Ithaca College Athletics

2024: D3football.com First Team All-American...D3football.com Region 2 First Team...Liberty League Co-Defensive Player of the Year...Liberty League First Team...Liberty League All-Academic...D3football.com Team of the Week – 10/15...Named to the Liberty League Honor Roll six times...Connolly recorded a total of five tackles, including three solo tackles while also forcing a fumble against Johns Hopkins...9/7... Connolly recorded 4 solo tackles, assisted on 4 tackles...3 of those tackles being for a total loss of 8 yards against Endicott...9/14...Connolly made 11 total tackles, including 1 TFL for 1 yard versus Curry...9/28...Connolly made 12 total tackles, as well as recording a sack and an interception, gaining 19 yards against Hobart (10/5)...Connolly made 13 total tackles, including 7 solo tackles and forcing a fumble against Rochester (10/12)...Connolly made a solo tackle and an assisted tackle against RPI (10/19)... Connolly had 4 solo and 2 assisted tackles against Buffalo St (10/26)... Connolly had 5 solo and 1 assisted tackles with a pass breakup against Union (11/02)... Connolly had 5 solo tackles and 5 assisted tackles with a pass breakup against St. Lawrence (11/09)... Connolly had 5 solo tackles and 8 assisted tackles against Cortland (11/16).

2023: Liberty League Defensive Performer of the Week – 10/9...D3football.com Team of the Week – 10/10...Liberty League Honor Roll – 11/6...Liberty League First Team...Liberty League All-Academic...Started all 12 games in the secondary and ranked second on the team with 100 total tackles...Also recorded two sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles...Connolly had eight total tackles including six solo tackles against Johns Hopkins...Connolly had eight total tackles including seven solo tackles against Endicott... Made three tackles against Alfred... Recorded six total tackles while also forcing a fumble against Hobart... Connolly reigned in two interceptions, one sack, a TFL, and 11 total tackles during his D3 Defensive Player of the Week performance against RPI... Forced a fumble, broke up a pass, and made 12 tackles against Union...Connolly had eight total tackles against Rochester...Finished with eight tackles, a sack and fumble recovery at St. Lawrence...Logged eight tackles against Cortland...Posted 12 total stops in the NCAA First Round game at Springfield...Made 13 tackles at Randolph-Macon.

2022: Liberty League Honor Roll (10/17)… Liberty League All-Academic… Playing in all 13 games at safety and on special teams, Connolly finished the season with 36 total tackles, one forced fumble, and two interceptions including one that he turned into a 43 yard touchdown… Recorded four total tackles against Bridgewater State (9/03)... Recorded one total tackle against Brockport (9/10)... Notched three total tackles and two pass breakups against Alfred (9/17)... Recorded three total tackles against Hobart (10/01)... Made one tackle against Rochester (10/08)... Notched six total tackles and a pick-six in the Bombers' shutout over St. Lawrence (10/15)… Made four total tackles against Buffalo State (10/21)… Recorded three total tackles against RPI (10/29)… Made one tackle and one pass breakup against Union (11/05)… Recorded two total tackles against Cortland (11/12)… Made two total tackles and one interception against UMass Dartmouth (11/19)… Recorded four total tackles against Springfield (11/26)… Made two total tackles including one forced fumble against North Central (12/03).

2021: Appeared in four games and made three tackles