Union College Athletics

In four years with the Union College football team from 2003-06, Tom Arcidiacono completely rewrote the school record books on the way to one of the most prolific careers in NCAA Division III history.
 
He finished his career 16th in D-III annals with 4,919 rushing yards, eclipsing the previous school record by an amazing 1,300 yards, and still ranks 32nd in D-III history in career rushing yards. A 2018 inductee into the Capital District Football Hall of Fame, he was named to D3football.com's All-Decade Team for the 2000s, was an AFCA and D3football.com All-America selection and Liberty League Offensive Player of the Year in both 2005 and 2006, and was named D3football.com (2005) and ECAC (2005, 2006) Regional Player of the Year as well.
 
He was named a finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy as the nation's top player during the team's dominant 2005 campaign, when he rushed for a school-record 1,954 yards and 20 touchdowns in 12 games, a mark that ranked 13th in D-III history at the time. He put an exclamation point on that season by rushing for 264 yards and five touchdowns in an NCAA Tournament victory over Ithaca College, the second-most yards in a game in program history. He added one more score in the next round against Rowan University to give him a school-record 54 touchdowns in 40 games.