HARTFORD, Conn. – The Trinity College Football team will look to claim their 12th New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Championship when they kick off the 2025 season with a road trip to Colby College on September 13 at 1:00 p.m.
 
 
Bantam Bytes

• Trinity will look to rebound in 2025 after posting a 7-2 record last year.
• The Bantams ranked second in the country in redzone offense, sixth in completion percentage (72.1), tenth in first down defense and 10^th in passing efficiency (175.31).
• In the NESCAC, Trinity led in scoring offense (31.1), total offense (394.6), total yards (2,448), total touchdowns (36), passing yards (272.0), passing touchdowns (24), and ranked second in scoring defense (16.0).
• With the departure of Zander Zebrowski, the Bantams will turn to junior Jaxon Carroll and sophomore Cam Holland under center, along with sophomore Tyler Aronson and first-year Davi McDonald.
• Senior Tyler DiNapoli registered 599 yards on 122 carries with a career-high seven touchdowns, while adding a career-high 32 receptions for a career-high 272 yards en route to First Team All-Conference honors.
• Junior Jack Tosone added 173 yards on 29 carries with a touchdown, along with eight receptions for 79 yards and a score.
• Senior Drake Bellisari, sophomores Tate Hoffmeister and Josh Woodford, and first-year Justin Bourque will add depth at the running back position.
• Senior Nolan O'Brien, a First Team selection at wide receiver and returner, led the NESCAC in receptions (63), receiving yards (857), receiving touchdowns (9), and receiving yards per game (95.2). O'Brien generated 1,259 all-purpose yards, averaging 139.89 yards per game, ranking 23^rd in the nation. As a returner, O'Brien paced the conference in returns (16), return yards (206) and yards per return (13.1), and ranked 13^th in the country in punt return average and 14^th in punt return yards.
• Sophomores Jovon Mobley and Darison Hooper, along with seniors Keegan Sullivan, Ben Banatao and junior Nick Behrens will serve as the primary receivers with O'Brien.
• Junior Andrew Wetterwald, sophomores Morenel Castro and Marshall Rice, and first-years Nick Thomas, Shane Hanlon, Ethan Burke, Nicholas Krakovitz, Niko Lukis, Nathan Smith, Joshua Genwright and Nico Bilbao will provide depth.
• Juniors Jamieson Hodlin and Ben Carley will serve as the primary tight ends, with senior Michael Miller Jr, sophomores Danny Easter and Cooper Edwards, and first-year Teddy Galbraith coming off the bench.
• Anchoring the Bantams offensive line will be seniors Brandon Baker and Christopher Deleon-Kollmer and junior Tomas Schulz-Langendorf, Cortez Cole and John Curran.
• Seniors Ryan Luzzi and Robby Mandel, junior Cristopher Pineda, sophomores Lucas Ricci, Austin McGoey, Miles Clay and Owen Holtzman, and first-years Lucas Harkins, Lucas Candiotto, Jake Mulrey and Nathan Kennedy.
• Senior Luke Pickard will helm the defensive trenches after registering 22 tackles and five tackles for loss, including two sacks.
• Seniors Matt Hickey and Joe Toyias will join Pickard, along with juniors Luke Ventura, Welsey Selmani, and sophomore Emre Sensoy.
• Junior Aidan Murphy, sophomores Julian Pollard, Ian Williams, Seamus Miller and Jack Furey, and first-years Jacob Harkins, Kenneth Forbes will join the defensive line rotation.
• Senior Amari Phillips and junior Ethan Krauss return after serving as the Bantams leading tacklers with 50 and 44 tackles, respectively.
• Senior John Fiore III notched a career-high 30 tackles with a career-high five tackles for loss, while classmate Jose Ruiz added 26 tackles and 1.5 sacks.
• Senior Aaron Poawui and juniors John Toyias, Brady McGowan and Shane Mosia will join the linebacker corp, along with junior Jack Englert, sophomores Charlie Newhall, Lincoln Moore, and  first-years Nolan Eilender, Jacob Tobias and Jack Rees.
• Senior Charlie Cooper had a breakout season in the Bantams secondary, leading the team in pass breakups (13) and interceptions (4). Cooper ranked fourth in the country in pass breakups (PBU) and tied Eric Grant (1987) as the single-season leader in PBUs in program history.
• Senior Jason Irizarry Jr. snagged a career-high four interceptions with 26 tackles, junior Bryce Ferrell posted two interceptions with 14 tackles, and senior Alec Medwar had a career-high 14 tackles and an interception.
• Seniors Alex Cady and Michael Olivo, and sophomore Sam Petrosino and Tyler Roberts will join the secondary rotation, while sophomore Mike O'Connor, Robbie Thomas, Jack Kelley, Connor Brophy, and first-years Alex Wilson, Connor Fahey, Shane Lewis, Joshua Stahl, Jack Carroll, Zach Strauser and Alexander Kajko will provide depth.
• Senior Jack Sokol returns as punter after averaging 38.2 yards per punt, including a career-long 52 yard punt.
• Sophomore Tyler Beliveau will take over place-kicking duties following the departure of All-American Matthew Jumes, while first-year Max Wallace will fill a reserve role.

 
Schedule

• Saturday, September 13: at Colby (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 44-13
  • Last Meeting: W, 17-7
• Saturday, September 20: vs. Bates (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 42-7
  • Last Meeting: W, 28-7
• Saturday, September 27: at Williams (1:30 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 41-39-2
  • Last Meeting: W, 45-14
• Saturday, October 4: vs. Tufts (1:30 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 47-19-1
  • Last Meeting: W, 42-24
• Saturday, October 11: at Hamilton (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 44-11-1
  • Last Meeting: W, 31-7
• Saturday, October 18: vs. Middlebury (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 33-13
  • Last Meeting: L, 24-21
• Saturday, October 25: at Bowdoin (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 44-6-2
  • Last Meeting: W, 34-14
• Saturday, November 1: vs. Amherst (1:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 50-60-9
  • Last Meeting: W, 45-20
• Saturday, November 8: at Wesleyan (12:00 PM)
  • All-Time Record: 65-55-1
  • Last Meeting: L, 27-17