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2023 Football Roster

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31 Joe Aliano

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hawthorne, N.J.
  • Highschool Hawthorne

Biography

2023 (SENIOR): Served as team's lone punter ... Averaged 31.9 yards per punt on 48 attempts ... Dropped five punts inside the 20-yard line ... Averaged 34.2 yards per punt, including a 47-yarder, on six punts against Muhlenberg (9/16) ... Averaged 35.8 yards per punt against both Salisbury (10/28) and William Paterson (11/4), booting a 45-yarder in the former and a season-long 48-yarder in the latter ... Also had a 16-yard run on fake punt against Salisbury

2022 (JUNIOR): Saw action in two games ... Punted 11 times for an average of 31.5 yards ... Put four punts inside the 20 ... Posted a long of 45 yards against Christopher Newport (11/5) and had a 44-yarder versus Kean (11/11)

2021 (SOPHOMORE): Member of the football team

BEFORE TCNJ: On the football, wrestling, and lacrosse teams at Hawthorne High School ... Earned second-team All-Passaic County in all three sports ... 100-point scorer in lacrosse and racked up 82 wins in wrestling ... National Honor Society member ... Recipient of the Howard Anthony Roth Memorial Scholarship

WHY TCNJ? Academics and great campus, felt like home.

PERSONAL: Birthday is September 7 ... Parents are Salvatore and Josephine Aliano ... Siblings are Gabriela and Luca ... On the club lacrosse team at TCNJ ... Biggest athletic thrill has been becoming one of just two 100-point scorers in Hawthorne High School history ... Has a hidden talent for Guitar Hero ... Enjoys cooking and working out ... Likes a rice krispie treat before a game and steak and potatoes after ... Favorite athlete is Cristiano Ronaldo.

AWARDS AND HONORS
  • NJAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 85

    2021Sophomore

    Wide Receiver/Kicker
    5'7" 165 lbs
    85
  • 31

    2022Junior

    K
    5'8" 170 lbs
    31
  • 31

    2023Senior

    P
    5'8" 170 lbs
    31
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