg/g |
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2009 | 2 | 10 | 66 | 1 | 33 | 6.6 | 33.0 |
2010 | 9 | 87 | 548 | 7 | 54 | 6.3 | 60.9 |
2011 | 10 | 106 | 424 | 7 | 40 | 4.0 | 42.4 |
2012 | 9 | 114 | 476 | 4 | 31 | 4.2 | 52.9 |
2013 | 9 | 43 | 106 | 1 | 27 | 2.5 | 11.8 |
TOTAL | 39 | 360 | 1620 | 20 | 54 | 4.5 | 41.5 |
PASSING | g | cmp-att-int | yards | td | long | pct | avg/p | avg/g | effic |
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2009 | 2 | 3-4-1 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 75.0 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 60.7 |
2010 | 9 | 70-123-5 | 834 | 6 | 39 | 56.9 | 6.8 | 92.7 | 121.8 |
2011 | 10 | 151-265-11 | 1860 | 11 | 54 | 57.0 | 7.0 | 186.0 | 121.3 |
2012 | 9 | 118-210-9 | 1288 | 11 | 43 | 56.2 | 6.1 | 143.1 | 116.4 |
2013 | 9 | 95-184-9 | 1105 | 8 | 52 | 51.6 | 6.0 | 122.8 | 106.6 |
TOTAL | 39 | 437-786-35 | 5104 | 36 | 54 | 55.6 | 6.5 | 130.9 | 116.4 |
TOTAL OFFENSE | g | rush | pass | total | avg/g |
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2009 | 2 | 66 | 17 | 83 | 41.5 |
2010 | 9 | 548 | 834 | 1382 | 153.6 |
2011 | 10 | 424 | 1860 | 2284 | 228.4 |
2012 | 9 | 476 | 1288 | 1764 | 196.0 |
2013 | 9 | 106 | 1105 | 1211 | 134.6 |
TOTAL | 39 | 1620 | 5104 | 6724 | 172.4 |
RECEIVING | g | rec | yards | td | long | rec/g | avg/c | avg/g |
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2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2010 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2011 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
2012 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.1 | 9.0 | 1.0 |
2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
TOTAL | 39 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
SCORING | g | td | rush | rcv | ret | pat | 2pat | fg | total | avg/g |
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2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 |
2010 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.7 |
2011 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 4.2 |
2012 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.7 |
2013 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.7 |
TOTAL | 39 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 3.1 |
ALL PURPOSE | g | rush | rcv | pr | kr | ir | total | avg/g |
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2009 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 33.0 |
2010 | 9 | 548 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | 60.9 |
2011 | 10 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 424 | 42.4 |
2012 | 9 | 476 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 485 | 53.9 |
2013 | 9 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 11.8 |
TOTAL | 39 | 1620 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1629 | 41.8 |
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 18, Dartmouth, Oct 02, 2010
Touchdowns: 3, Dartmouth, Oct 02, 2010
Rush attempts: 16, at Princeton, Nov 03, 2012 ; Harvard, Nov 10, 2012
Rush yards: 151, Brown, Oct 30, 2010 (11 carries)
Rush TDs: 3, Dartmouth, Oct 02, 2010
Long rush: 54, Brown, Oct 30, 2010
Pass attempts: 40, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011
Pass completions: 23, Cornell, Nov 19, 2011
Pass yards: 254, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011
Pass TDs: 3, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011 ; Columbia, Oct 13, 2012 ; Yale, Oct 22, 2011
Had intercepted: 5, at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012
Long pass: 54, Princeton, Nov 05, 2011
Receptions: 1, at Dartmouth, Sep 29, 2012
Receiving yards: 9, at Dartmouth, Sep 29, 2012 (1 receptions)
Long reception: 9, at Dartmouth, Sep 29, 2012
Total offense attempts: 49, William & Mary, Oct 06, 2012 (14 rush,35 pass)
Total ofense yards: 330, Yale, Oct 22, 2011 (94 rush,236 pass)
All-purpose yards: 151, Brown, Oct 30, 2010
Tackles: 1, Villanova, Sep19, 2009 (1-0); at Lafayette, Sep 15, 2012 (0-1)