Ty Pezza

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Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Photo by: David Silverman

Class:
Senior
Position:
WR
Height:
6-4
Weight:
225
Hometown:
North Kingstown, R.I.
High School:
North Kingstown
Concentration:
Computer Science | Business Economics

2025: Third Team Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy selection...Academic All-Ivy League honoree…Second Team All-Ivy League selection…Second Team Phil Steele All-Ivy selection…CSC Academic All-District honoree…FCS ADA Academic All-Star…Appeared in all 10 games…Led the Bears with 46 catches for 599 yards and seven touchdowns…Ranked fifth in the Ivy League with 59.9 receiving yards per game…Tallied six catches for 93 yards and a touchdown in a win over Rhode Island (10/3)…Caught nine passes for 172 yards and two touchdowns at Cornell (10/25).

2024: Appeared in all 10 games, making four starts…Caught 29 passes for 238 yards and two touchdowns…Had five catches for 37 yards and a touchdown against Columbia (11/17)...Season-highs of seven catches for 63 yards and a touchdown at Dartmouth (11/23).

2023: Played in all 10 games…Finished the season with 11 receptions for 116 yards…Had a season-high three catches against Penn (Oct. 27)…Finished with four tackles on special teams.

2022: Appeared in eight games…Caught one pass for six yards at Yale (11/5).

Before Brown: Nominated for 2021 Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year…All-NEPSAC 1st Team…Northeast Prep Football Conference First Team Offense…All-state receiver in 2019-2020 and 2020-2021…Three-time Academic All-Division honoree…Helped lead North Kingstown to the Division I Superbowl Championship titles in 2018 and 2019…2021 Golden Dozen Athlete…Finished his career at North Kingstown with 148 receptions for 2,285 yards and 22 touchdowns…Also added nine INTs and two forced fumbles on defense in his career…Commended Student for National Merit Scholarship and Presidential Scholarship…Honor roll student.

Personal: Son of Jennifer and Joseph Pezza…Has two brothers, Zachary and Jake…His father Joseph was a thrower on the track and field team at Boston College (1988-92) and his mother played lacrosse at BC from 1989-93.

Why Brown?: "I chose Brown because of the incredible opportunities it provides both athletically and academically, and the foundation it can build for my future."