University of Pennsylvania Athletics

                             S-A-T    TFL-Yards    Sacks-Yards    PBr
Career Totals    12-18-30      5.5-15                1.5-5             2

Joe was named to the 2008 All-Ivy Second Team ...     Saw time in at least one game every year since coming to Penn ...     Started nine games in 2008, sitting out one game due to injury ...     Played in final two games despite the injury ...     Part of the ninth-best rushing defense in the nation last season and a defense that finished in the top 10 in the country in three different categories ... Had seven tackles at Lafayette and six at Georgetown ...     Recorded a sack in his final game ...     Set career highs in 2008 with 30 tackles – which ranked second on the team among defensive linemen – 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two pass breakups.

2007: Appeared in seven games on defense ... Had two tackles in Penn’s win over Georgetown (10/6) ... Made a stop in season finale against Cornell (11/17).

2006: Appeared against Harvard (Nov. 11).

2005: Appeared against Bucknell (Oct. 8).

Jesuit HS: Two-time letterwinner in football, basketball and baseball ... Captain (football) of conference championship team senior year ... Named to all-section and all-metro teams senior year ... Received Ironman and league and team MVP awards as a senior ... Honored with all-league title and Ironman award junior year ... Received Coaches Award as a sophomore ... Voted Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman ... Member of section championship team sophomore year and conference championship team junior year ... National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete in 2005.

Personal: Born March 10, 1987 in Santa Monica, Calif. ... Son of Marierin and James  Rost ... Enrolled in Wharton with a marketing concentration.