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Colgate University Athletics

2017 Football Roster

Joy Ives
Bob Cornell
Joy Ives
Bob Cornell
Joy Ives
Joy Ives
Fouad Alsharif
Bob Cornell
Bob Cornell
Yvonne Landis ‘86

37 Pat Afriyie

37 Pat Afriyie

  • Position:
    Defensive Line
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    240
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Sandy Hook, Conn.
  • Previous Team:
    Loomis Chaffee
  • Major:
    Psychology

Summary

Biography

Career Statistics

Career
Games/Starts: 44/29
Colgate Debut: Aug. 30, 2014, at Ball State
First Career Start: Sept. 5, 2015, at Navy
Stats: 152 tackles, including 92 solo ... 49½ tackles for loss, accounting for minus-232 yards ... 26½ sacks, accounting for minus-165 yards.
Colgate Rankings at Graduation: (Career) 2nd in Sacks (26½); (Season) 5th in Sacks (10), 7th in Sacks (9½). Career sacks total also seventh in Patriot League history.

Awards
2010-19 Colgate All-Decade Team
2017 All-Patriot League First Team (Coaches, Phil Steele)
2017 Colgate Dick Biddle Coaches Award
2017 Team Captain
2016 All-America AFCA (2nd), STATS (2nd), AP (3rd), College Sports Madness (3rd)
2016 ECAC FCS Defensive Player of the Year
2016 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
2016 ECAC FCS All-Star Team
2016 All-Patriot League First Team
2016 Colgate Hal Lahar Defensive MVP
2016 Two-Time STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24 and Oct. 29 [hon. mention])
2016 Two-Time Corvias Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24 and Oct. 29)
2015 ECAC FCS All-Star Team
2015 All-Patriot League First Team
2014 Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 22)

2017 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 8/8
Position: DE
Stats: Third on team with 2½ sacks for minus-8 yards, and second with 6½ tackles-for-loss for minus-30 yards ... Finished with 30 total tackles, including 19 solo ... Helped Raiders lead Patriot League with 29 sacks ... 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 ... Raiders led Patriot League in rushing defense (115.0, 20th nationally) and scoring defense ... Missed three full games because of injury suffered in opener at Cal Poly.
Best Games: Five solo stops and eight total tackles in 20-14 win at No. 23 Cal Poly ... Also posted eight-tackle game (four solos) in victory over Bucknell ... Solo sacks in first game back from injury against Cornell, and also against Holy Cross ... Shared sack at Lafayette ... Three tackles-for-loss in 45-7 victory at Holy Cross ... Played in 2018 Dream Bowl All-Star Game in Salem, Va. ... Went on to sign free-agent contract with NFL's Los Angeles Chargers.
Coach Hunt on Pat: "As good of a player as he is, and he's one of the best we've ever had – he's getting a lot of looks from the NFL, for four years now he's taken over games, he's affected offenses with how they have to block him, he's freed up other people to make plays – with all of that, he's just as good if not better of a person. That's the combination we look for. He's a great leader and a great teammate. A lot of times with all of the attention being paid to him, sometimes that can pull a guy away from being a great teammate. Not Pat. He is a great teammate. If you want to sum up Pat, all you have to do is go back to the Cal Poly game. He gets clipped and hurt but stays in the next play. Can't move, can't run, and he crawls after the quarterback. Anyone who wants to know about Pat Afriyie, watch that play. That sums him up in how he approaches football and how he approaches life and how he approaches being a captain and how he approaches being a teammate. That's rare, and I certainly hope he achieves everything that he wants to because he's got the right drive."

2016 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 10/7
Position: DE
Stats: Posted 10 sacks for minus-83 yards and 21 tackles-for-loss for minus-108 yards ... Led Patriot League and ranked fourth nationally in both categories ... Fourth on team with 51 tackles, including 31 solo ... Also led Raiders with five quarterback hurries ... Added two fumble recoveries -- both against Holy Cross -- two pass breakups and one blocked kick ... Finished 13th in voting for Buck Buchanan Award as National FCS Defensive Player of the Year.
Best Games: Two sacks in three different games -- at Yale, at No. 7 Richmond and at Fordham ... At least one sack in each of last four games, combining for 5½ against Holy Cross, Fordham, Lafayette and Georgetown ... Season-high nine tackles at Richmond, including seven solo ... Earned STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week honors and Patriot League honors for effort at Richmond ... Seven tackles against Holy Cross to earn Patriot League honors for second time and STATS FCS honorable mention ... Helped Raider defense lead nation and set program record by holding opponents to 69.4 rushing yards per game ... Also second nationally in sacks at 3.4 per game.

2015 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 14/14
Position: DE
Stats: Posted 49 total tackles (32 solo) ... Led Patriot League with 9½ sacks and 17½ tackles-for-loss ... Sacks accounted for minus-44 yards, and TFLs accounted for team-leading minus-64 yards ... At least one sack in seven different games ... Team leader with five forced fumbles and five quarterback hurries.
Best Games: Season-high 2½ sacks against Yale, one of which forced fumble that was returned by Cameron Buttermore 55 yards for touchdown ... Added two sacks one week later at Holy Cross in 31-14 victory ... 3½ tackles-for-loss in that Yale game (minus-17 yards) and three TFLs against both Holy Cross and Bucknell ... Multiple TFLs in regular season matchup against New Hampshire and at Georgetown ... Best tackle total was eight in regular season UNH contest ... Two of those forced fumbles at Georgetown sparked 17-13 victory ... Contributed blocked field goal against Fordham as Raiders built 21-3 lead en route to crucial 31-29 win over No. 11 Rams.

2014 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 12/0
Position: DE
Stats: Tied for second on team with 4½ sacks ... Team-high minus-30 yards lost from those 4½ sacks ... Tied for team lead with two fumble recoveries.
Best Games: Named Patriot League Rookie of the Week for his play in Colgate's season-ending 21-6 win at Bucknell ... Posted five tackles in that game and was first Colgate player with three quarterback sacks in one game since 2010 ... His three solo sacks went for minus-19 yards ... Also had five tackles in 31-30 win over Princeton ... Scored first collegiate touchdown with 10-yard return of blocked punt in 19-0 shutout of Georgetown ... Punt was blocked by teammate Victor Steffen.

Before Colgate
Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut ... Lettered four years ... Senior-year team captain.
Position: TB/LB/DE
Stats: 13 rushing touchdowns and one receiving TD as senior ... Made 30 tackles, including 25 for lost yardage and 11½ quarterback sacks.
Honors: All-NEPSAC and All-Elite Eight team … Team MVP.
Get to Know: Also played football, basketball and lacrosse, and participated in track and field  ... Earned letters in track and lacrosse.

Personal
Born: Patrick Adjei Afriyie in Atlanta.
Family: Parents are Kwabena and Evelyn Afriyie ... Has one brother one sister.
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Historical Player Information

  • 37

    2014First Year

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2015Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'2" 235 lbs
    37
  • 37

    2016Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 240 lbs
    37
  • 37
    C

    2017Senior

    Defensive Line
    6'2" 240 lbs
    37
    C