Named First Team All-Patriot League and Academic All-Patriot League in 2020-21 ... Also named CoSIDA Academic All-District ... A 2020 Third Team Preseason HERO Sports All-American ... Enters 2020-21 season with 44.0 career tackles for loss, second all-time at Fordham ... One of the top linebackers in the Patriot League ... A First Team All-Patriot League selection in each of the past three years ... Enters 2020 season ranked third on the Fordham career tackles for loss list (39.5) and eighth in career solo tackles (159) ... Named a 2018 Sophomore All-American and First Team All-Patriot League... Set a school record with 21.5 tackles for loss... Led the 2018 squad in total tackles... Has 31.0 career tackles for loss, ninth all-time at Fordham... A 2018 Preseason All-Patriot League selection... Enjoyed a prodigious freshman campaign which was capped by All-America honors… A Jerry Rice Award nominee in 2017… Also named All-Patriot League… Led team in total tackles, tackles for loss and sacks in 2017… An All-State pick at Xavier High School... Named to the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020-21 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
  
2020-21 (Senior Season)
• Started all three games at linebacker.
• Named First Team All-Patriot League.
• Named Academic All-Patriot League as well as CoSIDA Academic All-District.
• Recorded a team-high 23 tackles, 13 solo, including 3.5 for loss and 1.0 sacks.
• Also intercepted two passes, both coming in the Bucknell game.
• Third in the Patriot League in tackles/game (7.7).
• Sixth in the League in tackles for loss (1.2/game).
• Tied for second in the League in interceptions/game (0.7).

2019 (Junior Season)
• Named First Team All-Patriot League.
• Also named Phil Steele Second Team All-Patriot League.
• Started all 12 games at linebacker in 2019.
• Second on team with 78 total tackles, 49 solo, including 8.5 for loss and 1.0 sack.
• Also had an interception, four pass breakups and six quarterback hurries.
• Forced two fumbles and recovered two fumbles.
• Made a season-high eleven tackles, three solo, including one for loss, and intercepted a pass at Ball State.
• Recorded nine tackles, six solo, including 3.5 for loss, and forced two fumbles at Georgetown.
• Made eight stops, six solo, including one for loss, vs. Lehigh.
• Finished with eight tackles, four solo, recovered a fumble and broke up a pass at Colgate.
• Also had eight tackles, seven solo, recovered a fumble and broke u a pass in season-ending win over Bucknell.
• Opened season with six tackles, three solo, including 1.5 for loss and 1.0 sack against CCSU.
• Made six stops vs. Richmond.
• Recorded seven tackles, four solo, including 0.5 for loss at Stony Brook.

2018 (Sophomore Season)
• Named a Sophomore All-American by HERO Sports.
• A First Team All-Patriot League selection.
• Started all eleven games at linebacker in 2018.
• Led team with 92 total tackles, 56 solo, including 21.5 for loss and 3.0 sacks.
• Set school single season mark with 21.5 TFLs.
• Also had an interception, two pass breakups and six quarterback hurries.
• Led Patriot League, and was fourth in the NCAA FCS, in tackles for loss/game (2.0).
• Fourth in the Patriot League in tackles/game (8.4).
• Made a season-high 13 tackles, five solo, including 3.5 for loss and one sack in opener at Charlotte.
• Matched his season-high with 13 stops, nine solo, including 3.0 for loss and 1.0 sack, against Colgate.
• Recorded eleven tackles, ten solo, including 4.0 for loss and one sack, at Holy Cross.
• Had seven stops, five solo, including 4.0 for loss against Lafayette.
• Registered nine tackles, six solo, including one for loss at Richmond.
• Made six tackles, four solo, including 1.5 for loss against Stony Brook.
• Finished with six stops, four solo, vs. CCSU.
• Had six tackles, four solo, including 2.5 for loss vs. Bryant.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, including two for loss and picked off a pass at Lehigh.
• Recorded five tackles, two solo, versus Georgetown.

2017 (Freshman Season)
• Appeared in ten games at linebacker as a freshman, starting eight.
• Named a HERO Sports First Team Freshman All-American.
• Also named Second Team All-Patriot League.
• Recorded 82 total tackles, 54 solo, including 9.5 for loss and 5.5 sacks.
• Led team in total tackles, solo tackles, tackles for loss and sacks.
• Ranked third in the Patriot League in sacks (0.55/game) while also ranking fifth in both total tackles (8.2/game) and solo tackles (5.4/game).
• Also had nine quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one interception and one pass breakup.
• Finished with a season-high 14 tackles, ten solo, including one for loss and recovered a fumble versus Eastern Washington.
• Recorded 12 tackles, five solo, including a sack, at Colgate.
• Made eleven solo stops, including four sacks, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble in win over Lehigh.
• Earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the week honors following Lehigh game.
• Registered eleven tackles, seven solo, and intercepted a pass which was returned 65 yards at Bryant.
• Finished with seven solo stops, including two for loss and one sack, in season-ending win over Bucknell.
• Also had seven tackles, four solo, including one for loss, and five quarterback hurries versus Holy Cross.
 
Before Fordham
• A graduate of Xavier High School in Middletown, Connecticut, where he lettered in football for head coach Sean Marinan.
• 2016 First Team CHSCA All-State.
• 2016 First Team All-SCC.
• 2016 First Team Walter Camp All-Connecticut.
• Recorded 83 tackles, 4.5 sacks and one interception in 2016.
• Rushed for 1,107 yards and scored 15 touchdowns.
• Served as a team captain.
• Recipient of the Scholar Athlete Award.

Personal
• Son of Kristen and Gregg Cunningham.
• Has an older sister, Emily, and a younger brother, Scott.
• An Economics major.