Steve Casali

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-1
Weight:
245
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Farmingville, N.Y.
High School:
Sachem East

2017 - Redshirt Senior

• Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List
• Phil Steele All-Independent Second Team (Linebacker)
• Ended the season second on the team in tackles with 79, including 33 solo stops
• Tallied 4.5 TFLs, including 1.0 sacks
• Also forced and recovered a fumble
• Opened the season with six stops against Hawai'i (8/26)
• Made eight tackles against Old Dominion (9/9)
• Provided nine stops, including a seven-yard sack, at Temple (9/15)
• Added 1.5 TFLs for eight yards lost among four total takedowns at Tennessee (9/23)
• Notched nine tackles, including a two-yard TFL, against Ohio
• Forced and recovered a fumble against Georgia Southern (10/21) to go along with four tackles
• Made eight stops, including 1.0 TFLs, at Mississippi State
• Capped the season with nine tackles at FIU (12/2)

2016 - Redshirt Junior

• Phil Steele All-Independent First-Team (Linebacker)
• Started 12 games at inside linebacker
• Totaled 105 tackles with eight TFLs for a loss of 40 yards, 3.5 sacks for a loss of 28 yards and three fumble recoveries
• Broke out for 10 tackles, including a TFL, and recovered one fumble in the win over FIU (9/17)
• Season high 15 tackles against Tulane (10/1)
• Added 11 stops, including an assisted sack, at Old Dominion (10/7)
• Posted eight stops, including 2.0 TFLs, at South Carolina (10/22)
• Notched seven takedowns, including 2.0 TFLs, and broke up one pass against Wagner (10/29)
• Made 12 stops, with an assisted TFL, at BYU (11/19)
• Totaled nine tackles, with a 12-yard sack, at Hawai'i (11/26)

2015 - Redshirt Sophomore

• Appeared in all 12 games
• Finished the season with 14 tackles, including one TFL
• Had a season-high four tackles against Bowling Green

2014 - Redshirt Freshman

• Appeared in all 12 games, finishing with 23 tackles
• Set a career high with five stops against Boston College
• Had four takedowns, including three solo stops, at Toledo

2013 - Freshman

• Played in two games, recording one solo tackle and two assisted tackles
• Suffered a season-ending injury and received a medical redshirt

Before Massachusetts

• Played for UMass alum Mark Wojciechowski at Sachem East High School
• Held 18 different Sachem East football records upon graduation
• Had 252 carries, 1,915 yards rushing, 20 touchdowns and 104 tackles as a senior
• Earned all-division, all-county, all-Long Island and all-metro to go with the Hansen Award (top player in Suffolk County), Collatta Award (top linebacker), Cipp Award (top running back), Burnett Award (Defensive Player of the Year) and Suffolk County Division I MVP as a senior
• Two-time team captain