Joe Heffernan

Position:
Linebacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
227
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Brookfield, Wis.
High School:
Marquette University HS (Dartmouth)

CAREER: Lettered four years at Dartmouth College (2018-19; 21-22) and one season at Duke University (2023) … saw action in 22 career games (13 starts), compiling 134 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, two PBUs, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … recorded a career-high 15 tackles and one fumble recovery against No. 17 Princeton in 2022 … helped Dartmouth to Ivy League titles in 2019 and 2021 … 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League honoree, a 2022 Second-Team All-Ivy League recipient by Phil Steele Publications, and garnered 2022 All-New England nods by New England Football Writers … played 14 career snaps at Duke.

2023: Played in two games against Lafayette and Connecticut … recorded two tackles … on the field for 14 snaps.

PRIOR TO DUKE: Five-year member of the football program at Dartmouth in 2018-19-20-21-22 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... selected a 2022 Second Team All-Ivy League honoree, a 2022 Second-Team All-Ivy League recipient by Phil Steele Publications, and garnered 2022 All-New England nods by New England Football Writers … earned Dartmouth’s Lester R. Godwin Award, which is presented to a senior football squad member who has risen above personal disadvantage to contribute measurably to the team … saw action in 20 career games (13 starts) with the Big Green … compiled 132 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, two PBUs, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … led the Ivy League in 2022 with 98 tackles and was second in tackles per game with a 9.8 mark ... added 7.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, one QB pressure and one PBU during final season with the Big Green … posted 6+ tackles in 12 contests and recorded 10+ tackles on five occasions … recorded a career-high 15 tackles and one fumble recovery against No. 17-ranked Princeton in 2022 … notched lone forced fumble and QB pressure against Cornell in 2022 … added a career-best 1.5 TFL against the Big Red … helped Dartmouth to an Ivy League title in 2019 and 2021 … lettered three years at Marquette University High School and played for coach Jeff Mazurczak … recorded 230 tackles throughout career and posted 83 tackles and 10.0 TFL during senior season … named to the Greater Metro Conference first-team as a senior.

PERSONAL: Born August 4, 1999 ... graduated from Dartmouth in December 2022, with a degree in economics ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a master’s in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Jim and AnnMarie Heffernan.