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Colgate University Athletics

2019 Football Roster

Yvonne Landis ‘86
Yvonne Landis ‘86
Justin Wolford
Rich Barnes
Justin Wolford
Justin Wolford
Brian Foley
Yvonne Landis ‘86
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Yvonne Landis ‘86

4 Abu Daramy-Swaray

4 Abu Daramy-Swaray

  • Position:
    Defensive Back
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Columbus, Ohio
  • Previous Team:
    Westerville South
  • Prev School:
    Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Major:
    Africana and Latin American Studies

Summary

Biography

Career Statistics

Career
Games/Starts: 44/37
Colgate Debut: Sept. 2, 2016, at Syracuse
First Career Start: Oct.. 15, 2016, at Bucknell
Stats: 155 tackles, including 112 solo; 2½ tackles-for-loss, accounting for minus-11 yards; One sack for minus-7; Five interceptions for 72 returns yards; 25 pass breakups; Two blocked kicks; 70 punt returns for 9.3-yard average, one TD; 42 kickoff returns for 20.8-yard average; 1,642 all-purpose yards; Five rushes for 20 yards, one TD; Two receptions for 26 yards.

Awards
2010-19 Colgate All-Decade Team
2019 All-America Third Team (STATS FCS)
2019 All-America Fourth Team (Phil Steele)
2019 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches [Defense & Special Teams])
2019 All-Patriot League (Phil Steele [Defense First Team & Special Teams Second Team])
2018 All-America Second Team (STATS FCS)
2018 All-America Third Team (Associated Press)
2018 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele [Defense & Special Teams])
2018 Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week (Lafayette)
2017 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele [Defense])
2017 All-Patriot League Second Team (Phil Steele [Special Teams])
2017 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (Lafayette)
2016 Freshman All-America (Hero Sports)
2016 Patriot League Rookie of the Year

2019 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 12/12
Position: DB/PR
Stats: Fourth on team with 54 tackles, including 37 solo ... Led Raiders and second in Patriot League with 10 pass breakups ... Posted 1½ tackles-for-loss, accounting for minus-4 yards ... Added two blocked kicks ... Five rushes for 20 yards, one TD ... Two receptions for 26 yards ... Ended season with 37 career starts -- most of any active Raider.
Best Games: Career-high 11 tackles, including 4-yard TFL, in season opener against Villanova ... Second-best total was eight in 16-0 shutout to wrap season at Lafayette ... Added six tackles each against Lehigh, Cornell and Fordham ... First rushing touchdown of career came on 11-yard scamper that clinched 24-14 victory at Georgetown ... Pass receptions against Dartmouth (5 yards) and Bucknell (21 yards) ... Two pass breakups each against Maine and Lafayette ... Finished season with at least one pass breakup in eight different games, including final five in row.
Coach Hunt on Abu: "Abu came here highly touted, came here with high expectations, and has lived up to them. And that's rare. It's rare when somebody can come in and from the beginning you are counting on them for big things. But he was Rookie of the Year in the conference, he's been one of the most dynamic athletes we've ever had here, and kind of defined the position. He'll be another guy who if you say in recruiting, 'Get me another Abu' or 'This player is an Abu,' you know exactly what you are talking about. If that's a legacy you leave, you have done a great job. Really someone who since he's been here, every decision he has made has been to be a better football player and help our team. He has assumed a bunch of different roles, from defense to special teams and now offense, and has made things happen and been productive. He plays one of those positions where if he has a great game, you probably don't even see him. He mans up their best receiver but he doesn't get a lot of action because he's covering him so well. You've got to be unselfish to make that your role and he does it well. He's as good of a corner as we've ever had and as good of a person as we've ever had."
 

2018 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 11/11
Position: DB/PR
Stats: 10th on team with 28 tackles, including 16 solo ... Second on squad with three interceptions for 58 return yards ... Two pass breakups and one quarterback hurry ... 13 punt returns for 15.6-yard average ... Would have repeated as Patriot League punt return champion but finished one return shy of qualifying ... Part of Colgate defense that led nation in scoring defense at 9.3, total defense at 237.7 and pass efficiency defense with 88.77 rating ... Raiders led Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally in rushing defense at 100.8 ... Colgate in streaking to 9-0 start allowed just 29 points during that span and tied NCAA FCS record with five shutouts in one season ... The Raiders never trailed at any point during those first nine games ... Over seven-game stretch, Colgate allowed 3, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0 and 0 points ... Raiders led Patriot League and ranked 10th nationally in punt return average at 15.4 ... Ended season with 25 career starts -- most of any active Raider.
Best Games: Intercepted pass in end zone and returned punt 77 yards for touchdown to highlight 45-0 rout of Lafayette ... Returned that pick 32 yards and set Raiders up for third straight TD to start game ... Colgate led 36-0 at halftime for largest lead at intermission since 2003 ... Punt return TD was first scoring play of career and Colgate's first punt return for touchdown in 20 years ... 77-yard return sixth-longest in program history ... Finished that day with three punt returns for 27.0-yard average ... Added four returns for 26.0-yard average at Bucknell ... Best tackle total seven in 24-17 opening win over Holy Cross ... 23-yard interception return in 23-0 blanking at William & Mary ... Added one of five Colgate interceptions to help Raiders past No. 6 James Madison 23-20 in NCAA playoffs ... In 41-0 victory at Fordham that clinched Patriot League championship, Colgate posted season-high seven sacks that afternoon and set program record by holding Fordham to minus-50 rushing yards ... 28 total yards allowed that day marked third-fewest.

2017 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 11/11
Position: DB/KR/PR
Stats: Fifth on team with 51 tackles, including team-high 40 solo ... One sack for minus-7 ... Two interceptions for 14 return yards ... Raiders led Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally with 16 interceptions ... Colgate's highest number of interceptions since 2005 ... Team best nine pass breakups ... Team leading 15 kickoff returns for 19.8-yard average ... Led Patriot League with 7.9-yard punt return average on 16 attempts ... Second Raider to lead league in punt return average and first since Jesse Boyd in 1997 ... Fourth on team with 437 all-purpose yards ... Part of Colgate defense that held opponents to 17.5 points per game -- lowest program average since 1981 ... Raider defense did not allow touchdown over season's final 15 quarters ... Colgate led Patriot League in rushing defense (115.0, 20th nationally), scoring defense and punt returns (10.5).
Best Games: Career-high 10 tackles and first collegiate interception at Cornell (14-yard return) ... Added second interception at Georgetown to go with best punt return average game of 25.5 on two attempts in Patriot League title clincher ... Included season-long punt return of 33.. ... Earned conference defensive honors after seven-tackle performance at Lafayette ... Six tackles each against both No. 9 Richmond and Lehigh ... Best kickoff return average game was 28.5 on two runbacks against Richmond ... Season-long kickoff return of 30 in that game ... Fumble recovery at Holy Cross halted Crusader drive at Colgate 6-yard line.

2017-18 Track and Field
Outdoor Track: Competed in six meets... Placed first in the 100 meters at the Hamilton College Mid-Week Invitational with a personal-best time of 11.22... Set personal best time of 10.97 in the 100 meters at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships ... Helped the 4x100 meter team place second at the same meet in a time of 42.70... Placed third with the 4x100 meter team in a time of 44.01 at the Lafayette 8-Way Invitational. 

2016 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 10/3
Position: DB/KR/PR
Stats: 22 tackles, including 19 solo ... Tied for third on team with four pass breakups ... Combined for 746 return yards, accumulating 190 on punts for a 7.3-yard average and 556 on kickoffs for a 21.4-yard clip ... Returned 26 kickoffs and 26 punts ... Ranked fourth in the Patriot League in punt return average and seventh in kickoff returns ... Colgate's first Rookie of the Year since Demitri Diamond in 2009.
Best Games: At least one tackle in every game ... Season-high four tackles at Lafayette to go with season-best 14-yard punt return average on four attempts ... Three stops against both Lehigh and Georgetown ... Season-high 25.4-yard kickoff return average on seven attempts at No. 7 Richmond ... Included season-long 84-yarder to set up fourth-quarter touchdown ... Added three punt returns for 12-yard average at Lehigh.

Before Colgate
Westerville South High School near Columbus, Ohio, and then Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut ... Four-year team member and senior-year captain of the football team.
Football Position: WR/DB/RS
Stats: At Westerville South, rushed for 396 yards and five touchdowns while also catching 70 passes for 1,292 yards and 17 TDs ... In one season at Choate, rushed for 213 yards and three TDs, caught 31 passes for 647 yards and 8 TDs, intercepted six passes -- two of which were returned for touchdowns ... Added two TDs via punt return and two via kickoff return ... Set Westerville South program record for longest kickoff return for TD.
Honors: Played all three positions in Ohio vs. Michigan All-Star Game ... 2015 NESPAC Player of the Year after helping Wild Boars to 10-0 record and NESPAC title ... All-OCC, All-District and All-Metro ... Team MVP and MVP of Parents Weekend.
Get to Know: Also captain of track and field squad, and played basketball and rugby.

Personal
Born: Abu Bakarr Daramy-Swaray in Bo, Sierra Leone.
Family: Mother is Dusu Swaray … Has one brother.
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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2016First Year

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2017Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2018Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Senior

    Defensive Back
    5'10" 190 lbs
    4