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16 Joe Pesansky

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Position Quarterback
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • Previous School Holy Cross
  • High School Jesuit
  • Instagram jmp_16

Biography

2025: Appeared in two games at quarterback… made his season debut vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/29), completing 4 of 5 passes for a season-high 46 yards with a long of 34 yards while also rushing for 13 yards on one attempt…saw action at #2 Penn State (9/6), going 3-for-5 for 22 yards and rushing three times for nine yards

2024 (at Holy Cross): Served as team captain... Started all 12 games as quarterback... Selected to All-Patriot League Second Team... Compiled a 60.3% completion percentage, racking up 2,399 yards and 19 touchdowns... Ran for an additional 173 yards and one touchdown... Passed for season-best 301 yards with one touchdown against UNH (9/7)... Totaled 319 total yards and four touchdowns in victory against Colgate (10/5)... Recorded a .893 completion percentage vs. Colgate ranks as second-highest in program history... Named Crusader of the Week (10/7)... Member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023 (at Holy Cross): Appeared in seven games with two starts at quarterback… Made first career start in win at Fordham (10/28), completing 20-of-33 passes for 337 yards and 3 touchdowns… Followed with a 158-yard, 2-touchdown performance in a comeback win at Lehigh (11/4)… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2022 (at Holy Cross): Appeared in seven games as a backup quarterback… Completed 9 passes for 104 yards… Rushed for 30 yards at Georgetown (11/19)… Posted a season-long 33-yard completion vs. Yale (9/17)… Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2021 (at Holy Cross): Appeared in four games as a backup quarterback… Completed a 14-yard pass in a win over Georgetown (10/16)

Prep: Three-year starting quarterback under head coach Matt Thompson… Led Jesuit to a 29-7 record with over 6,700 career passing yards and 80 touchdowns… Guided team to district championships in 2018 and 2020, and a regional title in 2020… Named District Player of the Year in 2020 and earned All-Patriot District Second Team honors in 2018 and 2019… Set multiple school records in 2020, including most passing touchdowns in a season, most passing touchdowns in a game, most passing yards in a season, and most total touchdowns in a game… Tallied 2,819 passing yards and 34 touchdowns as a senior… Jesuit went undefeated in the 2020 regular season and was named FHSAA Academic Team Champion… Team captain as a junior and senior… Also played basketball… Named a scholar-athlete in 2018, 2019, and 2020

Personal: Born on Aug. 16, 2003, in Tampa, Fla.…parents Jennifer and Joseph played college basketball…sister Abby rowed at Alabama…brother Peter played football at UNC Chapel Hill…Majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies.

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