Joe Previte

Photo by: Thom Kendall - UMass Athletics

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-2
Weight:
270
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Brockton, Mass.
High School:
Brockton
Prev School:
Northfield Mt. Hermon

2018 • Redshirt Senior

• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Defensive Line)
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent Team (Defensive Line)
• Burlsworth Trophy Candidate (walk-on to impact player)
• Made 12 appearances on the defensive line
• Finished with 35 tackles, including 12 solo and 23 assisted
• Notched 7.0 TFLs for 19 yards lost, with an assisted sack
• Helped out on four tackles, including a TFL, in the win over Duquesne (8/25)
• Had three stops at Boston College (9/1)
• Posted four tackles with an assisted TFL at Georgia Southern (9/8)
• Assisted on a sack against Charlotte (9/22) among three total tackles
• Provided five takedowns, including 1.0 TFLs, against USF (10/6)
• Totaled four assisted tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, against Coastal Carolina (10/20)
• Earned 1.5 TFLs among five total tackles in the three-overtime win against Liberty (11/3)
• Lone tackle against BYU (11/10) was an assisted TFL
• Ended his collegiate career with a solo TFL among two total stops at No. 5 Georgia (11/17)

2017 • Redshirt Junior

• Started all 12 games on the defensive line
• Finished the season with 25 total tackles (10-15), including 3.0 TFLs
• Assisted on four tackles in the season-opener against Hawai'i (8/26)
• Made three tackles against Old Dominion (9/9)
• Helped out on a TFL among three total tackles at Tennessee (9/23)
• Posted a pair of solo takedowns in the win over Georgia Southern (10/21), the first of six consecutive games with two stops to close the season
• Notched 1.0 TFLs during the win at BYU (11/18)
• Had 1.5 TFLs on a solo tackle and assisted top at FIU (12/2)

2016 • Redshirt Sophomore

• Appeared in eight games, starting four on the defensive line
• Missed time due to injury
• Recorded 22 tackles, including four unassisted and 4.5 TFLs of 12 yards
• His tackles, TFL and sack numbers all reset his single-season personal bests
• Posted five tackles, including an assisted TFL, against Boston College (9/10)
• Recovered a fumble and had a TFL among three tackles in the win over FIU (9/17)
• Notched six tackles at Old Dominion (10/7), including 1.5 sacks among 3.0 TFLs totaling nine yards lost

2015 • Redshirt Freshman

• Appeared in seven games
• Finished with three tackles, including one TFL and one sack

2014 • Freshman

• Redshirted the season

Before Massachusetts

• Attended Northfield Mount Hermon for a postgraduate year
• An all-Massachusetts defensive line selection as a senior at Brockton High School
• Four-year starter at Brockton, where he posted 50 tackles as a senior
• Earned Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic honors in 2012, along with ESPN Boston All-State honors

Personal

• Majoring in political science