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Northeastern  Profiles - #10 Anthony Orio

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#10 Anthony Orio
Jr. QB
6'2 - 230
Voorhees, NJ (Eastern Regional)
Individual statistics
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2007: Started all 11 games at quarterback...threw for a career-high 1,558 yards and eight touchdowns...completed 60.7 percent of his passes, third-best in Northeastern history...also rushed for 190 yards and four touchdowns...named an FCS Academic All-Star...had a career day against Northwestern State (Sept. 15), racking up 180 total yards and rushing for two touchdowns and throwing two touchdowns...his second rushing touchdown was a 25-yard run, breaking numerous tackles...threw two touchdowns and went 20-for-37 for 188 yards against James Madison (Oct. 6)...connected with Brian Mandeville on a career-long 76-yard touchdown pass at Delaware (Oct. 13)...ran for a touchdown and threw for 162 yards at Massachusetts (Oct. 20)...completed 11 of 12 passes for 153 yards and a touchdown against New Hampshire (Nov. 3) in a 31-10 win...also ran for 42 yards in the victory...threw for 249 yards on 19 of 23 passes and a score in a 35-31 win over Hofstra (Nov. 10)...led the Huskies on a 92-yard game-winning drive in the win.

2006: Tied former Husky Shawn Brady (2004) for Northeastern’s single-season passing completion percentage record at 61 percent...completed 13-of-24 for 103 yards at Virginia Tech on Sept. 2...connected on 16-of-19 (84.2 percent) passes for 117 yards and a TD at North Dakota State (Sept. 16), the second-highest completion percentage in a game in NU history...completed 8-of-16 passes for 101 yards in the first half at Richmond (Sept. 30) before being sidelined with an ankle injury....completed 6-of-14 passes for 117 yards in the victory over Hofstra (Nov. 11)...rushed for a career-high 91 yards and a touchdown, while throwing for another 106 yards and a score in the win over Rhode Island (Nov. 18)...named to the Atlantic 10 All-Academic team.

2005: Took the majority of snaps as a redshirt freshman, completing 94 passes 1,198 yards and eight touchdowns...also rushed for three touchdowns...in his collegiate debut against Georgia Southern, completed 13-of-19 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a TD but the Huskies lost in overtime...earned Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week for his performance...completed 21-of-37 passes for 254 yards in a loss to Youngstown State...connected on 11-of-17 passes for 195 yards and two scores as well as rushing for another against William & Mary; hit Cory Parks for a career-long 70-yard completion...threw a 15-yard touchdown pass to Cory Parks against Northwestern State and caught his first reception from Parks, a 36-yarder...completed 16-of-27 passes for 155 yards against Maine to set the Northeastern freshman passing record previously held by Jim Murphy...completed 8-of-21 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown while also rushing 12 times for 77 yards in the final game of the season at Rhode Island.

2004: Redshirt season.

High School: Played four years of varsity football at Eastern Regional, captaining the team and being named its MVP as a junior and senior...third-team All-State...first-team All-Conference, All-Group IV and All-South Jersey...member of the New Jersey Coaches Association Super 100 team...South Jersey Touchdown Club Back of the Year...participated in the North/South All-Star Game...graduated holding every Eastern Regional career and single-season record for a quarterback...also a three-year captain of the wrestling team...state champion in the 215-pound weight class as a senior and was ranked 16th nationally in that division...received several academic honors, including Brooks-Irvine and Southern Jersey Touchdown Club Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards...graduated second in a class of 525...president of the Varsity Club.

Personal: Born Aug. 16, 1985...majoring in Biochemistry, with the hopes of being an orthopedic surgeon...carries a 3.8 GPA at Northeastern...enjoys playing PlayStation...Class of 2009.

  #10 Anthony Orio Statistics

RUSHING                G   Att    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/C Avg/G
2005................  10    80    178   3  25   2.2  17.8
2006................   8    52     98   1  14   1.9  12.2
2007................  11    69    190   4  25   2.8  17.3
TOTAL...............  29   201    466   8  25   2.3  16.1

PASSING                G  Att- Cmp- Int    Yds  TD  Lg   Pct Avg/P Avg/G  Effic
2005................  10  191-  94-   9   1198   8  70  49.2   6.3 119.8  106.3
2006................   8  123-  75-   4    726   3  30  61.0   5.9  90.8  112.1
2007................  11  229- 139-   6   1558   8  76  60.7   6.8 141.6  124.1
TOTAL...............  29  543- 308-  19   3482  19  76  56.7   6.4 120.1  115.1

RECEIVING              G   Rec    Yds  TD  Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2005................  10     1     36   0  36   0.1  36.0   3.6
2006................   8     0      0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0
2007................  11     0      0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0
TOTAL...............  29     1     36   0  36   0.0  36.0   1.2

TACKLES                G    UA     A Total    TFL-Yds    PD   FF   FR Blkd
2005................  10     0     0     0    0.0-0       0    0    0    0
2006................   8     1     0     1    0.0-0       0    0    0    0
2007................  11     0     0     0    0.0-0       0    0    0    0
TOTAL...............  29     1     0     1    0.0-0       0    0    0    0

ALL PURPOSE            G  Rush   Rec    PR    KR    IR  Total Avg/G
2005................  10   178    36     0     0     0    214  21.4
2006................   8    98     0     0     0     0     98  12.2
2007................  11   190     0     0     0     0    190  17.3
TOTAL...............  29   466    36     0     0     0    502  17.3

SCORING                G    TD  Rush  Pass Retn  PAT 2PAT   FG  Total Avg/G
2005................  10     3     3     0    0    0    0    0     18   1.8
2006................   8     1     1     0    0    0    0    0      6   0.8
2007................  11     4     4     0    0    0    0    0     24   2.2
TOTAL...............  29     8     8     0    0    0    0    0     48   1.7

CAREER HIGHS
Pass Attempts: 37
Two times

Passing Yards: 254
at Youngstown State (9/10/05)

Passing Touchdowns: 2
Four times

Long Pass: 76
at Delaware (10/13/07)

Rushing Attempts: 15
vs. Maine (11/5/05)

Rushing Yards: 91
vs. Rhode Island (11/18/06)

Rushing Touchdowns: 2
vs. Northwestern State (9/15/07)

Long Rush: 25
Two times

Receiving Yards: 36
at Northwestern State (10/29/05)


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