ATHLETIC HONORS & AWARDS
- First Team All-Centennial Conference (RS) (2023)
- Second Team All-Centennial Conference (WR) (2024)
- Honorable Mention All-Centennial Conference (RS) (2022)
ACADEMIC HONORS & AWARDS
- National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2025)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- Academic All-Centennial Conference (2024)
- Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024) |
Career Summary
- Played in 43 career games, including 26 of 27 over final two seasons.
- Finished career with 85 receptions for 1,352 yards and eight touchdowns and returned 64 kickoffs for 1,426 yards and two touchdowns.
- Ranked as Johns Hopkins’ career leader in kickoff return yards at conclusion of career.
- Capped career ranked 19th in school history in career receiving yards.
- First player in school history with more than 1,300 career receiving yards and 1,300 career kickoff return yards.
- Returned two kickoffs for TDs in his career (98 at F&M in 2023 | 96 at Ursinus in 2022 ... those are the two longest KORs in school history).
2024
- Finished second on the team in receptions with 58 for a team-high 975 yards and a team-best seven TDs.
- Returned 18 kickoffs for 347 yards on the year.
- Scored game-winning TD on a 15-yard reception in the fourth quarter at Ithaca.
- Had a career-high nine receptions for a then personal-best 125 yards against Salisbury.
- Posted six catches for 96 yards in a 51-7 win at Gettysburg and had four receptions for 65 yards in a 13-6 win over F&M.
- Sparked a key 26-13 win over Muhlenberg with seven receptions for a then career-high 134 yards and two touchdown receptions (49, 10). This was the first two-touchdown game of his career.
- Sparked 35-0 win at McDaniel with three receptions for career-high 150 yards and one touchdown. Included was a career-best 69-yard touchdown reception ... 50.0 yards per reception is the highest average in a game by a Blue Jay player with three or more receptions.
- Became JHU’s career leader in career kickoff return yards in the win against McDaniel as his 29-yard return boosted his career total to 1,280 yards. Bruce Kane (1977-80) had held the record with 1,259 yards for more than 40 years.
- Has six receptions for 30 yards and one TD and returned two kickoffs for 41 yards against Grove City in the second round of the NCAA Playoffs.
- Fueled 14-9 win at DePauw in third round of the NCAAs with six receptions for 115 yards and one TD. TD reception covered 64 yards and was the fifth-longest reception in JHU post-season history.
- Had four receptions for 88 yards and one touchdown in a 45-37 loss at Mount Union in the NCAA Semifinals. Touchdown came with 3:26 remaining and drew the Blue Jays within one score.
2023
- Played in 12 of JHU’s 13 games with 10 starts.
- Totaled 24 receptions for 337 yards and one TD reception and returned 27 kickoffs for 557 yards and one TD.
- Finished third on the team in receptions and fourth in receiving yards and third in all-purpose yards (894).
- Set JHU single-season record with 557 yards kickoff return yards.
- Had three receptions for 55 yards and four kickoff returns for 73 yards in a 27-17 season-opening win against Ithaca.
- Posted season-high four receptions for 62 yards and added two kickoff returns for 41 yards in a 49-28 win over Gettysburg.
- Sparked 34-27 come-from-behind win at F&M with three kickoff returns for 140 yards and one touchdown. Return for a scored was a school-record 98-yarder and ignited a 21-0 run that turned a 20-13 deficit into a 34-20 lead.
- Had three receptions for 55 yards in a 62-20 win over Western Connecticut in the first round of the NCAA Playoffs and added two receptions for 36 yards and one touchdown in a 39-17 win over Union in the second round.
- Closed season with three receptions for 38 yards and five kickoff returns for 106 yards in a 39-36 loss to Randolph-Macon in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
2022
- Played in eight games and had two receptions for 15 yards and 18 kickoff returns for 465 yards and one touchdown.
- 465 KOR return yards were, at the time, the fourth-best single-season total in school history.
- Had five kickoff returns for 170 yards with a 96-yard return for a touchdown to spark a 36-29 win at Ursinus. Kickoff return for a score came after Ursinus had taken a 26-21 lead after trailing 21-7.
- Had four kickoff returns for 85 yards at F&M and four for 84 yards against Muhlenberg.
2021
- Played in nine games in first season at Homewood.
- Made first career appearance in a 53-18 win at Stevenson in the season opener.
- Had one reception for 25 yards, one kickoff return for 57 yards and one punt return for four yards on the year.
- Returned a kickoff 57 yards in the fourth quarter against Stevenson the first time he touched the ball in college.
- Had lone reception on the year – a 25-yarder – in a 77-0 win at Juniata.
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At St. Ignatius
- Three-year member of varsity football team.
- Senior season was shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- Honorable mention all-state as a junior and all-conference as a junior and senior.
- Three-time academic all-conference and two-time academic all-state selection.
- Helped team to first round of state playoffs as a junior.
Personal
- EJ Talarico.
- The son of Ernie and Kelli Talarico.
- Has one younger sister, Eva.
- Majoring in economics.
