Cornell University Athletics

Sprint Football
Second-Team All-CSFL (2016)
Honorable Mention All-CSFL (2015)

As a Senior (2016)
Pannullo earned All-CSFL second team honors in his final season of sprint football after leading the team in total offensive yards (946), passing yards (656) and rushing yards (290). He was named the CSFL Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 25 after going 7-of-14 for 88 yards and a touchdown through the air and also rushing for 120 yards and two touchdowns against Post. He threw multiple touchdown passes in three games and also accounted for three touchdowns in three games. 

As a Junior (2015)
Pannullo was named an All-CSFL honorable as a junior, having another strong season as the team's starting quarterback. Strong on the ground, Pannullo led the team in rushing yards with 440 and rushing touchdowns with five, averaging 62.9 rushing yards per game. He also passed for 605 yards and threw five touchdown passes, finishing with a 48.74 completion percentage and a 96.91 efficiency. He posted a season-high 155 rushing yards in a win over Franklin Pierce and a season-high 152 passing yards at Navy.

As a Sophomore (2014)
Pannullo had a breakout season in his first year as a starting quarterback and was an All-CSFL honorable mention. In seven games, he racked up 408 rushing yards and 982 passing yards — averaging just under 200 all-purpose yards per game — and a 52.6 completion rate. In the season opener against Franklin Pierce, a 28-7 victory, he accounted for all four of Cornell’s touchdowns, two rushing and two passing, and recorded 211 all-purpose yards. In the Big Red’s 55-0 romp of Princeton, Pannullo finished with 29 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown and went 5-for-5 with 76 yards and a touchdown in the air. He set new career-highs in the 42-30 loss to Navy in completions (23), passing yards (295) and passing touchdowns (4). Pannullo finished the season strong with 266 all-purpose yards in a 38-21 win over Mansfield, accounting for three of the Big Red’s five touchdowns.

As a Freshman (2013)
A promising young player, Pannullo made an immediate impact for the Big Red, playing in all seven games at both wide receiver and quarterback.  As a wide-out, he made nine catches for 61 yards and two touchdowns, scoring his first collegiate touchdown against Penn on Schoellkopf. While under center he completed 31 of 64 passes for 311 yards with one touchdown and rushed the ball 63 times, picking up another 118 yards. On special teams, he returned two kickoffs for 18 yards. He finished fifth on the team in all-purpose yards (197), averaging 28.1 yards per game.

Baseball
As a Senior (2017)
Pannullo made two appearances in relief, recording a pair of outs without yielding any runs.

As a Junior (2016)
Pannullo made five appearances as a relief pitcher, earning a victory in his first collegiate appearance in a non-league game against Binghamton on April 13. Four days later, he notched his first collegiate save by recording the final five outs in a 7-4 victory against three-time defending Ivy League champion Columbia.

Before Cornell
Pannullo was a four-year member of both the football and baseball teams at Montclair Kimberley. On the gridiron, Pannullo spent three years as a wide receiever before transitioning to quarterback his senior year. He also played on the defensive side of the ball as a safety all four years. He was a three-time All-Super Essex Conference honoree and was named First Team All-Conference and First Team All-County as a senior. Pannullo was also the New Jersey Mini Maxwell Award Winner and a Men of Essex Scholar Athlete. On the diamond, he served as captain as a junior and helped his team to a Super Essex Conference Championship. Serving as a captain again his senior season, Pannullo earned All-Essex County and First Team All-State Prep B honors. 

Personal
Robert Scott Pannullo is the son of Joseph and Dr. Susan Pannullo and has three brothers; Joseph, Richard and Steven. He is the third member of his family to attend Cornell, joining his mother and grandmother, Rita Cohen. He is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.