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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2013 Football

33 Brandon Colavita

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Washington Township

Biography

Career Accolades: Three-time Ivy League champion (2009, 2010, 2012) ... 2011 honorable mention All-Ivy ... 2010 second-team All-Ivy ... Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 22, 2010) ... Finished with 1,528 career rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns ... Averaged 4.9 yards per carry over his career which ranks sixth all-time at Penn.

2013: Played in three games before suffering a season-ending injury ... Still finished third on the team in rushing with 112 yards on 35 carries ... Led team with a season-high 56 rushing yards in season opener against Lafayette (Sept. 21).  

2012: Played in two games before suffering season-ending injury ... Rushed four times in season opener at Lafayette (Sept. 15) for 13 yards ... Rushed four times in Ivy opener at Dartmouth (Sept. 29) for 10 yards.  

2011: Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Played and started in nine games ... Fifth in the Ivy League in rushing ... Led Penn with 665 rushing yards and 704 all-purpose yards ... Second on the team in total offense and fourth in scoring ... Finished the year with four touchdowns ... Had 13 or more carries in eight games and had more than 65 rush yards in each of his first six games ... Ran for 102 yards in win at Dartmouth (Oct. 1) and had a career-high 156 rush yards on 18 carries in the win over Yale (Oct. 22) ... Career-long rush of 44 yards against Villanova (Sept. 24) ... Also finished with six receptions for 39 yards. 

2010: Second-team All-Ivy ... Ivy League Co-Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 22) ... Played in all 10 games ... Led the team and finished fourth in the Ivy League in rushing with 728 yards ... His 5.8 yards per carry was the second-best single-season mark in Penn history ... Led team and finished second in the Ivy League in scoring with 12 touchdowns ... Surpassed 100 yards on three occasions with 103 against Columbia (Oct. 16), a season-best 122 against Harvard (Nov. 13), and 103 at Cornell (Nov. 20) ... Had five touchdowns in last two games with two against Harvard and a season-best three at Cornell (Nov. 20) ... Also recorded two touchdowns at Bucknell (Oct. 9) ... Also appeared on special teams and made three tackles.

2009: Played in five games, including each of the last three ... Appeared mostly on special teams where he recorded four tackles ... Had solo tackles against Bucknell (Oct. 10) and Princeton (Nov. 7).

Washington Township HS: Three-sport letterwinner in football, baseball and track ...Two-time captain of his football team where he was a four-year letterwinner ... Member of 2007 state championship baseball team where he was a three-time letterwinner ... 2006 Rookie of the Year and second-team all-conference in football ... 2008 first-team all-conference and first-team All-South Jersey ... 2008 Brooks-Irvine Back of the Year, South Jersey Touchdown Club Back of the Year, Super100 all-state team and Tom Brown Memorial Award winner ... National Honor Society member.

Personal: Son of Donna and Tony Colavita ... Enrolled in Wharton.

Career Stats:

RUSHINGgattyardstdlongavg/cavg/g
2009500000.00.0
20101012572812355.872.8
201191446654444.673.9
20122823062.911.5
20133351120163.237.3
TOTAL29312152816444.952.7

 

TOTAL OFFENSEgrushpasstotalavg/g
200950000.0
201010728072872.8
20119665066573.9
201222302311.5
20133112011237.3
TOTAL2915280152852.7

 

RECEIVINGgrecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2009500000.00.00.0
20101000000.00.00.0
201196390180.76.54.3
2012200000.00.00.0
201331-1000.3-1.0-0.3
TOTAL297380180.25.41.3

 

SCORINGgtdrushrcvretpat2patfgtotalavg/g
20095000000000.0
201010121200000727.2
201194400000242.7
20122000000000.0
20133000000000.0
TOTAL29161600000963.3

 

ALL PURPOSEgrushrcvprkrirtotalavg/g
200950000000.0
201010728000072872.8
201196653900070478.2
201222300002311.5
20133112-100011137.0
TOTAL29152838000156654.0

 

TACKLESguaatotaltflpdfffrblk
200952240.00000
2010103030.00000
201191120.00000
201220000.00000
201330000.00000
TOTAL296390.00000

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 18, at Cornell, Nov 20, 2010 
Touchdowns: 3, at Cornell, Nov 20, 2010 
Rush attempts: 24, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 
Rush yards: 156, Yale, Oct 22, 2011 (18 carries)
Rush TDs: 3, at Cornell, Nov 20, 2010 
Long rush: 44, at Villanova, Sep 24, 2011 
Receptions: 2, at Columbia, Oct 15, 2011 
Receiving yards: 21, at Columbia, Oct 15, 2011 (2 receptions)
Long reception: 18, at Columbia, Oct 15, 2011 
Total offense attempts: 24, at Dartmouth, Oct 01, 2011 (24 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 156, Yale, Oct 22, 2011 (156 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 159, Yale, Oct 22, 2011 
Tackles: 2, at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 (2-0); at Brown, Oct 29, 2011 (1-1)

Statistics

Season:
2013

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Historical Player Information

  • 48

    2009Freshman

    RB
    5'9" 205 lbs
    48
  • 33

    2010Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 205 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2011Junior

    RB
    5'9" 205 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2012Senior

    RB
    5'9" 225 lbs
    33
  • 33

    2013Senior

    RB
    5'9" 225 lbs
    33