Mike Yerardi

Marquis Young & Co. - at Connecticut (2018)

Photo by: Jon Crispin

Photo by: THOM KENDALL FOR UMASS ATHLETICS

Position:
Offensive Line
Height:
6-4
Weight:
320
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Cohasset, Mass.
High School:
Cohasset / Suffield Academy (Conn.)

2019 • Redshirt Senior

• Started and appeared in 11 games on the season
• Made his starts at right guard (8) and center (4)
• Initially began the year as the team’s starting right guard, but switched to center for the final four games following injury to Jaylen Larry and Dalton Tomlison
• Was the only senior to start on the offensive line during the season
• One of only three starters on the offensive line who were not making their first FBS starts in 2019

2018 • Redshirt Junior

• Started at left guard in five games among appearances in all 12 games
• Made his starting lineup appearances against USF (10/6), UConn (10/27), Liberty (11/3), BYU (11/10) and No. 5 Georgia (11/17)
• Blocked for the offense as UMass posted a program-record 777 total offensive yards against the Liberty defense, which included 540 passing and 237 rushing.

2017 • Redshirt Sophomore

• Appeared in all 12 games as a reserve offensive lineman and contributor on special teams
• Was part of the line that assisted the Minutemen in resetting the program record with 670 yards of total offense against Georgia Southern (10/21), including 350 passing and 320 rushing
• UMass set FBS-era records for points in a quarter, points in a half and points in a game against Georgia Southern as well
• Helped team average 30.6 points and 432.8 yards of total offense per game over the course of the season
• Opened holes for the run game that averaged 135.3 yards per contest and protected for the pass game that put up 297.5 yards on average in each contest

2016 • Redshirt Freshman

• Appeared in seven games; first career appearance vs. FIU
• Blocked for the UMass offense that averaged 23.3 points, 99.5 rushing yards and 256.7 passing yards per game with 27 passing and 10 rushing touchdowns scored

2015 • Freshman

• Redshirted the season

Before Massachusetts

• Played for head coach Drew Gamere at Suffield Academy
• Recorded 38 tackles and three sacks as a senior, with 43 tackles and six sacks as a junior
• Named first-team all-state, all-area, all-region, all-county and all-conference in 2014 as Suffield won the state championship
• Led his team to a 9-0 record in 2013, averaging over 260 rushing ypg
• State champion wrestler and played lacrosse at Suffield
• Earned Boston Globe All-Scholastic honors at Cohasset High School
• Worked as a volunteer for the National Braille Press, which promotes literacy for blind children