Honors
• All-Centennial Conference second team, 2023
Career Statistics
| Year |
GP |
|
Solo |
Ast |
Total |
TFLoss |
|
Sacks |
PBU |
Inter |
FF |
FR |
Blk |
| 2021 |
13 |
|
7 |
4 |
11 |
3-8 |
|
1-4 |
1 |
1-0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 2022 |
11 |
|
22 |
10 |
32 |
5½-18 |
|
1-5 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 2023 |
11 |
|
16 |
10 |
26 |
10½-31 |
|
2½-20 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2024 |
11 |
|
13 |
18 |
31 |
8½-26 |
|
2½-17 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
46 |
|
58 |
42 |
100 |
27½-83 |
|
7-46 |
3 |
1-0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Career Highs
tackles — 6 vs. Gettysburg and Moravian, 2022
solo tackles — 5 vs. Lebanon Valley, 2022
tackles for loss — 2½ vs. McDaniel, 2023
Career Highlights
2024
• Started all season at defensive end
• Led the Mules in tackles for loss and tied for fifth in total tackles
• Recorded at least one TFL in every game but one
• Finished career by recording 5 tackles (3 solo), including 1½ TFL, and breaking up pass in bowl win vs. Widener
• Blocked potential game-tying field goal on final play of TCNJ game
• Forced fumble with sack at McDaniel
2023
• Had a big season to earn his first career all-conference nod
• Led the Mules and ranked fifth in the Centennial Conference in tackles for loss
• Recorded at least one TFL in seven of 11 games and multiple TFL three times
• Four of five tackles vs. McDaniel were behind the line, with 2½ TFL
• Had sack for 12 yards among two TFL in win at Ursinus
• Also recorded a pair of tackles for loss vs. Franklin & Marshall
• Forced fumble in Gettysburg game
2022
• Played in all 11 varsity games, starting two
• Part of deep rotation on defensive front
• Tied for third on the team in tackles for loss and was eighth in total tackles
• Forced fumble in victory against Gettysburg
• Recorded 2 tackles for loss vs. Juniata
• Made 3 stops, one for loss and broke up a pass vs. Johns Hopkins
• Blocked an extra point vs. defending national champion Mary Hardin-Baylor
2021
• Played in 12 varsity games on the defensive line, starting two, and special teams
• Made 4 tackles (3 solo) and blocked extra point in win at nationally ranked Susquehanna in first career start
• Blocked field goal in win vs. nationally ranked Johns Hopkins
• Intercepted a pass in the Red Zone to preserve shutout vs. McDaniel
• First career sack came in win at Franklin & Marshall
Personal
• Named to all-state team as an inside linebacker as a senior at Shawnee High School
• Honored as Burlington County defensive player of the year
• Member of Super 100 team
• Also won Renegade Award as a midfielder in lacrosse
• Parents are Donald and Andrea Papa
• Father played football at Hobart
• Born December 30, 2001
• Cousin Amanda Orlak ’16 played lacrosse at Muhlenberg
• A mathematics major
