Skip To Main Content

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Official Athletics Website of the MIT Engineers

2017 MIT Football Roster

5 Rob DiSanto

  • Position DB
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Havertown, Pa.
  • High School St. Joe's Prep
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2017: NEWMAC First Team All-Conference... Team captain... Started all 10 games with 35 total tackles, which ranked ninth on the team... Posted 26 solo stops... Had a season-high eight tackles vs. Curry on 9/8... Finished with four tackles for loss of nine yards... Had four interceptions for 11 yards, including a pair of interceptions at Coast Guard on 10/21... Had nine pass breakups, including a season-best three vs. Norwich... Added one forced fumble and one fumble recovery... Posted one kick return for 22 yards vs. Norwich on 11/4.

2016: CoSIDA Academic All-District... NEFC Second Team All-Conference... NEFC All-Academic Team... Finished fourth on the team in tackles with 45 tackles, including 23 solo stops... Was second on the team in interceptions with three, while also ranking 36th in the NEFC in tackles and fourth in passes defended... Finished with 11 pass breakups... Recorded three interceptions for 37 yards... Had a forced fumble at Nichols on 11/12... Had a pair of games with seven tackles each... Had a pair of kick returns for 44 yards.

2015: Limited to one game due to injury … Academic All-NEFC.

2014: Played in all 11 games, moving into the starting lineup over the second half of the season … totaled 37 tackles … led the team with six passes broken up … tied for first with a pair of interceptions … made three tackles and broke up a pass in his first collegiate game against Pomona-Pitzer (9/6) … four stops and a pair of pass break ups against Salve Regina (9/27) … interception and a pass break up at Curry (10/3) … six tackles at Nichols (10/18) … fumble recovery against Western New England (10/25) … five tackles at Endicott (11/1) … season-high nine stops along with an interception at Maine Maritime (11/8) … broke up a pair of passes against Coast Guard (11/15) … three stops at Wesley (11/29) in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.

Off the Field at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering … minor in French … Department of Materials Science and Engineering UROP with the Allanore Group for sustainable fertilizer … recipient of the Edna Wang Shih Memorial Fund... Did two internships at GE Aviation... Member of the MIT Football Players Council... Has conducted research at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center and the MIT Electric Vehicle Lab... Intramural ice hockey league manager... IM Exec.

High School: A 2014 graduate of St. Joe’s Prep … three varsity letters in football … Unsung Hero Award … helped lead his team to the PIAA 4A state championship … also played baseball … National Honor Society … Science Olympiad … National Merit Finalist … National Latin Gold Award … National Math Exam Award … National French Exam Award.

Statistics

Season Statistics

Season Statistics

No statistics available for this season.

Career Statistics

There are no statistics available for this player.

Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2014First Year

    DB
    5'8" 170 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2015Sophomore

    DB
    5'8" 170 lbs
    25
  • 5

    2016Junior

    DB
    5'8" 170 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2017Senior

    DB
    5'8" 180 lbs
    5