ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- First Team AP All-American (2024, 2025)
- First Team Walter Camp All-American (2025)
- First Team D3football.com All-American (2025)
- Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Year (2025)
- Second Team D3football.com All-American (2024)
- First Team D3football.com Preseason All-American (2025)
- First Team D3football.com All-Region 2 (2024, 2025)
- First Team All-Centennial Conference (2024, 2025)
- Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference (2023) |
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Career Summary
- Capped career in 2025 as one of the most decorated defensive players in program history.
- Played in 45 game in his career and totaled 175 tackles, including 12.5 for losses and 3.0 sacks. Also had nine interceptions, 19 pass breakups and one fumble recovery.
- 70-yard interception return for a TD on final play of the game against Muhlenberg in 2024 was, at the time, the longest INT return by a JHU player since 1958 and the third-longest on record.
2025
- Finished fourth on the team in tackles with 60 with seven PBUs, four interceptions, 5.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks to his credit as well.Â
- Four INTs tied for the team lead and seven PBUs were tied for second.
- Totaled 22 tackles, including 2.0 for losses and one sack, and added two interceptions in Johns Hopkins’ four games in the NCAA Playoffs.
- Recorded the 150th tackle of his career in the 42-0 win against McDaniel.
- Totaled three tackles and added an interception in a 52-21 win against Ursinus and matched those exact totals with three tackles and one INT in a 59-21 win at Gettysburg.
- Fueled the 45-13 win over Salisbury in the third round of the NCAA Playoffs with five tackles, including one for a loss, two interceptions and one pass breakup.
- Notched six tackles, including one sack, and one pass breakup in a 40-10 win over Susquehanna in the NCAA Semifinals.
- Capped career by ringing up five tackles in a 48-41 loss at #4/#3 Wisconsin-River Falls in the NCAA Semifinals.
2024
- Ranked third on the team in tackles (66) and had 5.5 TFLs, seven PBUs, four INTs and one fumble recovery to his credit.Â
- Four interceptions led the team.
- Posted a career-high nine tackles and sealed the win at Ithaca with an interception near midfield with 1:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.
- Posted eight tackles - including the 75th of his career - in a 20-13 win over Rowan.
- Notched five tackles, including one sack, and added one PBU in a 16-7 win at Ursinus.
- Fueled a 26-13 win over Muhlenberg with seven tackles, two interceptions and one pass breakup. Returned second INT 70 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the game to seal the victory. Named Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his showing against the Mules.
- Notched five tackles and returned a fumble 28 yards for a touchdown to fuel a 30-0 victory against Dickinson.
- Recorded the 100th tackle of his career in the 35-0 regular-season-ending win at McDaniel and added five tackles, including one for a loss, and one PBU in a 17-14 win over Grove City in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.
- Had one tackle and one key interception in a 14-9 win at DePauw in the third round of the NCAAs. INT killed a Tiger drive deep in JHU territory early in the fourth quarter.
- Tied for the team-lead with seven tackles and had one PBU in a 17-10 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
- Posted one tackle on game-opening drive in the NCAA Semifinals at Mount Union before missing the remainder of the game with an injury.
2023
- Played in and started 12 games.
- Finished seventh on the team in tackles (41) and added four pass breakups, two tackles for loss and one interception.
- Tied for third on the team in pass breakups.
- Notched a season-high six tackles in a 39-17 win over Union in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.
- Added five tackles in a 39-36 loss to eighth-ranked Randolph-Macon in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
- Posted five tackles in a win at Rowan and had four stops in four other games, including a 34-28 win at 16
th-ranked Muhlenberg and a 27-17 win at eventual NCAA participant Ithaca.
- Had only interception of the season in a 34-23 win at Dickinson. Interception led to a Blue Jay field goal early in the game.
2022
- Played in five games as a reserve on defense.
- Made first career appearance in a 70-0 win over Juniata.
- Posted nine tackles and one pass breakup on the year.
- Had a season-high three tackles in a 54-0 win over Moravian.
Personal
- Carson Bourdo.
- The son of Matt and Jen Bourdo.
- Has one younger sister, Natalie.
- Majoring in economics with a minor in finance.
