Upcoming Event: Football versus New Hampshire on September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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2006 Football Roster
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Cottrell, Justin
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Jersey Number 58
Justin Cottrell
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Hometown:
- Somers Point, N.J.
- High School:
- Mainland
Bio
Co-Captain...An aggressive, fiery leader whose love for the game shows in his excitable style of play...Voted honorable mention All-Ivy as a junior...Earned John Manley Award in 2006 for work in the weight room...The leader of a deep and talented linebacking corps.
2006: Led Dartmouth (fourth in the Ivy League) with 95 tackles including 44 solos...Was 35th in the nation in tackles...Had a season-high 17 stops against Harvard with a forced fumble and a sack mixed in, earning a spot on the Ivy League Honor Roll that week and three times on the season...Posted double-digits in tackles in three of the last four games (Harvard 17, Brown 13, Princeton 14)...Second-leading returning tackler in the Ivy League...Tied for team lead and was tied for second among Ivy linebackers with five passes defended...Tied for team lead with eight tackles for loss...Second on squad with three sacks...Forced one fumble and recovered one fumble.
2005: Appeared in all 10 games making 38 tackles... Credited with 15 tackles at UNH and five stops against Holy Cross.
2004: Appeared in the season’s final six games, made first career tackles against Columbia and Cornell.
High School: Captained football, wrestling and baseball teams...Won three letters in football and baseball and four in wrestling...First team All-South Jersey as a junior and senior...Team’s MVP as a senior when he also made first team all-conference...Team won South Jersey Group III state championship with an 11-1 record in junior year...Set school’s career sack record with 22.5...All-conference and all-area second team in wrestling as a senior.
Personal: Minoring in religion...Known for his sense of humor...Would like to work in business after graduation.
Favorite Musical Group: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Favorite Actor: Robert De Niro
Favorite Book: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas
Favorite Movie: Raging Bull
Favorite Hobby: Finding and downloading new music
Favorite Summer Job: Selling ice cream on the beach.
Favorite Course At Dartmouth: Irish History with Bruce Nelson
Favorite Sport Other Than Football: Baseball
Favorite Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
| Year | Solo | Asst | Total | Loss | Sacks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 44 | 51 | 95 | 8 | 3 | |
| Totals | 66 | 69 | 135 | 9 | 3 |
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