Career Statistics
Awards
All-Patriot League First Team – 2021
Phil Steele All-Patriot League Second Team – 2021
Academic All-Patriot League – 2021
FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team – 2021
2019 Colgate Tom Dodge Unsung Hero Award (Defense)
Two-Time Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll
Two-Time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Career
Games/Starts: 37/21
Colgate Debut: Sept. 1, 2018, vs. Holy Cross
First Career Start: Aug. 24, 2019, vs. Villanova
Career Stats: 187 tackles, including 101 solo; 24 tackles-for-loss, accounting for minus-55 yards; One pass breakup; Two fumble recoveries; Four forced fumbles; Three QB hurries; Three sacks.
2021 (Senior)
- All-Patriot League First Team and Academic All-League honors as senior captain
- Started all 11 games as a linebacker on Colgate’s defense
- Led the team in total tackles (93) for second straight season
- Also paced the team in solo tackles (53) and assisted tackles (40)
- Team-best 13 tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks
- One fumble recovery and three forced fumbles
- Double-digit tackles in five games, including career-high 13 tackles at Brown
- Posted two sacks in win at Georgetown
- Registered one forced fumble in three different games: at Georgetown, at Brown, at Lafayette
- Recovered a fumble at Holy Cross
2020-21 (Junior)
- Started both of Colgate’s games during shortened spring season
- Team leader with nine solo tackles and tied for the team lead with 13 total tackles
- Also tied for the top spot with three tackles for loss, accounting for minus-7 yards
- One QB hurry
- Tied for game honors with eight tackles in opener at Lafayette
- Added five stops at Fordham
- Season moved to spring due to Covid-19 pandemic
2019 (Sophomore)
- Saw action in 12 games with eight starting assignments
- Second on the team with 76 tackles, including 37 solo
- Leader in special teams tackles with six
- One pass breakup, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble, one QB hurry
- Team-leading 10 tackles (seven solo) plus one pass breakup to spark Colgate’s 16-0 shutout of Lafayette to end season
- Nine tackles against both Air Force and Maine
- Seven tackles to aid 24-14 victory at Georgetown
- Six tackles in five other games
- Fumble recovery at Holy Cross
- Forced fumble at Air Force
2018 (Freshman)
- Appeared in 12 games as a freshman
- Recorded five tackles, including two solo, with one fumble recovery
- Tallied two tackles in 31-0 win over Cornell
- Single tackles against Lafayette, Lehigh and James Madison in NCAA playoffs
- Fumble recovery on punt coverage in 48-0 shutout against Lafayette
Before Colgate
Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie View, Kansas ... Lettered four years under head coach Dustin Delaney ... Senior-year captain.
Position: RB/LB
Stats: Carried 226 times for 1,646 yards and 27 touchdowns as senior … Added 3-of-3 passing for 106 yards and TD, plus five receptions for 61 yards … Punting average of 40.0 … For career, rushed 412 times for 3,098 yards and 50 TDs … 220 return yards with 1 return touchdown … 89 tackles, 19 TFLs and eight sacks … Set school records for career and season rushing yards and for career rushing touchdowns.
Honors: Running back in 2017 Kansas-Missouri All-Star Game, Kansas Shrine Bowl and Nokaoi Senior Bowl … Two-Time All-State … Top 11 All-Class All-State as senior … Sunflower League MVP as senior … Three-time All-Sunflower First Team … Lancers went 41-6 in his four seasons … Won 2014 Kansas 6A football state championship … Jeff McMahill Character Award.
Get to Know: Also lettered in lacrosse … Two-year captain … 2016 LAKC Lacrosse champions … National Honor Society member along with DECA and Pep Club.
Personal
Born: Milton Charles Braasch II in Edina, Minnesota.
Family: Parents are Craig and Christine Braasch ... Has one brother and one sister … Sister, Emma, played soccer at Creighton ... Cousin of NFL quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.
