Teague Florio Selected for RPI Football Team Award

2016 Feb 18

Teague Florio of Southampton has been chosen for a year-end award from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) after helping the Engineers to a 9-2 overall record, a share of the Liberty League Championship and a victory in the ECAC Asa S. Bushnell Bowl Championship.

The Scholar Athlete Award was presented to Teague Florio. A senior cornerback, Florio (Southampton HS) started all 11 games, making 44 tackles, including a team-leading 36 unassisted. He had 2.5 tackles for lost yards (5), two interceptions, including one he returned for a 61-yard touchdown, and a team-best 12 pass breakups. Florio also had two fumble recoveries, which was tops on the Engineers. He was first in the Liberty League in passes defended (14), third in passes defended per game (1.27) and 10th in fumble recoveries per game (0.18). He is an aerospace engineering major who was named a CoSIDA National Academic All-America.