Justin Townsend

2024: Started three games, missed final seven due to injury … Posted a sack in win over Princeton … Had four tackles at Georgetown. 2023: Second team All-Ivy League … Enters season with 13.5 career sacks, which is fourth most in program history … Tied for Ivy League lead in sacks (7.5) and posted 12 tackles behind the line of scrimmage, which was second in the Ancient Eight … Sack total was the sixth highest single-season total in program history … Had multiple sacks in three contests, including the final two games of the campaign … Started all 10 games … Intercepted a pass for a touchdown in Ivy League opener at Princeton. 2022: Played in all 10 games … Had 28 total tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and six sacks … Recorded six tackles each in games against Princeton (Oct. 1) and Dartmouth (Oct. 22) … Had a season high 4.5 tackles for loss and three sacks against Princeton (Oct. 1) … Posted five tackles, one tackle for loss and 0.5 sacks at Penn (Oct. 15). 2021: Did not see any game action as a first-year defensive lineman … Contributed on the scout team. HIGH SCHOOL: A June 2021 graduate of Randolph High School, where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Will Nathan … Two-time All-County selection … Named First Team All-Group 4 as a senior … Two-time All-Conference honoree …Three-time Daily Record Player of the Week … Named team Most Valuable Player … Played linebacker and running back for the Rams … Two-year team captain as a junior and senior … Rushed for 598 yards and six touchdowns on 72 carries, caught 15 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns, scored one touchdown on a kickoff return, made 32 tackles, intercepted two passes, forced a fumble, and had wo sacks as a senior … Scored a total of 10 touchdowns in eight games during his senior year … Guided the Rams to two straight Freedom Blue Conference titles … Scored two touchdowns including the opening kickoff return, totaled 287 yards, six tackles, forced a fumble, made a sack and intercepted a pass vs. Irvington … Rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries vs. West Morris … Rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries vs. Morris Knolls … Rushed for two touchdowns vs. Morristown … Rushed for two touchdowns, caught three passes for 92 yards and a touchdown vs. Union City … Guided the Rams to a shortened 6-1 record and Freedom Blue Conference title as a senior … Guided Rams to a 9-1 record and Freedom Blue Conference championship as senior … Also played three years on the baseball as a first baseman … Served as team captain as a senior … Four-year Honor Roll student … Member of the National Honor Society … Involved in a variety of volunteer activities … Ran unified basketball games and volunteered countless hours at his church. PERSONAL: Cousin John Maddaluna played football at Colgate from 2010-14...Enrolled at Columbia College.