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  Cortez Gent

Cortez Gent

Player Profile

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Chiefland, FL

High School:
Chiefland

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 185

Position:
WR

Birthdate:
01/04/1987

Major:
Criminal Justice

Cortez Gent Photo Gallery

• Selected First-Team All Sun Belt
• Selected Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-Sun Belt Second Team
• 104 yards shy of the single-season receiving mark
• Tied with single-season record with nine TDs
• Ranked No. 19 nationally in receiving yards per game and No. 57 in receptions per game.

New Orleans Bowl: Had three receptions for a total of 52 yards.

2007: Started as a primary receiver...credited with two receptions and a touchdown in the season opener...missed OSU game for family reasons...returned the following game to have his first 100-yard game of his career (109 versus Minnesota)...teamed with Jason Harmon to become the first players to have 100+ yards in a single game...scored a career-long 74-yard TD to put the Owls on top late in the fourth at North Texas...had a season-high five catches and a 20-yard touchdown against Kentucky...selected to Phil Steele's Mid-Season All-SBC Second Team...scored the game-tying touchdown with six seconds left to force overtime at Lafayette...broke his mark with a new career-high 11 receptions in the triple overtime loss to ULM...tallied 142 yards with his longest being a 29-yard reception...Florida was his third game of the season with more than 100 yards... also scored a touchdown against the Gators...backed it up at FIU with four catches for 145 yards and two TDs.

2006: Saw action in nine games...ended the season with six receptions for 66 yards...his longest was a 21-yard reception at Clemson...had three receptions for 36 yards at Louisiana-Monroe. 2005: Traveled with the squad, but redshirted the season.

High School: Played for Sam Holland at Chiefland High School...played both wide receiver and defensive back, but projected to stay on offense at FAU...may be class' most decorated player after earning All-City, All-County, All-Big Bend...named to the Gainesville Star 1A-3A, Player of the Year...All-State as both a junior and as a senior...runner up for state player of the year...as a senior Cheifland advanced to the state playoffs...ranked as the No. 57 recruit by Scout.com...as a junior he ran the 40 in 4.6...three-sport athlete (football, basketball and baseball...earned All-State on the hardwood as a junior...awarded All-state honors both his sophomore and junior seasons in baseball).

Personal: Criminal justice major...grandson of Bernidine Gent...born Jan. 4, 1987, in Gainesville, FL.

FAU Career Receiving
YearGMSNoYdsAvgTDLong
2006766611.3021
20071264108216.9974
Total1970114816.4974

 
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