Cornell University Athletics

2025 | FRESHMAN SEASON
Second-team All-CSFL selection … led the CSFL in kick return average (23.1) and ranked among the league leaders in kick return yards (486) … finished second on the team with 51 total tackles (30 solo, 21 assisted) … added an interception, five pass breakups, a tackle for loss and two blocked kicks … recorded a season-high 13 tackles with a tackle for loss and a half sack at Mansfield … returned a kickoff 46 yards at Mansfield as part of a 67-yard day … posted 112 return yards on five kickoffs against Army West Point … had eight tackles at Molloy and seven stops with two blocked kicks against St. Thomas Aquinas … intercepted a pass in the season finale at Penn.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Part of two state championship teams at Bellevue HS ... in addition to winning state titles as a freshman and junior, was on teams that went to the finals as a senior and the semifinals as a sophomore ... as a sophomore, his team was ranked in the top 25 nationally ... team captain of the baseball team ... all-league choice as a senior, helping the team to its first state tournament appearance in more than a decade ... chosen to play in the 3A vs 4A Senior All-Star Kingco Game. 

PERSONAL
Dylan Michael Leaird is the son of Michael Leaird and Asoudeh Hadi and has an older sister and brother ... he is enrolled in the SC Johnson College of Business.