Colin Pehanick

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-2
Weight:
196
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Charlottesville, Va.
High School:
St. Anne's-Belfield

2011: Third-Team All-CAA ... Started all 11 games, recording 92 tackles, including 40 solo, 6.5 for loss, and 2.0 sacks ... Also had a league-best four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, two interceptions, two QB hurries, and six pass breakups ... His 8.4 tackles per game was 12^th-best in the league and third among defensive backs ... Broke up two passes to go with a career-high 13 tackles, 1.5 of which were for a loss of four yards at James Madison ... Forced a fumble and hurried the quarterback once to go with 11 tackles, including six solo, 1.0 sacks for a loss of 15 yards, and an assisted tackle for a two-yard loss against Maine ... At Delaware, forced two fumbles, registered five tackles, assisting on one for a one-yard loss, broke up a pass, and caught a 24-yard pass on a fourth-down conversion trick play and, two forced fumbles, and a pass breakup ... Hurried the quarterback once to go with eight tackles, including a sack and a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss, netting a loss of four yards against Massachusetts ... Totaled seven or more tackles in eight games ...

2010: Played in all 11 games and made five starts at free safety ... Finished the year with 36 tackles and two interceptions ... Established a new career high with nine tackles in Richmond's 11-10 win at No. 8 Massachusetts ... Had four tackles and his first career interception in the Spiders' win over Towson ... Had three tackles and another INT in the 13-10 overtime victory over No. 22 James Madison ...

2009: Played in 12 games and was again a key component of the Richmond special teams units ... Collected 12 tackles on the season ... Five of his 12 stops came in NCAA Playoffs games versus Elon (two) and matching his career-high with three stops in the Appalachian State game ...

2008: Played in 14 games last season as a mainstay on the Spiders' special teams unit ... Finished the year 12 tackles ... Scored his first career TD when he scooped up a fumble at VMI last year and scored on a 13-yard return ... Also posted his career-high of three tackles in that game ...

2007: Redshirted ...

High School: Earned four letters in both football and lacrosse at St. Anne's-Belfield ... Lettered three seasons in basketball ... Served as captain during his senior season... Was a three-year All-State selection in both football and lacrosse ... Named the Falcon Club Football Most Valuable Player in the Charlottesville area ... Named the Conference and Area Player of the Year twice during his high school career ... His father, Al, played quarterback at Army ... His brother, Ryan, was a four-year letterwinner in basketball at Lynchburg College in Virginia ... Played for head coach John Blake ...

Personal: Son of Tessa and Al Pehanick.