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2016 Football Roster
Joe Rhattigan
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- Neuqua
At Princeton — 2016: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors after rushing 101 times for 503 yards and four touchdowns during Princeton's Ivy championship season … averaged 5.0 yards per rush and 5.8 yards per catch (18-104) … named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after rushing 22 times for 136 yards and three touchdowns in season-opening 35-31 comeback win over Lafayette … carried 13 times for 66 yards and a touchdown in 28-0 win over co-champ Penn … caught two touchdowns in Ivy-opening road win at Columbia … helped Tigers lead the Ivy League in scoring (34.6), total (415.5), and rushing (183.2) offense … recipient of the Ronald A. Rogerson Award, given to the player whose spirit and love of the game have served as a special inspiration to his fellow players, at the season-ending Lourie Football Banquet. 2015: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors after ranking fourth in the Ivy League with 68 rushing yards per game … finished season with 612 yards over nine games … averaged 5.0 yards per carry, third-best among all running backs in the Ivy Top 10 … had season-high 127 yards and a touchdown in home victory over Cornell; added five catches for 46 yards … rushed 30 times for 108 yards and two touchdowns at Penn … caught 14 passes for 144 yards on the season; 77 of those yards came on four catches against Yale …had double-digit carries in six games, including 30 against Penn and 25 against Columbia. 2014: rushed 36 times for 140 yards and three touchdowns … had season-high 37 yards against Dartmouth in finale … scored touchdowns against San Diego, Harvard, and Dartmouth … caught six passes for 27 yards. 2013: led Princeton freshmen with 13 rushes for 82 yards … scored first collegiate touchdown in win over Cornell; ended that game with five carries for 36 yards … caught two passes for 15 yards … made four tackles on special teams … helped Princeton win 10th Ivy League title in program history, and first since 2006 season.
At Neuqua — two-time first-team all-state selection by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association … first-team all-state honoree by the Chicago Tribune … Chicago Daily Herald 2012 Player of the Year … two-time all-conference, all-area and all-city honoree … rushed for 3500 yards and 53 touchdowns over final two seasons; had 60 total touchdowns in his career … holds every rushing record at Neuqua … went 12-1 as a senior and reached state semifinal … invited to play in the Illinois All-Star East-West Shrine Game … two-time captain … lettered in lacrosse and earned all-conference honors … two-time academic all-state and three-time academic all-conference honoree … Illinois State Scholar … Indian Prairie Scholar.
Personal — born Aug. 20, 1994 … son of Thomas and Deborah Rhattigan … father is a regional manager of SGL Carbon, LLC; mother works in the finance department at Toyota … has an older brother TJ and a younger brother Jon … older brother plays linebacker for Penn State … enjoys wakeboarding, snowboarding and fishing … may study economics.
