Biography
SENIOR (2018) – Picked to Phil Steele's Preseason NEC Third Team...Recorded four tackles and collected a fumble recovery for a touchdown against Lehigh (9/1)...Recorded 12 tackles including a tackle for loss against Delaware State (9/8)...Collected five tackles against Richmond (9/13)...Totaled eight tackles including a tackle for loss and an interception return for 25 yards against Albany (9/22)..Made seven tackles including two sacks against WV Wesleyan (9/29)...Collected 14 tackles including one tackle and a half for loss and a half of a sack and one pass breakup against Wagner (10/13)...Recorded seven tackles including a tackle for loss against Duquesne (10/20)...Made six tackles including a tackle for loss and a sack, recovered a fumble and recorded a quarterback hurry against Robert Morris (10/27)...Recorded five tackles including a tackle for loss against Bryant (11/3)...Recorded 15 tackles, forced a fumble, recovered a fumble and made a pass breakup against CCSU (11/10)...Posted six tackles including a tackle for loss and recovered a fumble against Sacred Heart (11/17).
JUNIOR (2017) – Played in all 11 games and started 10 this season… Collected 67 tackles, 37 solo, 5.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two QB hurries and six pass breakups this year... Recorded seven tackles, four solo, and a tackle for loss against Lock Haven (9/2)… Made six stops, one solo, including a tackle for loss vs. Wagner (9/9)… Had nine tackles, six solo, and two pass breakups against Towson (9/16)... Made four stops, all solo, at No. 22 Liberty (9/30)... Made a career-high 11 tackles (six solo) and broke up two passes at Presbyterian (10/7)... Had three tackles, including one solo, and a QB hurry at Bryant (10/14)... Made six stops, five solo, at Duquesne (10/21)... Recorded four solo tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and a pass breakup vs. Robert Morris (10/28)... Had two solo tackles and broke up a pass at CCSU (11/4)... Made eight stops, three solo, including a sack against Sacred Heart (11/11)... At Eastern Kentucky (11/18), tied for a team-high with seven tackles, one solo, and half a tackle for loss.
SOPHOMORE (2016) – Played in all 12 games, making two starts, at linebacker… Ranked fifth on the team with 51 tackles, including 22 solo, two for loss, a sack, two pass breakups and an interception… Recorded nine tackles, including three solo, in the season opener at Montana… Did not record a tackle at Towson, but had an interception and a pass breakup… Made eight stops, with three solo and half a tackle for loss, at Columbia… Recorded a sack at Albany… Had six tackles, with two solo and half a tackle for loss against Malone… Had two tackles at Robert Morris and three each against Bryant and Duquesne… Matched his season-high with nine tackles, including three solo, at Sacred Heart… Had four tackles against CCSU, one against Wagner and five against Villanova.
FRESHMAN (2015) – Played in 11 games, seeing time on defense and special teams... Totaled 23 tackles, including 12 solo, 1.5 for loss and a sack... Also had a fumble recovery and two pass breakups... Had three tackles in the season opener vs. Georgetown... Recorded two tackles, including a sack at Towson... He added three tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Youngstown State... Also had three tackles, including half a tackle for loss in the win at ETSU... Had one stop at Wagner, two at Robert Morris and four at Bryant... Recorded season-high five tackles, including three solo, vs. Sacred Heart.
BEFORE SFU - Bruni, an Inside/Outside Linebacker, Long-Snapper and Halfback from Mt. Lebanon High School, has career highs of 202 tackles, 11 sacks, 36 tackles for loss, 13 forced fumbles, one interception, and one fumble recovery ... During his senior season, Bruni had 10 starts with 96 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, four sacks, and seven forced fumbles ... Received First Team All-Conference and Second Team AAAA All-State, along with Mt. Lebanon Football Team MVP and Mt. Lebanon Football Player of the Year.
PERSONAL - Plans on studying Middle Childhood Education at Saint Francis U.
