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7 Josh Pitsenberger

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bethesda, Md.
  • High School The Avalon School
  • Major Economics
  • Opendorse joshua-pitsenberger

Biography

Note: Named captain of Team 152
2025:
  • Appeared in all 12 games
  • Recorded 313 carries (second-most in Yale history) for 1571 yards (second-most in Yale history) and 19 touchdowns (third-most in Yale history)
  • Made 16 catches for 128 yards
  • His 1699 all-purpose were the third-most in a single season in Yale history, only behind Rich Diana’s 1980 and 1981 seasons
  • Finished his career as the No. 2 rusher in the history of Yale football, running for 3,435 yards throughout his career and finding the endzone on the ground 41 times
  • Recorded six multi-touchdown games, including four games with three touchdowns
  • Ran for a career-high 209 yards and the game-winning score in Yale’s 43-42 comeback win against Youngstown State on Nov. 29
  • Named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 27 and Nov. 10
  • Asa S. Bushnell Offensive Player of the Year award winner
  • Unanimous First Team All-Ivy selection
  • Walter Payton National Offensive Player of the Year Award finalist
  • FCS Football Central All-American Second Team selection
  • AP FCS All-America Honorable Mention
  • Stats Perform FCS All-America Second Team selection
  • AFCA FCS All-America First Team selection
  • Named To 2025 All-ECAC Team
  • Named to the 2025 New England Football Writers Association All-New England Team
2024:
  • Appeared in nine games
  • Ran for a team-high 796 yards on 147 attempts and seven touchdowns
  • Recorded multi-touchdown games against Cornell, Princeton and Harvard
  • Ran for a season-long 64-yard touchdown against Central Connecticut on Oct. 5
  • Ran for a season-high 159 yards against Princeton on Nov. 16
  • 2024 All-Ivy Second Team
2023: Second team All-Ivy selection... Eight rushing touchdowns tied for second in the Ivy League... Second on the team with 448 rushing yards... Missed two games due to injury... Rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns in the overtime victory at Princeton... Had two rushing touchdowns in the win over Columbia... Caught a touchdown pass against Penn.

2022: Ivy League Rookie of the Year... Named to the Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-America Team... Finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which is presented to the national freshman of the year in college football's Division I subdivision... First team All-Ivy selection... Led team with seven rushing touchdowns... His 667 rushing yards were fourth in the league... A four-time Ivy Rookie of the Week selection... Top performance came against Princeton when he ran for 108 yards, one of six games where he ran for at least 80 yards... Recipient of the team's Charles Loftus Award, recognizing the most valuable first year player on the team.

At Avalon: Rushed for 1,156 yards on 188 carries and scored 13 touchdowns… 36 receptions and had two receiving touchdowns… Added two returns for touchdowns.
 
Personal: Comes from a large, football-loving family… Has eight brothers who have played football… Enjoys traveling.

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2022-23First Year

    RB
    6'0" 205 lbs
    34
  • 7

    2023Sophomore

    RB
    6'0" 215 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2024Junior

    RB
    6'0" 215 lbs
    7
  • 7
    C

    2025Senior

    RB
    6'0" 220 lbs
    7
    C