2016 UNH Football Media Guide

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UNH FOOTBALL – NATION-LEADING 12 STRAIGHT NCAA APPEARANCES

THE 2016 UNH WILDCATS Kieran PRESLEY

Adam RIESE

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Sophomore // Wide Receiver 6-0 // 187 // Amherst, Mass. Wildcat Career 2015 – Not on roster. 2014 – Redshirt season. Before UNH Led Loomis-Chaffee to a five-game, season-ending win streak that propelled them to a share of the Eastern Eight conference title... All-Eastern Conference First Team, All-New England Class A First Team, and the Ralph Erickson Award that Loomis-Chaffee bestows annually to the student-athlete who best displays leadership, athletic and academic excellence... in 2013, had 25 catches for 511 yards and six touchdowns... added 14 rushes for 291 yards and five TDs, and he returned a kick for a score... prior to attending Loomis-Chaffee, Presley was an All-State football and lacrosse player at Amherst High School.

Kyle REISERT

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Sophomore // Defensive End 6-2 // 239 // Plymouth, N.H. Wildcat Career 2015 – CAA Academic All-Conference Team... played in 11 of 12 games... DNP the regular-season finale vs. Maine (11/21)... recorded nine solo tackles and 12 assisted for a total of 21... forced two fumbles... recorded his first career tackles (1-1-2) in week 2 at Colgate (09/12)... established career high of five tackles (3-2-5) vs. Central Connecticut State (09/26)... matched that total with 1-4-5 against Rhode Island (10/31)... first career sack (half-sack) vs. CCSU. 2014 – Redshirt season. Before UNH All-State First Team defensive end three times at Plymouth Regional High School... All-Conference First Team honors as a sophomore, junior and senior... USA Today Defensive Player of the Year in New Hampshire as a senior captain, when team won the state championship... selected to play on the N.H. Shrine Team and in the CHaD East-West N.H. All-Star Game... All-State Second Team tight end as a freshman... also recognized for his work in the classroom, as he was the recipient of the Joe Yukica New Hampshire Chapter National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award.

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Senior // Quarterback 6-1 // 210 // Hamilton, N.J.

Wildcat Career 2015 – CAA Academic All-Conference Team... played in 10 of 12 games with three starts – back-to-back vs. Central Connecticut State (09/26) and Elon (10/03), and vs. fifth-ranked Richmond (11/07)... completed 54 of 79 passes (68.4%) for 513 yards and six TDs with two INTs... 142.90 passer efficiency rating was best among four UNH quarterbacks... in his season debut, went 13x21 for 111 yds and one TD at Stony Brook (09/19)... first collegiate start the next week vs. CCSU and was 15x22 for 199 yds and three TDs for a passer efficiency rating of 189.16; season-long 48-yard TD pass to Dalton Crossan and 37-yard completion to Amechie Walker, Jr. in that game... also had three rushes for 27 yards, including a career long of 26, vs. CCSU... against Richmond, completed all four pass attempts for 40 yards and a TD... DNP the first two games. 2014 – CAA Academic All-Conference Team... played in three games – vs. Dartmouth (09/27), at Elon (10/04) and vs. nationally-ranked Albany (11/01)... one pass attempt (incomplete) at Elon; that was his only pass attempt. 2013 – CAA Academic All-Conference Team... played in four games, including the NCAA first round game vs. Lafayette... registered his first – and only – career completion (for one yard) against Lafayette. 2012 – CAA Academic All-Conference Team and CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award... redshirt season. Before UNH Quarterback from Steinert H.S... All-Valley Division First Team, All-West Jersey Football League First Team, All-Mercer County First Team and the Mercer County Player of the Year... All-State Group 3 First-Team honors and All-Southern New Jersey All-Groups Second Team... as senior captain and team MVP, passed for over 2,200 yards and 28 TDs; rushed for 818 yards and 11 TDs... led Steinert to 9-3 mark, its first-ever playoff win and first-ever state championship game appearance in 2011... compiled more than 4,300 career passing yards and 46 touchdowns; rushed for over 1,600 yards and 17 scores... four-year honor roll student and scholar-athlete... played baseball three years... All-Conference First Team and All-County selection as an outfielder.

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