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Jersey Number 95
Cristiano Rosa
- Year:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Kicker
- Hometown:
- Shelton, Conn.
- High School:
- Shelton
- Previous:
- Central Connecticut
- Major:
- Justice Studies
2025:
2024:
2023 at Central Connecticut:
2022 at Central Connecticut:
High School:
Personal:
- Played in all 14 games, serving as team's primary kickoff specialist
- Had 90 kickoffs for 5,670 yards, averaging 63.0 yards per kick
- Had 62 touchbacks
- Tallied nine touchbacks vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 18) and eight at Coastal Carolina (Nov. 29)
- Had five or more touchbacks in six games
2024:
- Played in all 13 games, serving as team's primary kickoff specialist
- Had 69 kickoffs for 4,407 yards, averaging 63.9 yards per kick
- Had 52 touchbacks
- Was 1-of-1 on field goal attempts and 3-of-4 on point after attempts
- Career-high seven touchbacks at North Carolina (Sept. 21) and vs. Ball State (Sept. 28)
- Also had six touchbacks vs. Coastal Carolina (Oct. 10) and Georgia State (Nov. 9)
- Made 40-yard field goal and three extra points vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26)
- Had five or more touchbacks in six games
2023 at Central Connecticut:
- Did not see any action
2022 at Central Connecticut:
- Played in one game, redshirting to retain a year of eligibility
- Was 1-of-3 on field goal attempts, making a 28 yarder at UConn (Sept. 3)
High School:
- First Team All-State kicker and punter as a senior
- Made 8/9 field goals as a senior
- Also had 30 touchbacks as a kickoff specialist
- Honor roll student
Personal:
- Son of Sandra Roxo and Jaime Rosa
- Has a brother, Marcelo
- Has two sisters, Esabel and Siena
- His father played soccer at Western Connecticut
- His sister, Esabel, played soccer at Manhattanville
- Majoring in justice studies
Monday, September 21
Monday, September 21
Sunday, September 20
Sunday, September 20
