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2022 Football Roster

Rayna Katzman
Ross LaDue
Gillian Francis
Gillian Francis
Gillian Francis
Stephen Nadler
Ross LaDue
Ross LaDue
Ross LaDue
Ross LaDue

0 Ike Irabor

  • Class Senior
  • Position Running Back
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 200
  • Hometown Braintree, Mass.
  • High School Xaverian Brothers
  • Major Economics and Political Science

Biography

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I chose Union College because it’s a place where I felt comfortable being.
Honors and Awards:
- Preseason All-American First Team (2021)
- D3football.com All-America Third Team (2019)
- D3football.com Preseason All-America Second Team (2020)
- D3football.com All-Region First Team (2019)
- D3football.com All-Region Third Team (2021, 2022)
- All-ECAC First Team (2019)
- All-ECAC Second Team (2021)
- Liberty League Offensive Player of the Year (2019)
- All-Liberty League First Team (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
- ECAC North Region Offensive Player of the Month (10/19)
- Liberty League Offensive Player of the Week (11/1/21, 9/19/22, 10/3/22)
- Liberty League Rookie of the Week (11/5/18,11/12/18)
- Harold R. Moore Sophomore Athletic Prize (2019-20)

2022: Started in all 10 games this season…served as team captain…rushed 121 times for 765 yards and 10 rushing touchdowns…averaged 76.50 rushing yards per game…added 15 catches for 128 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns…averaged 12.80 receiving yards per game…averaged 6.32 yards per rush, which is ninth in the single season records…set the sixth longest rush from scrimmage in program history with 84 yards against Utica (9/24)…finished career third in receiving yards (3,627), third in rushing attempts (696), second in rushing touchdowns (47), eighth in average yards per rush (5.21), and fifth in rushing yards per game (93.0).
Game-by-Game Statistics

2021: Played and started nine games during the 2021 season…rushed 198 times for a total of 880 yards and 11 touchdowns…Averaged 92.44 yards per game this season with four games surpassing the 100 yard mark…He rushed for a seasons best 154 yards against Ithaca (11/6)...Irabor found the endzone three times in three separate games this season
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2020: No season due to COVID-19 Pandemic. 

2019: The Thomas Arcidiacono '07 Offensive Most Valuable Player ... started 11 games at running back as a sophomore … rushed 229 times for 1231 yards, ranking eighth on the school single-season yards list … his 16 rushing touchdowns are seventh all-time at Union for a single season ... rushed for over 100 yards in a game five times … went off for 191 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Hobart (10/5) ... had a season-high 67-yard touchdown run versus St. Lawrence (10/19) ... ran for 181 yards and a season-best three touchdowns to knock off Ithaca (11/2) ... scored three touchdowns again against Rensselaer (11/16).
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2018: Played in all nine games as a freshman … rushed 148 times for 798 yards and 10 touchdowns, leading the Liberty League in rushing touchdowns, yards per rush and yards per game … also caught 16 passes for 149 yards and two scores ...recorded a season-best 57-yard run as part of a three-touchdown day versus Curry (9/22) ... averaged 9.7 yards per rush against Rochester (11/3), running 18 times for a season-best 175 yards and two scores ... scored two touchdowns on the ground and one through the air in the season-ending win at RPI (11/10). 
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Prior to Union: Four-year member of the football team at Xaverian Brothers and also a four-year member of the track and field team.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2018First Year

    Running Back
    6'0" 185 lbs
    20
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    2019Sophomore

    Running Back
    6'0" 190 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2020Junior

    Running Back
    6'0" 190 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Senior

    Running Back
    6'0" 200 lbs
    1
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    C

    2022Senior

    Running Back
    6'0" 200 lbs
    0
    C