Colorado State University Athletics

2025 Football Roster

Tangelo, Paul
Jersey Number 52

Paul Tangelo

  • Position:
    Outside Linebacker
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    245
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Gaithersburg, Md.
  • High School:
    Avalon School
  • Prev School:
    Lackawanna College / St. Francis
at Colorado State
Resdshirt Senior, 2025 (12/5):
• Participated in all 12 games during the 2025-26 season
• Recorded 19 total tackles, including 6 solo and 13 assisted
• Achieved 3 tackles for loss, contributing to 17 yards lost for opponents
• Registered 2 sacks, accounting for 15 yards lost
• Led the team with 36 fumble return yards, including a 36-yard return for a touchdown against Fresno State
• Notched 1 fumble recovery, which resulted in a touchdown

Before Colorado State
• Played two seasons at St. Francis (2023-24)
• Started each of the 21 games he played
• Racked up 41 tackles and 10.0 TFL after appearing in all 10 games in 2024
• Appeared in 10 games in 2023, recording 27 tackles
• Was at Lackawanna College for two seasons (2021-22), redshirting his freshman year
• Played with current Ram teammate Petey Tucker
• Appeared in 10 games with 38 total tackles, 28 solo, 9.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and three forced fumbles

Personal/High School
• Was a team captain for three seasons
• Parents are Angelo Kass and Marie Luhumbu
• Has two brothers – Derrick and Christopher – and a sister Andrea
• Brother Derrick played football at Duke and Penn State and played in the NFL for one season with the Atlanta Falcons
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