TCNJ football places ten players on All-NJAC team

Dave Giulian, Player - TCNJ Lions Men%27s Football
Dave Giulian, Player - TCNJ Lions Men%27s Football
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The TCNJ football team has placed ten players on the 2025 All-NJAC Team, as announced by the league office in Pitman, New Jersey. The selections were based on statistics from conference games only.

Three seniors—Dave Giulian, Justin Kurc, and Jameson Sessa—were named to the First Team Defense. Albert D’Alessandro III was selected for the First Team as a return specialist.

On offense, Joe Visaggio, Tyler Addonisio, and Thomas Roarty made the Second Team. On defense, Darian Ghahary and Dylan Patscher also earned Second Team honors. Senior linebacker Bill Westerby received an honorable mention.

Giulian returned to the All-NJAC first team after leading the conference with 67 tackles during NJAC play. He finished his senior season with 92 total tackles (including five for loss), 1.5 sacks, and one interception. Over his career at TCNJ, he accumulated 217 tackles.

Kurc moved up from second-team last year to first-team this season. The senior co-captain had three interceptions in NJAC games and returned one for a touchdown. He led TCNJ with six interceptions this fall and now has eleven career picks.

Sessa is now a three-time All-NJAC honoree and made his first appearance on the first team after leading the NJAC with 11 tackles for loss and ranking second in sacks during conference play (3.5). He ended his season with 12.5 tackles for loss and four sacks.

D’Alessandro started at safety but was recognized for his special teams contributions, averaging 24.1 yards per kick return and tying a school record with a 95-yard touchdown return against Rowan University. He also recorded over 100 kick return yards at Montclair State.

Addonisio transferred from Franklin & Marshall and started most of the season at right guard alongside Roarty at tackle; together they helped TCNJ rank among national leaders in rushing yardage per game (207.7) and lead the NJAC in time of possession per game (31:58).

Visaggio rushed for 685 yards and scored twelve touchdowns in his senior year—just one short of TCNJ’s single-season record—with nine touchdowns coming during league play.

Ghahary earned his first All-NJAC honor after starting every game at nose tackle; he posted thirty tackles (3.5 for loss), one sack, and recovered a fumble.

Patscher secured second-team recognition as defensive tackle by making forty-three tackles along with one sack; he also ranked second nationally by blocking four kicks this season.

Westerby received honorable mention status again after finishing second on the team in both total tackles (63) and sacks (2). He was recently included on D3football.com’s Team of the Week following twelve-tackle performance against Christopher Newport that included two forced fumbles.



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