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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2015 Football

56 Dan Connaughton

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 265
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Buckingham, Browne and Nichols

Biography

Career Accolades: 2012 and 2015 Ivy League champion ... 2015 honorable mention All-Ivy ... Played in 30 career games and finished with 50 career tackles.

2015: Team tri-captain ... Honorable mention All-Ivy ... Played in all 10 games … Finished with 22 tackles (11 solo), three tackles for loss and two sacks … Had two tackles and a sack at Villanova (9/24) … Recorded three tackles and a sack against Dartmouth (10/3) … Season high four tackles against Princeton (11/7).

2014: Played in all 10 games ... Finished with 17 tackles, a tackle for loss and a pass breakup ... Had at least one tackle in all but one game ... Season-high three tackles against No. 6 Villanova (Sept. 27) and at Princeton (Nov. 8). 

2013: Played in all 10 games ... Finished with 10 tackles and a half sack ... Had multiple tackles in each of the last two games ... Season-high four tackles at Harvard (Nov. 16) ... Added a pair of tackles against Cornell (Nov. 23). 

2012: Played in one game for the Ivy League champions and recorded a tackle against William & Mary (Oct. 6). 

Buckingham, Browne and Nichols School: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain ... 2010 NEPSAC Bowl champions with an 8-1 record ... Two-time All-New England defensive lineman ... Also a two-year letterwinner in basketball.

Personal: Son of Genevieve and John Connaughton ... Cousin, Patrick Connaughton, played basketball at Notre Dame ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Historical Player Information

  • 91

    2012Freshman

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    6'3" 265 lbs
    91
  • 91

    2013Sophomore

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    6'3" 265 lbs
    91
  • 56

    2014Junior

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    6'3" 265 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2015Senior

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    6'3" 265 lbs
    56