2023 PFN Player Profile: Getting to know Riverside Viking LB/RB Robby Garvey

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Billy Splain | June 27, 2023

Robby Garvey
RB/LB
Riverside Vikings
Class Of 2024
positions you play
Jersey #1
HT/WT 6’0 195
Times Tribune All league Linebacker NEPA football All league Linebacker PA Football News 2nd Team All State Linebacker
Twitter @robby_garvey

Coach Harry Armstrong says “LB is a blend of OLD School Smash Mouth style & New School speed & and versatility. Dynamic player as a run stopper, pass rusher, and pass defender. He possesses the skill to set the edge vs run, rush the passer, & match up vs opponents top targets. He is also a dual threat RB with excellent open field playmaking ability. Chase Taddoni: QB with a killer instinct”.

LET’S GET TO KNOW ROBBY

Why do you play football?

I play for the brotherhood and love football brings.

It’s gameday! What are you looking forward to the most? 

The feeling of adrenaline before the first kickoff.

Who is your favorite sports star and WHY?

Ray Lewis. I feel like he embodies what every linebacker should be.

Do you have a favorite play you remember the most? Explain:

I would say against Susquehanna where I had one of my biggest hits of my high school career when the crowd went crazy and the game had to stop.

What was last years season like for you?

I feel like it was a trailer for this year. We showed flashes of greatness last year against some teams but couldn’t pull it together every game. I think this year we will do that.

What are your goals for this coming season?

Nothing short of a district championship.

Who is the best player you ever lined up against?

CJ Dippre or Cross Douglas

What stadium, HS/college/pro would you love to visit for a game?

Notre Dame’s football stadium

What is your favorite Pro team, any sport?

New York Giants

What game, yours, college or pro, was your favorite game you watched and why?

Villanova v North Carolina National Championship game 2016

What sports movie would you watch every day if you had to pick one and why?

Remember the Titans

Name one thing that you’d love to do in football that may never happen?

Throw a touchdown pass or pick 6

Who is your mentor, the person you want to be like? WHY?

Brian Dawkins. Because when he stepped on the field he had a different personality and turned into a killer.

Name a sport you’d love to play but can’t:

Lacrosse

When you aren’t playing, practicing or training for sports, what is your go to activity and why?

Hanging out with friends because it gets your mind off sports for a little.

What is your favorite football memory to date?

Probably beating Trail last year because it was the first game we weren’t really supposed to win after getting smoked the last couple years then we went in and had control over them pretty much the whole game.

What is your favorite play to run?

Power

Music of choice:

Old school/ New rap or classic rock

What restaurant is your go to when you need a big meal?

Union Craft house or Italos

What is your favorite vacation destination?

Dewey Beach

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