Merrimack College Athletics

Career

• Was a two-year member of the football team and also played one season on the men's basketball team
• Selected to 2017 National Bowl against top DII, DIII and NAIA players nationwide
• Played in 20 games over the course of his football career with 16 receptions, 230 yards and three touchdowns

2017 (Senior)
Football

• Started every game at tight end
• Finished with 12 receptions and career-high two receiving touchdowns
• Finished with career-high 179 yards receiving, averaging 14.9 yards per catch
• Hauled in a career-long 41-yard reception as part of a career-high 78-yard performance at LIU Post (11/4)
• Finished with a pair of three-catch games

2016-17 (Junior)
Football

• Appeared in 10 games in his first season with the team
• Totaled four receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown while lining up mainly at tight end
• Recorded his first career reception and touchdown against Bryant (9/3)

Before Merrimack

• Attended Brookdale Community College for two years, where he earned all-league and all-region honors in 2015-16 as a member of the men's basketball team 
• Attended Bishop George Ahr High School (Group III)
• Four-year letterwinner in both football and basketball
• Earned all-state, all-county, all-area and all-division honors (senior)
• Earned similar accolades in basketball, where he left as the school's all-time leader in two-point field goals in a season and blocks in a game
• Helped basketball team reach state finals (sophomore)

Personal

• Born Jan. 9, 1994
• Son of Tom and Carol Salva
• Father played football at Memphis 
• Education major

CAREER HIGHS
Points scored: 6, American Int'l, 09/10/16 
Touchdowns: 1, American Int'l, 09/10/16 
Receptions: 3, at Bryant, 09/03/16 
Receiving yards: 50, at Bryant, 09/03/16 (3 receptions)
Receiving TDs: 1, American Int'l, 09/10/16 
Long reception: 19, at Bryant, 09/03/16 
All-purpose yards: 50, at Bryant, 09/03/16