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2025 Football Roster

16 Dean DeNobile

  • Pos. QB
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht. 6-1
  • Weight 198
  • Hometown Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • High School Morris Catholic
  • Major Economics

Biography

2025: Selected as a team captain for a second-straight season...enters season ranked ninth in career passing yards (4,414), second in career completion percentage (65.8%) and ninth in career pass completions (396).

2024: Named to the 2024 Preseason All-Patriot League Team...team captain who started all 12 games…set a new career high for passing yards, completing 226 of his 347 pass attempts for 2,417 yards and 14 touchdowns…ranked 24th in the nation in completion percentage (65.1) and 23rd in completions per game (18.8)...went 31-of-45 against Monmouth (9/7) for 394 yards and two touchdowns, all career highs…reached 4,000 career passing yards when he passed for 275 yards against Stonehill (11/16)...named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week after completing 20-of-23 passes for 241 yards and a touchdown against Marist (9/14).

2023: Garnered All-Patriot League Second-Team status…played in all 12 games, starting all but week one…completed 170-of-254 for 1,997 total yards and 20 touchdowns, while only throwing five interceptions…had four games in which he threw for 200-plus yards…ranked 14th in the nation in pass efficiency (154.4) and 20th in passing TDs (20)…ran the ball 86 times for 180 total yards and six touchdowns…named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week three times (9/25, 10/2 and 11/20) including back-to-back weeks for his performances against Monmouth and Bucknell…vs. Monmouth (9/23), he was 10-of-14 for 110 yards and two touchdowns while also running 12 times for 50 yards and two more scores…against Bucknell (9/30) when he was 16-of-23 for 229 yards for a career-high four passing TD’s, earning the George L. McGaughey Award for the game's MVP…completed 12 passes for a career-best 262 yards and two touchdowns to go along with a rushing touchdown in a win at No. 11 Holy Cross (10/21)…threw for three touchdowns and 245 yards at Lehigh (11/18)...managed two touchdown passes against No. 11 Delaware (11/25) in the FCS Playoffs before leaving with injury.

2022: Did not play in any games. 

AT MORRIS CATHOLIC: All-county and all-league selection who threw for 4,322 yards and 44 touchdowns during his career...completed 308-of-490 in two years as a varsity starter...added 308 rushing yards with two rushing touchdowns...led the state in passing in 2020...two-year captain...honor roll student...volunteered at church soup kitchen and was a member of the Challenger organization. 

Personal: Son of John and Kori DeNobile…has an older brother, Jed, who played football at Fordham, and younger brothers, Jesse and Dylan...born 3/31/03.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    QB
    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 16

    2022Freshman

    QB
    6'1" 175 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2023Sophomore

    QB
    6'1" 192 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2024Junior

    QB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2025Senior

    QB
    6'1" 198 lbs
    16