Position: OL/DL Date of Birth: 11/22/1983 Height: 6' 4" Weight: 295 lbs
College Experience: Iona Resides: Poughkeepsie, NY
Biography: Hometown: Poughkeepsie, NY How Acquired: Assigned af2 Notes: Entering his rookie season af2 Experience: None. Other Professional Experience: None College: Played four years at Iona (2004-2008). All-MAAC defensive player in 06-07 and 07-08. 2007 All American. Personal: Played football and baseball at Arlington High School in Poughkeepsie, NY. Rob also goes by “Bert” and his favorite food is Chicken Parmesan. Rob’s favorite sport other than football to watch is College Basketball. He grew up rooting for the New York Jets and his greatest moment in sports was winning the 2007 MAAC championship. 2009: Assigned to Albany on 3/9/09…Made his Firebirds and af2 debut and had 1 carry for two yards, made 1.5 tackles and 1 fumble recovery and was named the JLS Ironman of the Game on 3/27/09 at Mahoning Valley…Placed on Injured reserve after Week 1…activated from injured reserve in week 7 on 05/06/09...Combined to record the game-winning safety in the Firebirds 2-point victory in Week 8 on 05/16/09 against Manchester…Saw action in his fourth straight game and recorded one tackle in Week 11 on 06/05/09 at Manchester…did not play in Week 12 on 06/13/09 vs. Mahoning Valley…Recorded 5.5 tackles, 1.5 for loss in Week 13 at Peoria on 6/20/09…Started at DE and recorded 2.5 tackles in Week 16 against Manchester on 7/11/09…Led the team with five solo tackles in Week 17 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on 7/18/09
