2020 • REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Was an Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Season: Did not see any game action...Named the Coaching Staff's Developmental Squad Defensive Player of the Week following the Ohio State game (10/31)...Named the Coaching Staff's Developmental Squad Special Teams Player of the Week following the Maryland game (11/7).
2019 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterman for head coach Marc Persing at Lewisburg Area High School...Was a three-time team captain...Claimed all-state honors from PA Football Writers as an athlete and defensive back as a junior...Earned all-conference recognition three times as a wide receiver, four times as a defensive back and three times as a punter...Chosen as the No. 2 football player in the Williamsport Sun’s Top 50 Football Players...Participated in the East-West All-Star Game...Selected as Team MVP three times...Finished career as the school’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving touchdowns and receiving yards...Ended career with 159 tackles, nine interceptions, 116 receptions and 2,057 receiving yards...Had 21 receptions for 369 yards and three touchdowns in four games as a senior...Tallied 56 tackles, three interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, 32 receptions, 733 receiving yards and 16 total touchdowns as a junior...Had 46 tackles, five interceptions, including two returned for scores, and two blocked field goals as a sophomore...Registered 38 receptions for 648 yards and seven touchdowns in sophomore season...Had 56 tackles, two interceptions and a blocked field goal as a freshman...Lettered in basketball as a freshman and sophomore and was a four-time letterwinner in track & field...Set the school record in the 4x100 and 200...Helped the Green Dragons to two district titles in basketball...Named Standard Journal Athlete of the Year…Was a member of the National Honor Society and the German Honor Society...Named Daily Item Student-Athlete of the Month.
PERSONAL
Full name is Dylan Michael Farronato...Son of Angela and Michael Farronato...Has two brothers, Dominic and Michael, and one sister, Marisa...Brother, Dominic, graduated from Penn State in 2019...Has volunteered at Oaklyn Elementary School, DragonDash and mini-THON...Hobbies include hanging with friends and family, working out, fishing and photography...Planning to major in early childhood education...Would like to pursue a career as a college football coach or teacher with aspirations to become a principal...Born July 15, 1999 in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.