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Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney College Tigers

2023 Football Roster

Steve Davies
Anna Tiplick

15 James-Ryan Salvi

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Troutville, VA
  • High School Lord Botetourt

Biography

2023: Fourth-year team member ... team captain ... returning starter at safety ... returning holder on extra points and field goals ... has started 20 of 24 career games ... has 175 total career tackles, including 74 solo and 101 assists, 5.5 career tackles for loss, two career interceptions, nine career pass breakups, two career fumble recoveries and one career forced fumble ... All-ODAC (2022) ... CSC Academic All-District® Football Team (2022) ... three-time ODAC All-Academic Team (2020-23).

2022: Second Team All-ODAC ... started all 10 games as a junior ... had 98 total tackles, including 39 solo and 59 assists, 0.5 tackles for loss, eight pass breakups and one fumble recovery (Averett, October 15) ... ranked third in the ODAC in total tackles and tackles per game, and tied for fourth in pass breakups ... CSC Academic All-District® Football Team ... ODAC All-Academic Team.

2021: Started nine of nine games as a sophomore ... had 66 total tackles, including 26 solo and 40 assists, four tackles for loss, two interceptions (Washington and Lee, October 2 / Bridgewater, November 6), one pass breakup and one forced fumble (Shenandoah, September 18) ... ODAC All-Academic Team.

2020 (Spring 2021): Started one of five games as a freshman ... had 11 total tackles, including nine solo and two assists, one tackle for loss and one fumble recovery (Ferrum, April 3) ... ODAC All-Academic Team.

High School: 2020 graduate of Lord Botetourt High School in Daleville … three-year team captain helped team to a 14-1 record as a senior, finishing as Virginia High School League (VHSL) Class 3 State Runners-Up … helped LBHS to a pair of District Championships … passed for 18 touchdowns and rushed for eight touchdowns as a senior … also participated in basketball … team Most Improved Player in basketball as a senior, helping team to an undefeated regular season … Honor Roll throughout high school … National Honor Society … Spanish Club, Air and Space Club.

Personal: Son of Ryan and Denise Salvi … has two brothers (Cole, Dylan) … same high school as H-SC teammate Dalton Oxley '27 ... majoring in applied mathematics and computer science … favorite TV shows include Big Bang Theory, Outer Banks and Friends … favorite movies include Step Brothers and The Hangover … favorite professional sports teams include the Los Angeles Lakers and the Pittsburgh Steelers … favorite sports figures include the late Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Drew Brees … greatest sports moment was throwing a last-second touchdown pass for the win against rival Northside High School during junior year for school’s first District Championship since 1970 … hobbies include golf, hiking, biking, playing board games, playing video games, drawing and playing checkers.

Why H-SC: “I love the beautiful campus, the awesome coaching staff and the outdoors, at-home feel; above all, I loved how friendly and inviting everybody on campus is, especially the football players”
 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2020Freshman

    DB
    5'9" 168 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2021Sophomore

    S
    5'10" 168 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2022Junior

    S
    5'10" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15
    C

    2023Senior

    S
    5'10" 175 lbs
    15
    C