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13 tackles, including two for a loss ... two fumble recoveries
and one sack ... season-high five tackles vs. Saint Francis ...
three tackles and recovered a fumble against Wagner ... set up
his team's go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter of season
opener against Lehigh by recovering a fumble on special teams
... played behind All-America Colin Disch ... High School: New
Jersey Group IV second-team selection ... first-team All-Morris
County ... made 124 tackles with four forced fumbles and three
fumble recoveries ... Newark Star-Ledger Comeback Player of
the Year ... member of Group IV and conference championship
football squad ... NJSIAA 215-pound wrestling champion with
a 33-7 record ... Golden Eagles captured sectional, county and
conference titles ... Personal: Major is communication with a
minor in business administration ... born 10-1-87 ... parents are
Nicholas and Kathy Brancaccio ... has two brothers, Michael
and Nick.
Brancaccio's Career Statistics
YEAR UT AT TT SACKS FF RF TFL INT PBU
2006 5 8 13 1.0 0 2 2.0 0 0
2007 27 36 63 0.0 2 1 6.5 1 0
2008 35 56 91 1.0 1 1 4.0 1 2
Total 67 100 167 2.0 3 4 12.5 2 2
Tim Bush
WR, 5-9, 185, Sr.
Saratoga Springs H.S.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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UAlbany: Received an extra year of eligibility
by NCAA due to a medical hardship
... established program's single-season
receptions record last year ... two varsity letters
... 2008: Selected to the All-Northeast
Conference first team ... broke Dan Gmelin's 1997 record with
67 receptions for 794 yards and five touchdowns ... team's top
receiver award ... tied program's FCS receptions standard with
10 catches for 141 yards and two TDs against Wagner ... hauled
in nine passes for 97 yards in Gridiron Classic vs. Jacksonville
... five or more catches in eight games ... scored on a 17-yard
reverse and 6-yard reception in third quarter versus Monmouth
... 2007: Worked his way into the rotation in his first season with
the UAlbany program as a Hudson Valley Community College
transfer ... caught 17 passes for 225 yards and two touchdowns
... four receptions for 66 yards vs. Sacred Heart ... hauled in a
24-yard TD pass in the second quarter ... scored on a 31-yard
pass at Saint Francis ... Hudson Valley C.C.: Played in just four
games and had 11 receptions in 2006 due to injury ... NJCAA
honorable mention All-American as a freshman ... first-team
All-Northeast Football Conference when he caught 31 passes
for 340 yards and two touchdowns ... High School: 2004
Class AA second-team all-state by New York State Sportswriters
Association ... first-team All-Suburban Council twice ... set
single-season record with 38 receptions as a senior ... career
stats: 70 receptions, 838 yards and five touchdowns ... member
of Section II, Class AA Super Bowl championship squad ...
Personal: Major is history with a dual minor in education and
psychology ... born 9-20-87 ... parents are Tim and Karen Bush
... 2008 New York Giants training camp staff member.
Bush's Career Receiving Statistics
YEAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
2007 17 225 13.2 2 41
2008 67 794 11.9 5 58
Total 84 1,019 12.1 7 58
Dave Casale
FS, 6-2, 220, Sr.
Troy H.S.
Troy, N.Y.
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UAlbany: Team Captain ... recorded
most interceptions by UAlbany defender
since 1990 last season to establish program's
FCS standard ... All-ECAC and
All-Northeast Conference selection ... tied
for 10th on school's career interceptions list with nine ... hardhitting
defender with 147 career tackles ... three varsity letters
... 2008: Named to ECAC Division I FCS all-star squad and
all-conference first team ... second on team in tackles (74) and
first in pass break-ups (7) ... third-best single-season mark in
school history with seven interceptions ... picked off two passes at
Robert Morris and scored on a 23-yard return ... ECAC and NEC
defensive player of the week twice ... career-high 13 tackles and
blocked a 34-yard field goal with nine seconds left in regulation
at Hofstra ... six-plus tackles against eight opponents ... 2007:
Fifth on team in tackles with 56 ... led squad in pass break-ups
(6), plus had two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and two
forced fumbles ... season-best seven tackles vs. Hofstra and
Stony Brook ... made four or more tackles in 11 of 12 games
... one interception and two PBUs in conference-clinching win
at Central Conn. State ... NEC defensive player of the week
against Fordham ... first career interception vs. No. 2 Montana
... 2006: Appeared in all 11 games after redshirting the previous
campaign ... made 17 tackles, including nine unassisted ...
season-high six tackles against Sacred Heart ... two-plus hits
against four opponents ... member of special teams on punt cover/
return and kickoff cover/return units ... High School: Named
to the Albany Times Union and Troy Record all-area first team
... made 76 tackles and eight interceptions as a senior captain
... two-time All-Big Ten selection ... played in Section II Senior
Bowl ... caught 27 passes for 408 yards and four touchdowns
as a wide receiver ... totaled 157 tackles and 10 INTs during his
career ... two varsity letters as a baseball infielder ... National
Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award ... Personal: Major
is business administration (marketing/finance) ... born 6-18-87
... parents are Salvatore and Kathy Casale ... father works as
air traffic controller at Albany International Airport ... has two
brothers, Anthony and Joe, and two sisters, Alyssa and Natalia
... 2005 Capital District Student Scholarship recipient ... named
to Northeast Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll twice.
Casale's Career Statistics
YEAR UT AT TT SACKS FF RF TFL INT PBU
2006 9 8 17 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0
2007 36 20 56 0.0 2 2 2.5 2 6
2007 40 34 74 0.0 1 1 4.0 7 7
Total 85 62 147 0.0 3 3 6.5 9 13
UAlbany Football 2009