Temple University Athletics
2009 Football Roster
Roster
Maneri, Steve

Jersey Number 86
Steve Maneri
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 275
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Saddle Brook, N.J.
- High School:
- Saddle Brook
Bio
pronounced muh-NAIR-ee
Team captain ... fourth-year senior.
Honors: 2009 third-team All-MAC honoree … named fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … recipient of the 2009 John Rienstra Award for Excellence in Off-season Conditioning … 2009 Captains’ Award … 2009 Academic All-MAC honoree … named to the 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … named the coaches’ offensive player of the week following the Army game (Oct. 18, 2009) … preseason Honorable Mention All-MAC selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … named the most improved offensive player following 2009 spring drills … cited on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2009: Started all 13 games at tight end… one of just nine players to start every game … also played on the field goal unit … finished the season with 134 yards and two touchdowns on 12 receptions … put TU on the scoreboard with his 26-yard touchdown reception against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … made a 16-yard reception at Ohio … had a seven-yard reception in the win at Akron … made two receptions for 14 yards in the win at Toledo … caught the game-winning touchdown in the win over Army … had two catches for 16 yards and a TD against the Black Knights en route to the coaches’ offensive player of the game honors … had a seven-yard reception in the win over Ball State … made an 11-yard catch in the win over Buffalo … had two receptions for 27 yards at No. 5 Penn State … had a 20-yard reception against Villanova ... lettered.
2008: Played in all 12 games with nine starts ... finished the season with 14 receptions for 150 yards and four touchdowns ...had two catches for 12 yards, including a seven-yard catch for a touchdown, at Army ... had a career-long 44-yard reception against Connecticut ... had two receptions for 13 yards at Buffalo ... received the starting nod at No. 16/15 Penn State and started the rest of the season ... in the win at Miami, had two catches for 31 yards and a touchdown ... caught the game-winning touchdown against Ohio ... had three catches for 20 yards and a touchdown at Navy ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with three starts ... received the starting nod against Army, NIU, and Kent State ... had two receptions for 21 yards against Buffalo ... scored his first TD of the season on a season-long 21-yard reception at Bowling Green ... had a 20-yard catch at Army ... lettered.
2006: Played in 10 games as a true freshman ... made six catches for 61 yards and two TDs ... caught three passes for 16 yards at Minnesota ... scored his first career TD on a 30-yard grab versus Clemson ... made a two-yard scoring grab at Northern Illinois. ... one of 22 true freshmen to see action ... lettered.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Saddle Brook (N.J.) HS ... played one season of football, making 36 catches for 607 yards and five TDs at TE to earn Bergen Record second-team All-North Jersey honors under head coach David Schuman in 2005 ... Rivals postseason New Jersey top 50 selection and NJFCA Super 100 honoree ... also a second-team Herald News All-Area, first-team Bergen Record All-Group I and North Jersey WGHT All-Area selection ... had an 80-yard scoring grab versus Midland Park ... also made 44 tackles and one sack on defense ... three-year varsity basketball starter ... Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League Carpenter Division first-team selection as a junior and senior ... also an All-Bergen County All-Star choice by the BCCA..
Personal: Born March 20, 1988 ... son of Anthony and Sue Maneri ... communications major.
Team captain ... fourth-year senior.
Honors: 2009 third-team All-MAC honoree … named fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele … recipient of the 2009 John Rienstra Award for Excellence in Off-season Conditioning … 2009 Captains’ Award … 2009 Academic All-MAC honoree … named to the 2009 Philadelphia Inquirer’s Academic All-Area Football Team … named the coaches’ offensive player of the week following the Army game (Oct. 18, 2009) … preseason Honorable Mention All-MAC selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … named the most improved offensive player following 2009 spring drills … cited on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
2009: Started all 13 games at tight end… one of just nine players to start every game … also played on the field goal unit … finished the season with 134 yards and two touchdowns on 12 receptions … put TU on the scoreboard with his 26-yard touchdown reception against UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl … made a 16-yard reception at Ohio … had a seven-yard reception in the win at Akron … made two receptions for 14 yards in the win at Toledo … caught the game-winning touchdown in the win over Army … had two catches for 16 yards and a TD against the Black Knights en route to the coaches’ offensive player of the game honors … had a seven-yard reception in the win over Ball State … made an 11-yard catch in the win over Buffalo … had two receptions for 27 yards at No. 5 Penn State … had a 20-yard reception against Villanova ... lettered.
2008: Played in all 12 games with nine starts ... finished the season with 14 receptions for 150 yards and four touchdowns ...had two catches for 12 yards, including a seven-yard catch for a touchdown, at Army ... had a career-long 44-yard reception against Connecticut ... had two receptions for 13 yards at Buffalo ... received the starting nod at No. 16/15 Penn State and started the rest of the season ... in the win at Miami, had two catches for 31 yards and a touchdown ... caught the game-winning touchdown against Ohio ... had three catches for 20 yards and a touchdown at Navy ... lettered.
2007: Played in all 12 games with three starts ... received the starting nod against Army, NIU, and Kent State ... had two receptions for 21 yards against Buffalo ... scored his first TD of the season on a season-long 21-yard reception at Bowling Green ... had a 20-yard catch at Army ... lettered.
2006: Played in 10 games as a true freshman ... made six catches for 61 yards and two TDs ... caught three passes for 16 yards at Minnesota ... scored his first career TD on a 30-yard grab versus Clemson ... made a two-yard scoring grab at Northern Illinois. ... one of 22 true freshmen to see action ... lettered.
High School: A 2006 graduate of Saddle Brook (N.J.) HS ... played one season of football, making 36 catches for 607 yards and five TDs at TE to earn Bergen Record second-team All-North Jersey honors under head coach David Schuman in 2005 ... Rivals postseason New Jersey top 50 selection and NJFCA Super 100 honoree ... also a second-team Herald News All-Area, first-team Bergen Record All-Group I and North Jersey WGHT All-Area selection ... had an 80-yard scoring grab versus Midland Park ... also made 44 tackles and one sack on defense ... three-year varsity basketball starter ... Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League Carpenter Division first-team selection as a junior and senior ... also an All-Bergen County All-Star choice by the BCCA..
Personal: Born March 20, 1988 ... son of Anthony and Sue Maneri ... communications major.
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