At Cornell
One of the top open field threats in the Ancient Eight, Gellatrly is a threat with the ball in his hands anywhere on the field. 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 ranked second on the team in rushing and fourth in receiving in 2011, opening the year as the starting running back before being moved to receiver as the offense put more emphasis on the passing game. He ended the year with 260 rushing yards on a healthy 4.3 yards per carry and scored twice on the ground. Gellatly also caught 27 passes for 240 yards and two touchdowns. Gellatly just missed a 100-yard game with 17 carries for 95 yards and a touchdown at Yale a week after scoring on the ground in the win over Bucknell. He broke out over the final two weeks of the season after moving to receiver, catching 14 passes for 152 yards and two scores, including an eight-catch, 106-yard effort in the season finale against Penn. Gellatly led the team and all Ivy freshmen in rushing with 437 yards, averaging 4.6 yards per carry in 2010. He also caught 15 passes for 82 yards and returned his only kick for 29 yards. Gellatly saw action in eight games with four starts. He posted a career-high 97 yards on 22 carries in the win over Princeton, adding 42 receiving yards for 139 all-purpose yards. Gellatly had 87 yards on seven carries in his collegiate debut against Wagner, including a 63-yard run in the second half. He was injured on the play and missed much of the next three weeks.
At Issaquah
A first-team all-state running back as a junior at Issaquah HS, Gellatly was sidelined for a majority of his senior season with an injury. When he did return, he did so with a vengeance, rushing for more than 500 yards and eight touchdowns in three playoff games. A preseason first-team all-state selection in 2009 at both running back and corner, he was a two-star prospect by scouting service Rivals.com. As a junior, Gellatly recorded 1,844 rushing yards and 27 touchdowns on offense, while posting more than 50 tackles in the defensive backfield. He was named first-team all-conference at both positions. Gellatly was the team’s most valuable player as a sophomore and junior and earned the team’s Offensive Player of the Year both years. He was a nominee for the Seattle Scholar-Athlete Award from the National Football Foundation in 2009.
Personal
Grant Baird Gellatly is the son of Robert and Susan Gellatly and has two older and one younger brothers. Gellatly is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
