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University of Rhode Island

2019 Football Roster

99 Brandon Ginnetti

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 285
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown East Haven, Conn.

Biography

Career Honors and Highlights

  • 2017 CAA Football Third Team All-Conference
  • Named the CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week (10/28/2017)

2019 (Senior)

  • Started 11 games on the defensive line
  • Finished the season with 30 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks
  • Had two tackles against James Madison (11/23)
  • Had two tackles, including a half-sack at Maine (11/16)
  • Recovered a fumble and had three tackles at William & Mary (11/9)
  • Had 1.5 tackles for loss, including one sack, against Merrimack (11/2)
  • Credited with two tackles, including a half sack, at Albany (10/19)
  • Had three tackles and one quarterback hurry at Virginia Tech (10/12)
  • Made six tackles and broke up one pass against Stony Brook (9/28)
  • Had six tackles, two tackles for loss and one sack against Delaware (9/7)
  • Made three tackles and had one quarterback hurry at Ohio (8/31)
  • Served as the anchor bearer at Ohio (8/31)

2018 (Junior)

  • Played all 11 games, making 10 starts at defensive tackle
  • Finished the season with 38 tackles
  • Led the team with 8.0 tackles for loss
  • Had 3.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries and one pass break up

2017 (Sophomore)

  • Earned CAA Football Third Team All-Conference honors
  • Started all 11 games at defensive tackle
  • Became just the sixth player in program history to record three sacks in the same game when he did so at Albany
  • One of only two players in the league with a three-sack performance this season
  • Led the team and ranked fifth in the league with 7.0 sacks
  • Also had 10.5 tackles for loss
  • Finished the season with 37 tackles
  • Also broke up five passes at the line of scrimmage
  • Had one forced fumble
  • Helped the defense set a program record with 32 sacks
  • Had three tackles at Towson (11/18)
  • Had three tackles, one sack and one pass break up against Villanova (11/11)
  • Had three tackles, including 0.5 sacks, against James Madison (11/4)
  • Earned the CAA Football Defensive Player of the Week honors after a five-tackle, three-sack performance at Albany (10/28)
  • Had three tackles against Elon (10/21)
  • Made one tackle at Maine (10/14)
  • Had five tackles, including one tackle for loss, at Brown (9/30)
  • Had four tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, one sack and one pass break up at New Hampshire (9/23)
  • Made two tackles, broke up one pass and had one quarterback hurry against Harvard (9/16)
  • Had three tackles, including a 7-yard yard, against Stony Brook (9/9)
  • Made his first career start and had a career-high five tackles, including a strip sack forced fumble, and also batted down a pass at the line of scrimmage at Central Michigan (8/31)

2016 (Freshman)

  • Appeared in nine games as a reserve
  • Finished the season with 10 tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss, one sack and one fumble recovery for a touchdown
  • Returned a fumble 65 yards for a touchdown and had two tackles against Towson (11/19) 
  • Had three tackles against Maine (10/22)
  • Made three tackles, including his first career sack, at Villanova (10/8)
  • Had one tackle at Harvard (9/16)
  • Made his collegiate debut and had one tackle at Kansas (9/3) 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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    6'3" 285 lbs
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