University of Dayton Athletics

ANDY PELLEGRINO - Football 1989-92

The only position player to start (at center) all four seasons in UD football history, Pellegrino was the starting center on UD's 1989 NCAA Division III National Championship team as a freshman. After starting his career as a national champion, he finished it by being named an AP Little All-America and Kodak All-America in 1992.

In between, the teams he was on were 47-3-1, and played in NCAA Division III playoffs all four years, including a second-place finish in 1991.

Stats for offensive linemen are hard to come by, but team accomplishments are not. With Pellegrino snapping the ball, Flyer teams set records for rushing yardage in a season (3,037 in 1990), and points per game (42.6 in 1990). The top two individual single-season TD performances at Dayton came with Pellegrino leading the blocking. During his four years, Pellegrino helped open the holes for 169 rushing touchdowns.

A 1992 team co-captain, Pellegrino now lives in Walnut Creek, California, but is relocating with his family back to his hometown of Pittsburgh.