2019 Football Roster
Roster
Joseph Sparacio
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Naples, Fla.
- High School:
- First Baptist Academy
- Prev School:
- First Baptist Academy
SPARACIO'S CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 8 vs. Wake Forest, 9/28/19
Tackles for loss: 1.5 vs. Cincinnati, 1/2/20
Interceptions: 1 vs. Virginia Tech, 8/31/19
 2020 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Played in four games and totaled three tackles … one solo tackle against Duke (9/19) … another solo tackle as well as one sack against Georgia Tech (10/24).
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2019 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Played in all 13 games and made nine starts... totaled 50 tackles with six TFLs and a half sack plus one interception... posted six tackles and an interception at the goal line vs. Virginia Tech (8/31) in his first start... five tackles, including a TFL, vs. Richmond (9/7)... contributed seven tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. Kansas (9/13)... assisted on four tackles at Rutgers (9/21)... made eight tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. Wake Forest (9/28)... credited with two tackles and a four-yard TFL at Louisville (10/5)... made three tackles, including 0.5 TFLs, vs. NC State (10/19)... credited with four tackles, including a TFL, at Clemson (10/26)... credited with three solo tackles against Florida State (11/9)... one solo tackle at Notre Dame (11/23)... started a made seven tackles, including four solo, with 1.5 TFLs and a half sack against Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
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2018 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in two games before redshirting ... two tackles in the opener against UMass and one tackle in the win against Holy Cross.
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HIGH SCHOOL: Enrolled at Boston College in January 2018 and competed in spring practice … rated the No. 67 inside linebacker in the nation by 247Sports … ESPN Recruiting’s No. 40 inside linebacker nationally and the No. 219 recruit in Florida … four-time Naples Daily News All-Area first-team selection … 59 tackles, including 14 TFLs and three sacks as a senior … also rushed for 676 yards and 10 touchdowns on offense … three-time first-team all-state linebacker as a sophomore, junior and senior … also earned honorable mention at the position as a freshman … Southwest Florida Sports Awards Naples Daily News Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... four-time Naples Daily News all-area selection ... 101 tackles, nine sacks and 21.5 TFLs during his junior season … at fullback and tight end as a junior, totaled 839 yards of offense and 14 total touchdowns … his father Billy Sparacio was his head coach at First Baptist Academy … team captain.
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PERSONAL: Son of Billy and Tara Sparacio … enrolled as a general management major in the Carroll School of Management ... recipient of The Cleary Family Scholarship Fund.
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