ITHACA, N.Y. – Senior wide receiver
Grant Gellatly and sophomore running back
Luke Hagy have both been named to the College Football Performance Awards Watch List for its 2013 CFPA All-Purpose Performer of the Year Award. Gellatly and Hagy are among 32 players nationally on the list and are the only pair of teammates on the initial list.
One of the top open field threats in the Ancient Eight, Gellatly is a threat with the ball in his hands anywhere on the field as a wide receiver. Gellatly earned his first All-Ivy nod, a spot on the second team, after finishing second in the Ivy League in receiving yards and fifth in receptions per game in a breakout 2012. He also ranked second in all-purpose yards. He ranked in the top 30 nationally in both categories, sitting 18th in receiving yards per game (94.0) and 28th in receptions per game (6.1). Gellatly ended the year with 61 receptions for 940 yards and five touchdowns this season. The 940 yards ranks fifth in a season at Cornell. Gellatly scored three touchdowns (two receiving, one rushing) in the loss to Dartmouth and had 12 catches for 215 yards in the win over Princeton. He had a career-high 13 catches for 181 yards and a touchdown at Fordham and six catches for 111 yards at No. 23 Harvard. Gellatly closed the season by grabbing six passes for 141 yards and a score against Ivy champ Penn. He is also on the CFPA Wide Receiver Watch List.
Hagy was one of 20 finalists for the 2012 Jerry Rice Award, given annually to the national freshman of the year in the Football Championship Subdivision. Cornell's leading rusher (528 yards, seven touchdowns), he ranked seventh in the Ivy League in that category. Hagy was one of two Big Red freshmen named to the College Sports Journal 2012 FCS All-Freshman Team. The two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week ranked second in the Ancient Eight in both scoring and all-purpose yardage in conference games only. He finished the year ranked in the top 10 in the Ivy League in rushing, receptions, all-purpose yards and scoring. The conference's top receiving back, he finished fourth on the squad in receptions (48) and receiving yards (513) with two touchdowns. Hagy established a Cornell freshman record with his 1,054 all-purpose yards. He posted his first career 100-yard rushing game with 124 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries at Columbia, adding eight receptions for 62 yards. He ran for 69 yards and three touchdowns on 15 carries against Ivy champ Penn, while also catching seven passes for 83 yards. He scored a receiving touchdown vs. Dartmouth and had 88 yards rushing and two touchdowns vs. Yale, part of a day with 157 all-purpose yards.
Gellatly and Hagy will key the offense as fall practice begins in mid-August. The Big Red opens the 2013 season at home against Bucknell on Saturday, Sept. 21 at Schoellkopf Field.
The full list of 2013 recipients, including the 2013 CFPA FCS Awards, will be announced on January 8, 2014.
2013 College Football Performance Awards All-Purpose Performer of the Year Watch List
• Damarr Aultman, Maine
• Zach Bauman, Northern Arizona
• Telvin Brown, Jacksonville State
• Jordan Canada, Montana
• Spencer Davis, Southeast Missouri State
• Tromaine Dennis, Northern Colorado
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Grant Gellatly, Cornell
• Colby Goodwyn, Old Dominion
• Ezekiel Graham, Sacramento State
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Luke Hagy, Cornell
• Kyle Harbridge, St. Francis (PA)
• R.J. Harris, New Hampshire
• Rob Hollomon, Central Connecticut State
• J.J. Hubbard, Gardner-Webb
• Jake Hutson, Valparaiso
• David Johnson, Northern Iowa
• Gus Johnson, Stephen F. Austin
• Erik Lora, Eastern Illinois
• Tellef Lundevall, Brown
• Rees Macshara, Morehead State
• Tre McBride, William & Mary
• James Owens, Florida A&M
• Walter Powell, Murray State
• Mike Ratelle, Drake
• Kalif Raymond, Holy Cross
• Ross Scheuerman, Lafayette
• Andre Stubbs, Youngstown State
• Tony Washington, Appalachian State
• Brian Wetzel, Fordham
• Virgil Williams, Southern University
