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2020 Sprint Football Roster

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56 Rafe Chierchio

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Staten Island, N.Y.
  • Highschool Xavier HS

Biography

As a Junior (2019)

• Saw action in all six games.
 

As a Sophomore (2018)

• Appeared in six games on the season.
 

As a Freshman (2017)

• Appeared in two games for Cornell.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Chierchio played two years of varsity football at Xavier HS.
• Named Best Football Offensive Lineman in 2016 by the team.
• Member of the CHSFL Varsity AA Champion Team in 2015.
• Also played lacrosse in high school. 
• Named most improved varsity lacrosse player in 2017.
• Honored with second team all-league in 2017.
• Member of the B Division Champion Lacrosse team in 2017.
• Left high school with records in the all-time face-off percentage and face-off wins at Xavier HS.
 

Personal

• Raphael “Rafe” Scala Chierchio is the son of Raphael and Josephine Chierchio.
• His father graduated from Cornell in 1981 and was a member of the Big Red sprint football and track teams.
• He has two younger sisters, Sofia and Mia.
• Enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2017-18Freshman

    OL
    5'10"
    56
  • 56

    2018-19Sophomore

    OL
    5'10"
    56
  • 56

    2019-20Junior

    OL
    5'9"
    56
  • 56

    2020-21Senior

    OL
    5'9"
    56