Biography
Enjoyed a successful final season at Fordham, earning First Team All-Patriot League honors in 2022 ... Returned to action late in 2021 after recovering from an injury during the spring … A four-year starter on the defensive line ... Earned First Team All-Patriot League honors in 2020-21 ... Led all Fordham defensive linemen in tackles in 2020-21 ... Enjoyed a solid first season at Fordham in 2019 after transferring from ASA... Fourth on 2019 squad in tackles for loss and sacks ... Played at Delaware State as a freshman in 2016... A high school All-American at Christ the King in 2015.
2022 (Senior Season)
• Started all 12 games on the defensive line.
• Named First Team All-Patriot League.
• Recorded 36 total tackles, 17 solo, including 9.0 TFLs along and 4.5 sacks.
• Second on team in both TFLs and sacks.
• Made seven stops, including a sack, in season-opening win at Wagner.
• Had three stops, including 1.5 for loss and one sack, in win over Georgetown.
• Also had three tackles, including 1.5 for loss, at Ohio.
• Recorded five tackles in win at Monmouth.
• Fordham defense led the Patriot League and was 33rd in the NCAA FCS, in sacks/game (2.42).
• Fordham defense was second in the Patriot League in tackles for loss/game (5.8).
2021 (Senior Season)
• Appeared in three games on the defensive line, staring one.
• Made eleven total tackles, six solo, including five for loss and 1.5 sacks.
• Recorded eight tackles, five solo, including 3.5 for loss versus Holy Cross.
• Finished with two stops, including one sack, at Colgate.
2020-21 (Senior Season)
• Started all three games on the defensive line.
• Recorded eleven total tackles, seven solo.
• Had 2.5 tackles for loss.
• Fourth on team in total tackles, tops among all defensive linemen.
• Made six stops, four solo, including one for loss, at Holy Cross.
• Finished with four tackles, two solo, including 1.5 for loss, in win over Colgate.
2019 (Junior Season)
• Appeared in eleven games, starting eight at nose tackle.
• Recorded 34 total tackles, 14 solo, including 7.5 for loss and 3.5 sacks.
• Also had seven quarterback hurries, tying for second on team.
• Forced one fumble and blocked one kick.
• Made a season-high seven tackles, two solo, including 1.5 for loss, at Colgate.
• Had five stops, two solo, including a sack, at Yale.
• Recorded four tackles, including 2.0 for loss and one sack, and had two quarterback hurries in season-ending win over Bucknell.
• Also made four tackles in win at Georgetown.
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2018 (at ASA)
• Appeared in all ten games for the Avengers.
• Made 17 total tackles, ten solo, including 6.5 for loss and one sack.
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2017 (Freshman Season at Delaware State)
• Appeared in seven games on the defensive line as a freshman at Delaware State.
• Recorded seven tackles, five solo, including one sack.
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High School
• A graduate of Christ the King High School in Middle Village, N.Y., where he played for head coach Jason Brown.
• All-State and All-Catholic Schools selection as a senior in 2016.
• Earned All-State, All-Diocesan and All-America honors during junior year.
• Team’s Defensive MVP as a sophomore and freshman.
Personal
• Son of Lissette Diaz and Wilfredo Coste.
• Has two brothers and one sister.
• A Sociology major.