2020 Football Roster
Roster
Matt Valecce
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 225
- Hometown:
- Mamaroneck, N.Y.
- High School:
- Fordham Prep
VALECCE’S CAREER HIGHS
Attempts: 4 at Clemson, 10/26/19
Completions: 3 at Clemson, 10/26/19
Yards: 27 at Clemson, 10/26/19
Long Pass: 18 at Clemson, 10/26/19
2019 (Redshirt-Freshman): Appeared in six games... went 3-for-7 through the air for 27 yards... made debut vs. Richmond (9/7)... played the final series in win over NC State (10/19)... went 3-for-4 for 27 yards in the fourth quarter at Clemson (10/26)... attempted one pass at Notre Dame (11/23)... threw two passes vs. Cincinnati (1/2) in the Birmingham Bowl.
2018 (FRESHMAN): Redshirted the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: One of the all-time passing leaders in New York prep history … top-ranked quarterback in New York and the nation’s No. 44 pro-style signal caller according to 247Sports … No. 15 overall prospect in the Empire State according to 247Sports … No. 1 quarterback in New York and the state’s No. 13 overall player by Rivals.com … ESPN Recruiting’s No. 1 quarterback in New York, New York’s 16th-best player overall and the nation’s No. 48 pro-style quarterback … News 12 All-New York City first-team selection as a senior … played for head coach Pete Gorynski at Fordham Prep … led the state of New York with 3,333 passing yards as a senior … threw 41 touchdowns and just seven interceptions during his senior season to help lead the Rams to the Class AA title game … Bronx Times All-Bronx honors as a sophomore, junior and senior … 2,416 yards and 27 touchdowns as a junior … threw just three interceptions during his junior season to lead the Rams to the Class AA semifinals … top-three in New York history in career passing yards and 112 career touchdown passes … two-time all-state selection … News 12 High School Player of the Year … 112 career touchdown passes … team captain.
PERSONAL: Son of John and Anita Valecce … enrolled in the Carroll School of Management. Recipient of The Chambers Family Scholarship for Men's Football.
