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| Team Honors: |
Team Captain (2017) |
2017 Video Interviews:
2017 Preseason Video |
vs Utica Recap |
vs Hartwick Recap |
2018 Football Recruitment Video
2016 Video Interviews:
vs Husson Recap |
vs Western New England Recap (NCAA Round 2) |
MyD3 Video
2015 Video Interviews:
vs Utica Recap
2015 Plays of the Week:
vs Utica (Play of the Month - November / 2015-16 Play of the Year)
2017: Named Co-Male Ideal Saxon (05.11.18) along with track & field's Seth Spicer...earned the ECAC Merit Medal (05.11.18)...named AFCA First Team All-American for second consecutive year (12.12.17)...earned D3Football.com Defensive All-American Honorable Mention(12.19.17)...selected as a D3football.com First Team Preseason All-American (08.02.17)...named a College Football America Top Division III Football Player coming into the 2017 (08.08.17)...named a Preseason All-American by Lindy's Sports and Street & Smith...earned First Team Preseason All-American by Hero Sports (08.10.17)... named Empire 8 Defensive Payer of the Year (11.16.17)... selected to the Empire 8 All-Conference First Team (11.16.17)...earned CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 Team (11.16.17)...broke the Alfred University school record for career tackles with his first mark of 382 total tackles and surpassing Nick Clark '11 and his 377 tackles with 18 tackles against RPI (10.21.17)...earned Empire 8 Spring President's List (06.13.18)...named ECAC Division III North Defensive Player of the Week (10.24.17)...earned Empire 8 Defensive Athlete of the Week (10.23.17)...named Saxon of the Week (10.23.17)...finished the regular season atop of the Empire 8 tackles per game category with 10.5 tackles per game...had 113 total tackles (58 solo; 55 assisted)...recorded eight tackles for a loss, one sack, four interceptions and six passes broken-up.
2016: Played in 13 games and had 153 tackles (one off the school single-season record), including 11.5 for loss and 4.5 sacks...Had an interception, three pass breakups and a forced fumble and was credited with a safety...His 18 tackles in an NCAA second-round game against Western New England ranks tied for eighth in the AU record books...Selected as a member of the AFCA Division III Coaches' All-America Team - First Team Defense (12.12.16)...selected to the Associated Press Third Team All-American Defense (12.19.16)...earned D3football.com Third Team All-American Defense (12.19.16)...earned HERO Sports Division III Football Second Team All-American (01.03.17)...named D3football.com All-East Region First Team Defense (12.06.16)...selected to ECAC North First Team Defense All-Star (12.06.16)...named the 2016 Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Year (11.23.16)...earned All-Empire 8 Athletic Conference First Team Defense (11.23.16)...Jay Berwanger Division III Player of the Year by the Metropolitan New York Football Writers Association (02.02.17)...selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 3 Team (11.07.16)...earned GoSaxons.com Athlete of the Week (09.05.16)...earned Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (09.12.16)...inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma.
2015: Earned All-Empire 8 Honorable Mention (11.30.15)...named to the D3football.com Team of the Week as a linebacker (11.03.15)...named the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week (11.02.15)...named the GoSaxons.com Athlete of the Week (11.02.15)...appeared in all 11 games for the Saxons...had 54 solo tackles and 47 assisted tackles...recorded 14 tackles for a loss for a total of 63 yards lost...recorded 4.5 sacks...forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles...nabbed one interception while breaking up six passes...blocked one kick.
2014: Played in 10 games...had 45 tackles (30 solo), 6.5 for a loss with two sacks...forced four fumbles (tops in the Empire 8) and recovered one...broke up two passes…named ECAC Northwest Rookie of the Week (11.05.14).
Before AU:
Before AU: Played football at Frontier High School in Hamburg, NY for coach Mark Privateer and the Falcons…earned All-State Second Team, All-WNY First Team, All-Conference First Team and Class AA Defensive Player of the Year Honors…helps the Falcons become a Triple AAA Semi Finalist at Ralph Wilson Stadium…graduated high school in the top 10% of his class.
Personal: He is the son of Anne and John LiCata…studying finance at AU as his major.
