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Career Accolades: 2015, 2016 Ivy League Champion ... 2017 First-Team All-Ivy ... 2016 First-Team All-Ivy ... 2017 Second-Team ECAC All-Stat ... 2016 Honorable Mention ECAC All-Star ... 2016 Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week (11/14) ... 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District ... 2016 and 2017 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area

2017: First-Team All-Ivy … Second-team ECAC All-Star … CoSIDA Academic All-District … Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area … Seventh on team with 36 tackles … Led defensive linemen in tackles … Led team with 8.5 tackles for loss …Tied for team lead with 3.0 sacks … Had four pass breakups … Made seven tackles, including six solo stops, against Ohio Dominican (9/16) … Had 2.5 tackles for loss, a pass breakup and fumble recovery against Ohio Dominican … Had two solo tackles and a pass breakup at Lehigh (9/23) … Made four solo tackles, including one sack, against Dartmouth (9/29) … Had two tackles and a pass breakup at Central Connecticut State (10/7) … Had four total tackles at Columbia (10/14) … Recorded 1.5 tackles for loss and a sack at Columbia … Made six tackles while forcing a fumble against Yale (10/21) … Had one solo tackle for loss at Brown (10/28) … Had three solo tackles, including one sack, against Princeton (11/4) … Had two tackles, including one for loss, at Harvard (11/11) … Had five tackles, including four solo stops, against Cornell (11/18).

2016: First-Team All-Ivy … Honorable Mention ECAC All-Star … Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area … Earned Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors for performance against No. 22 Harvard (11/11) … Led team and finished sixth in the Ivy League with 10.5 tackles for loss … Led team and finished fifth in the Ivy League in sacks (5.5) … Finished season with 35 total tackles … Forced a pair of fumbles … Broke up three passes and recorded one interception … Had three tackles against Lehigh (9/17) … Had four tackles at Fordham (9/24) … Was in on six tackles against Central Connecticut … Had 2.5 tackles for loss, including one sack, while forcing a fumble and breaking up one pass against Central Connecticut … Registered four tackles, including one sack, against Columbia (10/15) … Made four solo tackles against Brown (10/29) … Had three tackles and a pass breakup at Princeton (11/5) … Made six solo tackles, including three sacks, while returning an interception for a 40-yard touchdown against No. 22 Harvard (11/11) … Had two tackles at Cornell (11/19).

2015: Played in two games, at Lehigh (9/19) and at Villanova (9/24). 

2014: Saw time in eight games ... Finished with 11 tackles, including eight solo and 2.5 for loss ... Multiple tackles in four games ... Season-high four tackles against No. 6 Villanova (Sept. 27) ... Added a tackle for loss in three different games. 

Villa Park HS: Three-year letterwinner in football and basketball ... Two-time all-section, two-time all-county, two-time all-league and two-time Century League Lineman of the Year in football ... Earned team’s MVP award, Rookie of the Year award, Most Improved award, 110% award, and Iron Man award in basketball ... Named school’s 2013 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Personal: Son of Bonita and Louis Vecchio, Jr. ... Enrolled in Wharton.