Denison University

Pronunciation: Josh  I-ELLO
   

• 2023 D3football.com Third-Team All-Region 4
• 2023 First-Team All-NCAC
• 2023 NCAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (Week of Oct. 17)

• Started all 10 games at wide receiver as a fifth-year senior
• Scored at least one receiving touchdown in each of the first nine games of the season and broke the Denison record with 15 receiving touchdowns in one season, which is tied for the fourth most receiving touchdowns in one season in NCAC history
• Caught 51 passes for 753 yards, both of which were new career-highs, including a long reception of 53 yards that went for a touchdown in Denison's 70-0 win at Oberlin College (Sept. 16)
• In addition to leading the NCAC in receiving touchdowns and ranking second in total touchdowns, points (90) and points per game (9.0) behind only his teammate Trey Fabrocini, Aiello ranked fourth in the conference in receptions and was fifth in receiving yards this season
• In all of NCAA Division III, Aiello was tied for seventh in receiving touchdowns and was tied for 24th in total touchdowns and tied for 28th in total points
• Averaged 5.1 receptions per game, 14.8 yards per catch and 75.3 receiving yards per game and scored three touchdowns in back-to-back wins over Wabash College (Oct. 14) and the College of Wooster (Oct. 21). He recorded the game-winning touchdown catch with 2:45 left in regulation as Denison pulled out a 28-24 win over the Little Giants, and then the following week against the Fighting Scots he scored three times within the first three quarters of the game and broke the single-season receiving touchdown record with a 25-yard score early in the third quarter. Aiello joins DuShawn Brown and David Weimer as the only Big Red receivers to record three or more touchdowns in a game more than once in a career, and is the only one to do it in back-to-back games.
• His 753 receiving yards were good for the 11th most in a single season in program history while his 51 receptions are tied for 13th
• In addition, Aiello is now tied for second in program history in career receiving touchdowns (23) and is ranked 10th in career receiving yards (1,460) and is tied for 10th in career receptions (105)
• Was named all-conference (first-team) and all-region (third-team) for the first time in his career

• Started all 10 games at wide receiver as a senior
• Had 25 receptions for 313 yards and four touchdowns
• Averaged 12.52 yards per catch and 31.3 receiving yards per game
• Set a new career-high in receptions and touchdowns
• Had five catches for 65 yards and a touchdown during his Senior Day against Kenyon (Nov. 12)

• Played in all 10 games at wide receiver
• Had 24 catches for 325 yards and three touchdowns
• Averaged 13.54 yards per catch and 32.50 receiving yards per game
• Set a career-high in receiving yards
• Had five catches for a career-high 105 receiving yards in Denison's 52-28 win over Wooster (Oct. 23) in the Battle of the Old Red Lantern

• Fall season canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
• Had two catches for 21 yards and a touchdown against Ohio Wesleyan on March 19

2019 (First-Year): 

• Played in all 10 games at wide receiver
• Had three receptions for 48 yards
• Had a season-long 20-yard reception vs. Ohio Wesleyan on Nov. 9

Personal: 

• Global commerce major with a minor in Classical studies
• Son of Chris and Scott Aiello
• Father, Scott, played football at Bucknell University
• Was a first-team all-conference selection in football and baseball at Lexington High School
• Member of the National Honors Society and Honor Roll in high school