María Teresa De La Rosa

María Teresa De La Rosa

No. 47 – Baltimore Hawks
Position:	Wide Receiver
Personal information
Born:	(2039-07-04)July 4, 2039 (aged 21) Granada, Spain
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Username:	Baron1898
Career information
High school:	Santa Fe High School
College:	Pomona College
ISFL Draft:	2062 (S47) / Round: 1 / Pick: 12
DSFL Draft:	2061 (S46) / Round: 3 / Pick: 4
Career history
Roster status:	Active

María Teresa Luisa Francisca de Paula Esperanza de la Rosa (born July 4, 2039) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Hawks. She played college football for Pomona College before being picked up on waivers by the Portland Pythons after the trade deadline. Ferraro was selected 20th overall in the S46 DSFL Draft by the Bondi Beach Buccaneers. After playing a full season in the DSFL, she was selected 12th overall by the Hawks in the S47 ISFL Draft.

Early years

María Teresa de la Rosa was born on April 7, 2039, in Granada, Spain. The one and only child of her two mothers, Alejandra and Ivonne de la Rosa, María Teresa spent her first twelve years in Spain in a bilingual household before her family immigrated to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was an athletic and outgoing person, deeply interested in history and public policy and dabbling in a number of sports like track and field, baseball, and swimming. However, by the time of high school, she fell in love with American football in particular. De la Rosa tried out for many positions before settling on receiver by her sophomore season, addicted to the feeling of racing down the field and catching a long touchdown, and she played well enough for the Demons that a few D-I colleges sent scouting offers. She did not see football as her future career, though, and her heart was set on attending Pomona College in Claremont, California with her high school sweetheart and girlfriend, Isabella Bolton.

College career

Her outlook changed as she entered her education at Pomona. De la Rosa tried out for the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens teams and managed to make the cut as a backup receiver, although she didn't actually see any playtime as a first-year. She worked hard in her studies in the meantime and pursued a double major in Public Policy Analysis and International Relations. It was as a sophomore that de la Rosa finally saw some playing time and seized her chance. In ten games with the Sagehens, she caught 34 passes for 478 yards and three touchdowns, second on the team on all counts. Then, as a junior, de la Rosa caught on fire. She improved dramatically from the year prior, catching the ball 78 times and running it for 941 yards and seven touchdowns to earn a First Team All-SCIAC nod, and brought the Sagehens to the brink of a SCIAC title before a heartbreaking loss to Chapman ruined their win streak. De la Rosa was intent on running it back though, and her final outing in the blue and orange saw a blistering campaign on par with her competitors in the Division I sphere: 109 catches for a school-record 1512 receiving yards and fourteen touchdowns, winning not only the SCIAC Football Offensive Athlete of the Year but a slot on the AP D-III All-American team to go with a undefeated season. With this momentum, de la Rosa decided to commit to football and declared for the upcoming DSFL Draft, entering the waiver process.

College career statistics

Career statistics			Receiving
Season	Team	Games	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2058 (S43)	Pomona-Pitzer	10	34	478	14.1	56	3
2059 (S44)	Pomona-Pitzer	10	78	941	12.1	84	7
2060 (S45)	Pomona-Pitzer	10	109	1512	13.9	86	14

Professional career

DSFL career

One of the first prospects in her class in the DSFL waiver pool, de la Rosa was claimed off of waivers by the Portland Pythons and started for them in their final four regular season games. She had an immediate splash in her debut game, pulling in five catches for 98 yards and a touchdown in a close loss to the Tijuana Luchadores. The rest of her rump season was not quite as explosive, ending with fourteen receptions, 172 receiving yards, and the lone touchdown. The Pythons won only one of their four final games, but finishing the season at 6-8 was enough to earn a playoff bid. On the road against the Kansas City Coyotes, de la Rosa's squad lost 20-10 while she went for three catches and 32 yards. In the offseason she began looking towards the S46 DSFL Draft and impressed in the Prospect Bowl as the top receiver for the Juneau Grizzlies and for quarterback prospect Puddles O'Duck. In the draft, de la Rosa went 20th overall as the third round selection of the Buccaneers.

Now working as the primary receiver for fellow draftee Bugs, de la Rosa impressed with her explosive talent. She led all rookie receivers and placed sixth in the league in receiving yards, catching 70 passes for 1280 yards on a blistering 18.3 average yardage and cashing in nine receptions for touchdowns. Unfortunately, despite her performance and the MVP-level efforts of Bugs, Bondi Beach's season was consistently inconsistent. They went 6-8 over the fourteen game campaign, throttled by the division-dominating Luchadores. Facing a week-and-in situation in Week 14 to enter the playoffs via tiebreaker over the Dallas Birddogs, Bondi pulled ahead of Tijuana 31-30 in the third quarter before being buried 45-31 and sent to watch the postseason from home. All eyes then turned to the draft. While de la Rosa was commonly viewed as the premier prospect in a competitive receiver draft class, rumors began to swirl about her intentions and demands to different teams. In her scouting, she made it clear that she was entirely averse to being drafted by any team that could not guarantee a starting role within a few seasons, and told every team sans Austin and Baltimore to at least avoid taking her in the first round. When the S47 Draft rolled around, three other wide receivers went off the board before Baltimore picked de la Rosa with their first round selection at pick 12.

Pre-draft measurables

Ht	Wt	40‑yd dash	20‑ss	3‑cone	Vert jump	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	4.38 s	4.07 s	7.12 s	29.9 in (0.76 m)	10 ft 6.8 in (3.22 m)	15 reps	20

DSFL career statistics

Career statistics			Receiving
Season	Team	Games	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2060 (S45)	Pythons	4	14	172	12.3	30	1
2061 (S46)	Buccaneers	14	70	1280	18.3	70	9
Overall	POR/BBB	18	84	'1452	17.3	70	10

DSFL playoff statistics

Career statistics			Receiving
Season	Team	Games	Rec	Yards	Avg	Lg	TD
2060 (S45)	Pythons	1	3	32	10.7	17	0
Overall	Pythons	1	3	32	10.7	17	0

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