2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 52
Drew DeMorat
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Linwood, N.J.
- High School:
- Mainland Regional
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Why Lehigh?: “I chose Lehigh for its reputation for a highly competitive football program and its excellent and highly-rated engineering program. It checked both of the aspects I was looking for in a university.”
As a senior (2023): Appeared in all 11 games with five starts on the defensive line… finished with 26 tackles… had eight tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and a sack at Bucknell (10/21)… shared a sack against Georgetown (10/14)… five tackles against Holy Cross (11/4).
As a junior (2022): Saw time in four games, primarily on special teams.
As a sophomore (2021): Appeared in Yale and Penn games… did not record any statistics.
As a freshman (spring 2021): Did not see any game action.
In high school: National Football Foundation’s 2020 Scholar-Athlete Award… 2020 Mini-Max award for state of New Jersey… Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year… second team All-South Jersey defense… Press of Atlantic City first team all-star linebacker… first team West Jersey Football League… two-time first team All-Conference… school record with 21 tackles in a game vs. Clearview in 2019… 2019 team MVP… AP Scholar… National Honor Society Member… also lettered in lacrosse.
Personal: Son of Gene and Michelle… siblings Nick, Kendall and Camryn… father played football at Princeton.
As a senior (2023): Appeared in all 11 games with five starts on the defensive line… finished with 26 tackles… had eight tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and a sack at Bucknell (10/21)… shared a sack against Georgetown (10/14)… five tackles against Holy Cross (11/4).
As a junior (2022): Saw time in four games, primarily on special teams.
As a sophomore (2021): Appeared in Yale and Penn games… did not record any statistics.
As a freshman (spring 2021): Did not see any game action.
In high school: National Football Foundation’s 2020 Scholar-Athlete Award… 2020 Mini-Max award for state of New Jersey… Brooks-Irvine Memorial Football Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year… second team All-South Jersey defense… Press of Atlantic City first team all-star linebacker… first team West Jersey Football League… two-time first team All-Conference… school record with 21 tackles in a game vs. Clearview in 2019… 2019 team MVP… AP Scholar… National Honor Society Member… also lettered in lacrosse.
Personal: Son of Gene and Michelle… siblings Nick, Kendall and Camryn… father played football at Princeton.
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