2019 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 55
Austin Rosa
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 213
- Hometown:
- Reading, Pa.
- High School:
- Wilson West Lawn
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 (Redshirt Senior): Played in five games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... totaled four tackles with three on kickoff coverage ... made a tackle in final collegiate game at No. 12 Penn State (11/30) ... honored on Senior Day against Michigan State (11/23) and recorded a tackle ... picked up a tackle on kickoff coverage against No. 2 Ohio State (11/16) ... collected first stop of the season in the win over Liberty (10/26).
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Played in three games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/5) ... saw action against No. 16 Penn State (11/17) and versus Illinois (10/6) ... made season debut on punt coverage at Kansas (9/15).
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in three games ... made collegiate debut with action on special teams in the win over Morgan State (9/16).
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2015 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played high school football at Wilson West Lawn for coach Doug Dahms … competed on varsity for three seasons … recorded 71 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 18 tackles-for-loss as a senior … team won Lancaster-Lebanon League Section One title and claimed its second District Three Class AAAA championship and PIAA semifinal berth in three years … a first team all-state selection at defensive end in Pennsylvania … named First Team All-Section One as well as the section's Defensive Lineman of the Year and Outstanding Lineman of the Year … left holding the school career and single-season sack records … also participated in track and part of 4x400 meter relay that placed third in the state.
Personal: A political science major.
2018 Academic All-Big Ten
2019 (Redshirt Senior): Played in five games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... totaled four tackles with three on kickoff coverage ... made a tackle in final collegiate game at No. 12 Penn State (11/30) ... honored on Senior Day against Michigan State (11/23) and recorded a tackle ... picked up a tackle on kickoff coverage against No. 2 Ohio State (11/16) ... collected first stop of the season in the win over Liberty (10/26).
2018 (Redshirt Junior): Played in three games ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/5) ... saw action against No. 16 Penn State (11/17) and versus Illinois (10/6) ... made season debut on punt coverage at Kansas (9/15).
2017 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in three games ... made collegiate debut with action on special teams in the win over Morgan State (9/16).
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Did not see game action.
2015 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played high school football at Wilson West Lawn for coach Doug Dahms … competed on varsity for three seasons … recorded 71 tackles, 10.5 sacks and 18 tackles-for-loss as a senior … team won Lancaster-Lebanon League Section One title and claimed its second District Three Class AAAA championship and PIAA semifinal berth in three years … a first team all-state selection at defensive end in Pennsylvania … named First Team All-Section One as well as the section's Defensive Lineman of the Year and Outstanding Lineman of the Year … left holding the school career and single-season sack records … also participated in track and part of 4x400 meter relay that placed third in the state.
Personal: A political science major.
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