Career: Two-time Ivy League champion ... The Sports Network National Co-Defensive Player of the Week ... Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (9/20/10) ... Played in all 10 games as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Penn finished with the No. 1 defense in the nation in 2009 and No. 4 in the FCS in 2010 ... Finished career with 30 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss, two sacks, five pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Led the top defense in the Ivy League in interceptions (three) in 2010 ... Had a career-best three interceptions in a season-opening win over Lafayette (9/18/10) ... Had a career-high five tackles and a forced fumble in win at Princeton (11/6/10).
2009: Played in all 10 games in the defensive backfield for the Quakers ... Had two tackles, including his first career sack ... Recorded a tackle at Lafayette and a sack in the season finale against Cornell (Nov. 21) ... Had a pass break up at Brown (Oct. 31).
2008: Played in all 10 games for the Quakers, with a start against Columbia (Oct. 18) ... Recorded one interception and nine tackles (six solo) on the season ... His interception came in the end zone in the season opener against Villanova (Sept. 20) ... Season high four tackles in win at Georgetown (Oct. 11).
2007: Did not see any varsity game action.
St. Xavier HS: Two-sport athlete in football and lacrosse ... Member of 2005 football team that won the state title and was ranked fifth in the nation by USA?Today ... Also won a league title in 2006 ... Served as team captain and earned honorable mention all-state honors as a senior ... Selected to play in Big 33 Classic ... Also a second-team all-league selection as a junior ... Was captain of the lacrosse team his junior and senior seasons ... Helped lacrosse team to state semifinals in 2005 ... Was an All-American and all-state lacrosse player ... National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born in Cincinnati, Ohio ... Son of Tracie and Robert Saelinger ... Enrolled in Wharton.
Career Stats:
| INTERCEPTIONS | g | no. | yards | td | long | avg/r | avg/g |
|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ALL PURPOSE | g | rush | rcv | pr | kr | ir | total | avg/g |
|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TACKLES | g | ua | a | total | tfl | pd | ff | fr | blk |
|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SACKS | g | ua | a | total | yards |
|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 |
| TOTAL | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 18 |
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Interceptions: 3, Lafayette, Sep 18, 2010
Tackles: 5, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010 (1-4)
Sacks: 1.0, Cornell, Nov 21, 2009 (1-0); at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 (1-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, at Bucknell, Oct 09, 2010 (2-0)
Fumbles forced: 1, at Princeton, Nov 06, 2010
Fumbles recovered: 1, at Princeton, Nov 07, 2008
Pass breakups: 1, at Brown, Oct 31, 2009
