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2024 Football Roster

54 Christian Sweeney

54 Christian Sweeney

  • Position:
    Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    235
  • Class:
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown:
    Basking Ridge, N.J.
  • Previous Team:
    Ridge
  • Major:
    Political Science

Summary

Biography

Honors
2024 Preseason All-Patriot League
2024 Phil Steele First Team Preseason All-Patriot League
2023 All-Patriot League second team linebacker
2023 Patriot League Honor Roll
Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 4, 2023, at #16 Lafayette)
2020-21 Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll

Career | Career Statistics
Games/Starts: 43/29
Colgate Debut: March 13, 2021, at Lafayette
First Colgate Start: Sept, 3, 2023, at Stanford
Career Stats: 218 tackles, 124 solo, 22 tackles for losses totaling 97 yards, 8.5 sacks totaling minus-61 yards;6 pass break-ups; 3 forced fumbles, 2 fumble recoveries; 2 quarterback hurries

2024 (Fifth Year)
Games/Starts: 12/11
  • 78 tackles, 40 solo, 5.0 for loss of 29 yards, 2,5 sacks for los of 26 yards; 1 pass broken up.
  • Second on the team in total tackles and solo tackles.
  • Tallied six tackles, including a solo stop and an assisted tackle for loss at Maine.
  • Had a 16-yard sack and two quarterback hurries to go along with two other solo stops and a pair of assists against #5 Villanova.
  • Was second on the team in tackles at Akron with nine including six solo efforts, broke up a pass and had a tackle for loss (-1).
  • Led the team in tackles in the win over Cornell with 10 total including seven solo stops.
  • Made an unassisted tackle at Penn.
  • Against Holy Cross made one solo and one assisted tackle.
  • Tied for second on the team with seven tackles, three solo including a 7-yard sack in the win over Georgetown.
  • Six tackles, two solo, to tie for third on the team at Merrimack.
  • Second on the team with both 11 total tackles and five solo tackles at Fordham.
  • Four tackles with one solo and a tackle for loss (-1) against Lafayette.
  • Led the Raiders with nine tackles and six solo stops at Lehigh.
  • Tallied four solo stops and three assists including half a sack for -3 yards at Bucknell.
2023 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 11/11
  • Second leading tackler on the team with 74 total and sacks with three.
  • Topped the team with 30 assisted stops, and eight tackles for loss (minus-30 yards).
  • Broke-up a pair of passes, forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles.
  • Team and career-high eight solo tackles among his 11 stops in the win at Georgetown (Oct. 21).
  • Tallied 11 tackles with an assisted tackle for loss at FBS foe Syracuse (Sept. 2).
  • Eight solo tackles with three tackles for loss (-12 yards), two sacks (-9 yards), a forced fumble and a fumble recovery earning him Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week honors at #16 Lafayette (Nov. 4).
  • Registered very similar statistics in the season finale with eight solo stops, three tackles for loss (-13 yards), a sack (-5 yards), a forced fumble and two passes broken-up against Fordham (Nov 18).
  • Seven tackles with one for loss and a quarterback hurry in the win at Cornell (Sept. 30).
  • Seven tackles, four solo, versus Dartmouth (Oct 14).
  • Three solo tackles and three assists at Villanova (Sept. 9).
  • Four unassisted stops, an assist and a fumble recovery versus Lehigh (Nov. 11).
2022 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 9/7
  • Fourth leading tackler on the team with 42 in just nine games, tied for third on the Raiders with three pass break-ups.
  • Made 4.5 tackles for losses totaling 26 yards and had a 16-yard sack and a forced fumble.
  • Team-high eight tackles versus Holy Cross (Sept. 24).
  • Seven tackles with a pass break-up at Fordham (Nov. 19).
  • Six stops, four solo, two passes broken-up and a quarterback hurry at Bucknell (Oct. 29).
  • Five tackles at Cornell including 2 1/2 for loss and a forced fumble (Oct. 1).
  • Four solo stops with a tackle for loss at Georgetown (Oct. 22)..
  • Three tackles at Lehigh including a 16-yard sack (Nov. 12).
  • Three solo tackles against Lafayette (Nov. 5).
  • Opened the season with a solo tackle and two assists at FBS foe Stanford (Sept. 3).
2021 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 9/0
  • 24 tackles including 14 solo, 4.5 tackles for loss totaling minus-12 yards, two sacks totaling minus-5 yards
  • Career-high five tackles against Stony Brook (Se[pt. 11) and at Cornell (Oct. 15).
  • Three solo stops at Cornell (Oct. 15), two assisted tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss (minus-5)
  • Three tackles in win over Lehigh (Sept. 25) including a 4-yard sack
  • Followed that the next week with a sack in the Raiders' win at Georgetown (Oct. 2).
  • Notched three solo stops against William & Mary (Sept. 18).
  • Two solo stops in win at Lafayette (Nov. 13).
  • Assisted tackles for losses at Holy Cross (Oct. 23) and in home win over Bucknell (Oct. 30).
  • Single solo stops at Brown (Oct. 9) and against Fordham (Nov. 20).
2020-21 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 2/0
  • Two tackles, including one solo..
  • Posted tackles in both games played.
  • One assisted stop in collegiate debut at Lafayette (March 13), and then one solo tackle at Fordham (April 3, 2021).
  • Season moved to spring and team played two-game schedule because of COVID-19 Pandemic.
Before Colgate
Attended Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey ... Three-year letter winner under head coach Bill Tracy as a running back and linebacker ... Senior-year captain... As a senior, rushed for 694 yards and eight touchdowns on only 114 attempts... Also Posted 52 tackles... Named 2019 Courier News Mid-State All-Area First Team Running Back... All-38 Football Conference Delaware Division First Team ... Star-Ledger All-Group 5 Second Team Linebacker ... 2020 Basilone Bowl All-Star Game Linebacker ... Helped Red Devils to three consecutive 8-2 seasons... Also lettered in lacrosse ... Ridge Peer Leadership ... Harry Bush Memorial Scholarship for Athletics, Academics, Character & Community Service.

Personal
Born: Christian Dennis Sweeney in Morristown, New Jersey.
Family: Parents are Dennis and Margaret Sweeney ... Has two brothers.
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Historical Player Information

  • 54

    2020First Year

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2021Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2022Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    54
  • 54

    2023Senior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    54
  • 54
    C

    2024Fifth Year

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    54
    C