2019 Football Roster
John FitzPatrick
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Marist School
Career Highs
* 4 receptions vs. Cincinnati, 2021 (2020 season)
* 41 receiving yards vs. Cincinnati, 2021 (2020 season)
* Long reception of 28 yards vs. Vanderbilt, 2021
* 1 receiving TD vs. Arkansas, 2020
2021: Played in all 15 games to date, starting at TE in wins over UAB, South Carolina, Auburn, Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia Tech...finished with six catches for 83 yards...career-long catch of 28 yards came in win at Vanderbilt...had a 20-yarder vs. Kentucky and a 22-yarder vs. Alabama in the SEC Champ. Game...named one of three team captains for the Vanderbilt game.
2020: Started in five of 10 games during the season at tight end...finished with 10 catches for 95 yards and a TD...career-best four catches for 41 yards in Peach Bowl win over Cincinnati...also recovered a teammate's fumble in the third quarter...caught two passes for 19 yards, including a 12-yard TD catch, vs. Arkansas...caught an 18-yarder in win over Auburn...caught an 8-yard pass for a 3rd down conversion in 3rd quarter vs. Mississippi State.
2019: Saw action in 11 of 14 games, starting in the opener at Vanderbilt...first collegiate catch came vs. Murray State for 22 yards.
2018: Redshirted...saw action in the Austin Peay and Middle Tennessee games.
High School: Marist School, coached by Alan Chadwick...247Sports.com four-star prospect...ranked as the #17 tight end nationally, #316 overall prospect nationally and the #36 prospect in Georgia...Rivals.com four-star prospect, ranked #147 nationally, #5 TE and #17 in the state...tabbed as one of the “Biggest Movers” in the Rivals.com rankings, in which he jumped 89 spots to #131 nationally between August and December...PrepStar Magazine four-star prospect, ranked #346 nationally and a member of the Top 350 All-American Team...ESPN.com three-star prospect and the #11-ranked TE...named to the USA Today 2017 All-USA Georgia First Team...helped lead Marist to a 14-1 season and GHSA Class 4A runner-up finish in 2017...AJC 2017 All-State Class 4A First Team offense, as well as the AJC’s All-Metro (DeKalb County) Team...hauled in 29 passes for more than 400 yards receiving and three TDs his senior season while also playing defensive end for the War Eagles... made five tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack in the state championship game...named to the GACA North 2016 All-State Class 4A First Team defense as a defensive lineman...also played soccer and basketball at Marist.
Personal: Full name: JOHN WILLIAM FITZPATRICK...completed his undergraduate degree in Real Estate in Spring of 2021...recipient of the Devore Family and Herbert & Burdelle Mobley Family Football Scholarships.
