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2019 Football Roster

1 Gavin Heslop

  • Position DB
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Yonkers, N.Y.
  • High School Archbishop Stepinac
  • Major Multidisciplinary Studies

Biography

CAREER HIGHS
Tackles:    12, vs. Lehigh (11/25/17)
Solos:    9, at James Madison (12/2/17)
Asst:    4, vs. Richmond (9/17/16)
                vs. Lehigh (11/25/17)
TLFs:    3.0, vs. Bryant (8/29/19)
Sacks:    1.0, vs. New Hampshire (10/14/17)
                       vs. Bryant (8/29/19)
FR    1, four times
FF:    2, vs. James Madison (10/5/19)
Touchdown:    1, vs. Richmond (9/22/18)
                          vs. UAlbany (11/23/19)

2019: Started all 12 games and completed his career having started 37 consecutive games...Earned third team All-CAA Football honors...Had 52 total tackles, 8.5 takles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a pair of blocked kicks, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries that includes one returned for a touchdown...Recorded at least two tackles in each of the 12 games...Posted a season-high nine stops against James Madison (10/5)...Had seven tackles at Utah State (9/7)...Collected six tackles and a fumble for the touchdown against UAlbany (11/23).

2018: Played in and started all 12 games at cornerback...Earned second team All-CAA Football...Had 59 total tackles with 38 solo stops...Recorded 4.0 TFLS and 1.0 sack...Also has a fumble recovery that he returned 87 yards for a touchdown in the victory over Richmond (9/22)...Had at least five tackles in seven games that included a season-best eight stops in the win at New Hampshire (10/13).

2017: Started all 13 games at cornerback...Collected 72 total tackles, 8.5 tackles for a loss and 1.0 sack....Has a career-high 12 tackles in the NCAA Playoff win over Lehigh (11/25)...Followed that with 10 stops in the NCAA Playoff game at James Madison (12/2)...Had nine tackles and 2.4 TFL in the win over New Hampshire (10/13)...Also recorded a sack against UNH.

2016: Played in eight games...Recorded 13 total tackles and blocked a punt...Blocked a punt against North Dakota (9/1) that led to a touchdown...Had a career-high six tackles in the win over No. 2 Richmond (9/17).

2015: Redshirted.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Archbishop Stepinac High School ... NYSSWA first team All-New York State ... USA Today All-New York ... first team All-Catholic High School Football League ... member of CHSFL AAA Championship team (school's first since 1955) ... championship game's offensive MVP ... Journal News first team All-Westchester County ... Journal News Super 11 ... 68-yard INT return to help Stepinac beat St. Anthony's for the first time in 31 years ... 60 tackles, three INTs and three sacks ... also rushed for 440 yards and six touchdowns.

Personal: Multidisciplinary studies major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2015Freshman

    DB
    6'2" 190 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2016Redshirt Freshman

    DB
    6'2" 190 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2017Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2018Junior

    DB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    11
  • 1
    C

    2019Redshirt Senior

    DB
    6'1" 200 lbs
    1
    C
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