A mainstay at linebacker for the Rams… Rebounded after missing first half of the 2016 season with an injury to fortify the Fordham defense… Earned All-Patriot League honors in first year as a starter in 2015… Led team in tackles for loss and sacks and third in total tackles… Came in and contributed immediately as a freshman for the Rams at linebacker and on special teams… Served as a backup to All-Patriot League linebacker Austin Hancock in 2014… A 2013 First Team All-State selection and 2013 PIAA Defensive Player of the Year in high school.
  
2017 (Senior Season)
• Appeared in all nine games at linebacker, starting seven, in 2017.
• Recorded 50 total tackles, 29 solo, including 3.0 for loss and one sack.
• Also had one interception, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry.
• Made a season-high eight tackles, three solo, versus Yale.
• Matched his season high with eight solo stops, including one for loss, in win over Bucknell.
• Finished with seven tackles, five solo, and intercepted a pass in win over Lehigh.
• Also had seven stops, two solo, against Holy Cross.
• Opened season with four stops, three solo, at Army.
• Made three assisted tackles at Central Connecticut.
• Finished with two solo stops against Eastern Washington.
• Recorded six tackles, two solo, including 0.5 for loss, at Lafayette.
• Made three solo stops at Colgate.
• Finished with five tackles, including three solo and one sack, and broke up a pass at Georgetown.
 
2016 (Junior Season)
• Appeared in five games, starting one (missed first six games due to injury).
• Recorded 29 total tackles, 21 solo, including 5.5 for loss and 3.0 sacks.
• Closed out season with a season-high 12 total tackles, seven solo, including two for loss and one sack, and forced a fumble at Bucknell.
• Finished with five tackles, four solo, including a sack in the Ram Crusader Cup win over Holy Cross at Yankee Stadium.
• Also made five stops, four solo, with one for loss, at Lehigh.
• Recorded four solo tackles in the win over Colgate.
• Made three tackles, including 1.5 for loss and one sack, in Georgetown win.
 
2015 (Sophomore Season)
• Named Second Team All-Patriot League.
• Started all 12 games at middle linebacker as a sophomore for the Rams.
• Recorded 78 total tackles, 50 solo, third best on team.
• Led team with 9.5 tackles for loss and five sacks.
• Also had six quarterback hurries, three pass breakups, one interception, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
• Ranked seventh in the Patriot League in sacks/game and ninth in the league in TFL/game.
• Made eleven tackles, seven solo, including one for loss in opener at Army West Point.
• Finished with seven solo stops, including three sacks, against Villanova.
• Also recovered a fumble and broke up a pass in Villanova game.
• Made nine tackles, seven solo, including one for loss in win over Columbia.
• Recorded a season-high 12 tackles, five solo, including one for loss, against Monmouth.
• Closed out season with six solo stops in NCAA FCS Championship game at Chattanooga.
• Finished with two solo stops, including one sack, at Lafayette.
• Made five tackles, four solo, at Penn.
• Notched five stops, four solo, including one for loss and forced a fumble versus Holy Cross.
• Had seven tackles, four solo, and broke up a pass versus Lehigh.
• Recorded six stops, three solo, including 0.5 for loss at Colgate.
• Made four tackles, three solo, including one sack, in win over Bucknell.
• Recorded five tackles at Georgetown.

2014 (Freshman Season)
• Appeared in ten games as a freshman for the Rams, both at linebacker and on special teams.
• Recorded eight tackles, five solo.
• Finished with three stops, two solo, in win over Georgetown.
• Had a pair of solo tackles in season-opening win over Saint Francis.

Before Fordham
• A graduate of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh where he played for head coach Terry Totten.
• A 2013 First Team All-State selection.
• Named the 2013 PIAA Defensive Player of the Year.
• Named to the Big 33 Football Classic roster in 2013.
• Northern 8 All-Conference pick.
• Named to Tribune Review Traffic 25 and Post Gazette Fab 22 PIAA teams.
• Led team to 2013 WPIAL Class AAAA championship with 13 tackles in championship game, including three for loss.
• Vikings advanced to the 2013 PIAA Class AAAA state championship game, finishing the year with a 15-1 record.

Personal
• Son of Nikki and Chris Thorpe.
• Has two brothers (Christian and Chris).
• A Sociology major.