Pete Buchignani

Position:
Defensive End
Height:
6-3
Weight:
260
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bloomington, IL
High School:
University

At Princeton ? 2007: earned All-Ivy honorable mention for the second consecutive season ... recorded 34 tackles, including 12 solo stops, and started all 10 games ... recorded season high of six tackles, including one for loss, in home finale against Yale ... had at least three tackles in eight games and had at least one tackle for loss in three of final four games ... recorded only sack of the season at Penn and added a fumble recovery at Brown. 2006: earned All-Ivy honorable mention ... started nine games and made at least two tackles in eight games ... recorded 27 tackles, including 12 solo stops, and added five tackles for loss ... recorded sacks in home victories against both Lafayette and Brown ... had a career-best seven tackles in ESPNU-televised victory over Brown; Princeton kept Brown out of the end zone for the first time in a span of 105 games ... made three solo stops in 14-10 win at Lehigh. 2005: earned Harland “Pink” Baker ’22 award as the team’s top defensive freshman ... made 27 tackles, including 10 solo ... became a regular part of the defensive line rotation and started the final five games of the year, starting with the 27-24 win at Harvard ... made a season-high six tackles against Colgate and followed that up with two five-tackle efforts at Brown and Harvard ... recorded sacks against San Diego and Harvard ... recovered a fumble in the season-ending 30-0 shutout at Dartmouth.

At University ? earned three letters as a defensive end and a tight end on the football team ... two-time all-conference selection ... played two years as a forward for the basketball team.

Personal ? born Sept. 21, 1986 ... son of Leo and Mary Edna Buchignani ... father is a lawyer, mother is a homemaker ... has an older brother Leo and a younger sister Lainey ... a politics major.

BUCHIGNANI'S CAREER STATISTICS

Year	Tackles (U/A)	TFL	Sks/Yds.	FF/FR	INT	Pass BrUp
2005	27 (10/17)	2/6	2/6	0/1	0	0
2006	27 (12/15)	5/12	2/6	0/0	0	0
2007	34 (12/22)	3/9	1/4	0/1	0	0
Totals	88 (34/54)	10/27	5/16	0/2	0	0