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Cortland Red Dragons

SUNY Cortland Athletics

2023 Football Roster

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Darl Zehr Photography
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4 JJ Laap

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Yr. Senior
  • Ht./Wt. 6-1 / 190
  • Hometown Stony Brook
  • High School Ward Melville
  • Major Exercise Science

Biography

2023: Garnered first team All-Region 2 honors by D3football.com...Was a first team All-Empire 8 selection for the third consecutive season...Finished his career second in Cortland history in career receiving yards and touchdowns...Played in all 15 games during the season for the Red Dragons...Caught 70 passes for 1,291 yards and 14 receiving touchdowns...Posted the second-high single-season receiving yards total in Cortland program history and was third in program history in touchdown catches in a single year...Had six games registering over 100 receiving yards during the season...Caught five passes for a season-best 250 yards and two touchdowns, including an 89-yard touchdown reception and an 80-yard touchdown catch, against Susquehanna...Finished with a season-high 10 grabs for 172 yards and a touchdown in a road win at Alma in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Snared two passes for 75 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown grab, in a victory over North Central (IL) in the NCAA Division III Championship Game (Stagg Bowl)...Registered eight catches for 111 yards and a touchdown in a home win over Grove City in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Caught seven passes for 114 yards in a road win at Ithaca...Had six grabs for 139 yards and a score in a road win at Lycoming...Made seven catches for 120 yards and a score in a road win at Morrisville.

2022: Earned first team All-Empire 8 honors...Started all 11 games...Led the team with 41 receptions for a team-high 907 yards and six TDs...Averaged a team-best 22.1 yards per reception...Caught nine passes for a school-record 312 yards and two TDs with a long of 90 yards in a home victory versus Wittenberg...Grabbed six passes for 158 yards and a TD in a home win versus St. John Fisher...Had six receptions for 71 yards at Randolph-Macon in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Caught three passes for 143 yards and a TD in a home victory versus Hartwick...Grabbed three passes for 54 yards in a win at Utica...Recorded three receptions for 49 yards in a victory at Buffalo St...Caught three passes for 33 yards and a TD in a home win versus The College of New Jersey...Had three receptions and a TD against Ithaca at Yankee Stadium...Grabbed three passes for 36 yards in a home win versus Morrisville.

2021: Earned first team All-Empire 8 honors...Started all 12 games...Had 48 receptions for a team-high 861 yards and a team-best 11 TDs...Registered a TD reception in 11-of-12 games...Caught four passes for 127 yards and a TD in a home win versus Springfield in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Grabbed eight passes for 137 yards and a TD in a victory at The College of New Jersey...Finished with six receptions for 119 yards with a season-long 58-yard TD in a win at Wittenberg...Had five receptions for 102 yards and a TD in a home victory versus Buffalo St...Caught three passes for 64 yards and a TD at home versus RPI in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Grabbed five passes for 75 yards and a TD in a home win versus Utica...Had four receptions and a TD in a home victory versus Ithaca and in a win at Morrisville St...Had a 41-yard TD catch in a victory at Hartwick...Finished with three receptions for 61 yards and a TD in a win at St. John Fisher...Caught three passes in a home victory versus Brockport...Grabbed a TD pass in a home victory versus Alfred.

2020: Member of the program but season canceled.

2019: Saw action in eight games...Caught eight passes for 66 yards and one TD...Had three receptions for 27 yards in a home win versus Buffalo St...Grabbed two passes for 25 yards with a season-long of 17 yards and a TD in a home victory versus Fitchburg St...Caught two passes for 10 yards in a home win versus Utica...Had a four-yard reception at home versus Hobart in the New York Bowl.

High School: Graduated from Ward Melville in 2019...Two-year starter in football...Earned first team All-Long Island and second team all-state honors...Named top defensive back in Suffolk County...Runner-up for Hansen Award as best player in Suffolk County...Led Long Island in touchdown receptions and Suffolk County in receiving yards...Holds several school records...Played one year of lacrosse.

Other: Selected and competed in the Empire Challenge Run by the Boomer Esiason Foundation...Father Jaan played quarterback at Albany.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2019Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 175 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 180 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2021Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 185 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2023Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'1" 190 lbs
    4