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| Cortez Gent |
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 | Class: RS Junior
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 | Hometown: Chiefland, FL
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 | High School: Chiefland
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 | Height / Weight: 6-2 / 185
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 | Position: WR
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 | Birthdate: 01/04/1987
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 | Major: Criminal Justice
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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 |
| Year | GMS | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| 2006 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 11.3 | 0 | 21 |
| 2007 | 12 | 64 | 1082 | 16.9 | 9 | 74 |
| Total | 19 | 70 | 1148 | 16.4 | 9 | 74 |