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2025 Football Roster

Erik Schelkun

95 Vito Paonessa

  • Position DT
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 285
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Hometown Kent, Ohio
  • Highschool Tallmadge

Biography

2024 (Freshman)
• 2024 PFL Academic Honor Roll
• Did not see any action in 2024

PRIOR TO UD
High School
• Three-year varsity letterwinner
• Earned First Team All-Suburban League honors
• First Team All-District
• All-State Honorable Mention
• Also played baseball and ran track

Personal
• Son of Tony and Katie Paonessa, and his stepdad, Josh Wallace
• Has eight siblings, Michael, Anthony, Justin, Sophia, Kaleigh, Vivianna, Kylie and Jameson
• Majoring in Communication, hopes to host a sports podcast
• He is named for his paternal great-grandfather, Vito Giovanni Paonessa

Statistics

Season:
2025

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 67

    2024Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'5" 300 lbs
    67
  • 95

    2025Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Tackle
    6'5" 285 lbs
    95