2010 YALE FOOTBALL CAPTAIN
2010: First-team All-Ivy League selection... Led team with four sacks and three forced fumbles while making more tackles (31) than any Eli lineman despite missing two games... 19 solo stops... Five solos vs. Princeton... 3-6-9 at Dartmouth... Seven TFL with three FF.
2009: Second-team All-Ivy selection... Yale team DL MVP... Led all linemen with 21 solo tackles and 29 overall... Three sacks and six TFL... Two FF, one FR and one blocked kick.
2008: Earned second varsity letter and started all 10 games at DT... Had 29 tackles including eight TFL''s (25 yards lost)... Also had four sacks (22 yards)... Defensive Lineman of the Game against Cornell (2-2-4)... 7-2-9 at Fordham... Had an interception vs. Dartmouth.
2007: Earned first varsity letter as backup DT... Appeared in nine games... Totaled four tackles... Career-high three tackles against Georgetown.
2006: Missed season with injury.
At Delbarton School: Two-sport athlete...Two-year letter winner in football...One-year letter winner in baseball...Football team won conference championship in 2004 and 2005...Football team made state finals in 2005...Tied for third in sacks on football team... 1.90 ERA in baseball.
Personal: Thomas McCarthy is the son of Kevin McCarthy, Sr. and Mary Ellen Weber...Hobbies include deep sea fishing...Sports camp counselor...Majoring in economics...High school teammate of Yalies Kevin McCarthy ''08 (brother) and Rob McEwan ''07...Did not play football until sophomore year of high school... Played soccer most of his youth career... Branford College resident.
