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2018 Football Roster
Mike Wagner
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Victor, N.Y.
- High School:
- Victor
At Princeton — 2018: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors at outside linebacker during Princeton's first perfect season since 1964 … recorded 29 tackles and team-leading 5.5 sacks to help Princeton post the nation's #4 scoring defense and #7 rushing defense … had season-high seven tackles apiece in Princeton's two closest games, the 14-9 comeback win over #20 Dartmouth and the 29-21 road win at Harvard … had one of the biggest defensive plays of the year, a third-down sack late against Dartmouth after Princeton took the lead … had two sacks and a forced fumble in nationally televised road win at Columbia … had sack in season finale against Penn … added three quarterback hurries and two breakups. 2017: despite playing only half the season, led Princeton in both sacks (6.5) and tackles for loss (9.0) as the starting rush linebacker … had multiple sacks in three straight games (Lafayette, Columbia, Georgetown) … had season-best eight tackles, including three for loss, against Columbia … had 2.5 sacks and forced a fumble against Georgetown. 2016: recorded 21 tackles at outside (rush) linebacker position during Ivy League championship season … recorded 2.5 sacks during the season, including solos at both Lehigh and Georgetown … had three tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries … had five tackles and a half sack against Harvard … helped defense lead the Ivy League in scoring (16.4), total (317.6), and rushing (80.1) categories. 2015: moved to the rush linebacker position in the middle of the season and responded with at least half a sack in three games … had a sack in his first game, a home win over Cornell … added half sacks against both Yale and Dartmouth.
At Victor — named All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year … earned second-team all-state honors … Daily Messenger and league Player of the Year … sectional finals MVP … recorded more than 5,500 total yards and 58 touchdowns at quarterback; played free safety on defense … led team to 2014 league and sectional titles … two-year football captain and 2015 baseball captain … led baseball to 2014 state title and three sectional titles … member of the National Honor Society … Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.
Personal — born March 4, 1997 … son of Dan and Kathleen Wagner … has two older brothers Jimmy and Tommy … enjoys music, hiking and fishing … plans to study Operations Research and Financial Engineering.
