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2021 Football Roster

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18 Eric Gallman II

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 194
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • Highschool Mountain Island Charter HS

Biography

As a senior (2021)

• Had six catches for 51 yards on the season while also serving as the team’s primary punt returner.
• Added 63 yards of 14 returns.
• Caught three balls for 22 yards at Yale.
• Made three catches for 29 yards at Bucknell.
• Registered 16 punt return yards on four returns in the season opener against No. 22 VMI.
• Returned two punts for 16 yards against No. 15 Princeton.
• Returned a pair of punts for 15 yards against Columbia.

As a senior (2020)

• Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

As a junior (2019)

• Had 33 catches for 376 yards and a touchdown in nine contests.
• Ranked second on the team in receptions and third in receiving yards.
• Missed the season-opening win over Marist with an injury.
• Caught one pass for 17 yards and returned a kickoff 22 yards at preseason Ivy favorite Yale.
• Brought in three passes for 30 yards vs. Georgetown.
• Made two catches for 34 yards and a touchdown at Harvard.
• Hauled in a pair of passes for 16 yards against Colgate and had two catches for 22 yards vs. Brown.
• Notched three catches for 20 yards against No. 12 Princeton.
• Caught five passes for 54 yards at Penn.
• Credited with nine catches for 98 yards in the win over No. 12 Dartmouth.
• Made six catches for 85 yards, including a career-long 51-yard reception, in the Empire State Bowl win over Columbia.
 

As a sophomore (2018)

• Played in eight contests, catching 21 passes for 135 yards.
• Ranked fourth on the team in receptions.
• Returned seven kickoffs for a 19.1 yard average.
• Missed two games due to injury.
• Returned to the field in the 2018 opener at Delaware, making one catch for 8 yards.
• Made five catches for 8 yards against Yale.
• Had a 28-yard reception and returned three kicks for 69 yards in the win over Sacred Heart.
• Hauled in four passes for 28 yards in the win over Harvard.
• Made four catches for 11 yards at No. 17 Colgate.
• Caught four passes for 42 yards in the season finale at Columbia.
• Has a reception in all 10 career games.
 

As a freshman (2017)

• Ranked among the Ivy League's top receivers over the season's first two weeks before being injured and missing the rest of the season.
• Hauled in 12 receptions for 133 yards and a touchdown over two contests, including a single-game school freshman record receiving total.
• Became the first Cornell freshman to score a touchdown in his collegiate opener since 1994 with a 27-yard reception at Delaware.
• Caught three passes for 36 yards against the Blue Hens.
• Caught nine passes for a Cornell freshman record 97 yards in the Ivy League opener at Yale.
• Missed the final eight games of the season due to injury.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Gallman was a three-time all-state selection while playing at Mountain Island Charter HS and SouthLake Christian Academy.
• The three-time all-conference and all-area selection was part of two state championships teams and totaled 184 receptions for 3,410 yards and 29 touchdowns in his career.
• He totaled 5,531 all-purpose yards in his four-year varsity career.
• Gallman caught 73 passes for 1,202 yards and six scores as a junior and 62 passes for 1,181 yards and 16 touchdowns as a senior.
• He led the state in return yards as a junior and senior and set career records in receptions and receiving yards at Mountain Island Charter.
• Gallman also lettered three times in basketball.
• His father played football at Penn State.
 

Personal

• Eric Maurice Gallman II is the son of Eric and Jennifer Gallman and has a younger sister.
• His father played football at Penn State.
• He is enrolled in the School of Hotel Administration.

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2017-18Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 178 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2018-19Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 178 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2019-20Junior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 178 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2020-21Senior

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 178 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2021-22Fifth Year

    Wide Receiver
    5'10" 194 lbs
    18