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Cortland Red Dragons

SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025 Football Roster

7 Nazair Jean-Lubin

  • Position Defensive Back
  • Yr. Junior
  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 170
  • Hometown Freeport
  • High School Freeport
  • Major Criminology

Biography

2025: Nazair was selected as an All-American by two different organizations; to the first team by D3football.com and to the third team by Associated Press...Earned first team All-Region 2 honors by D3football.com for the second consecutive season...Repeated as a first team All-Empire 8 honoree...Played in and started all 11 games during the season...Part of the Cortland secondary that ranked eighth nationally in passing yards allowed (140.2 pass yards allowed per game)...Registered 32 total tackles, 22 solo, 0.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, four interceptions, one quarterback hurry, and 11 pass breakups...Had four tackles, one forced fumble, and two pass breakups against Grove City...Finished with three tackles and an interception in a home win over Union...Added three tackles and an interception in a road win at Hartwick...Recorded a season-high three pass breakups in a home victory over Utica...Tallied five tackles, one quarterback hurry, and two pass breakups in a home win over Alfred University...Made three solo tackles and recorded an interception and a pass breakup in a road win at St. John Fisher...Recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass, and broke up a pass in a road win at Alfred State...Matched his season high with five tackles, and chipped in one pass breakup, in the 66th Cortaca Jug Game at Ithaca...Made five tackles in a home victory over Brockport...Finished with three tackles in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs at Springfield.  

2024:
Nazair was a third team D3football.com All-American...First team D3football.com All-Region 2 selection...Was a first team All-Empire 8 honoree...Played in and started all 12 games during the season for Cortland...Made 18 total tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss, and had four interceptions, six pass breakups, and one fumble recovery...Intercepted two passes, including the game-sealing interception with 11 seconds remaining, in a road win at Brockport...Picked off one pass, and recorded one pass breakup, in a home victory over Hartwick...Had the game-clinching interception with 1:14 remaining in a home victory over Endicott in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Made two tackles, including 1.0 for loss, and recovered a fumble against Springfield in the third round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs...Broke up two passes and made three tackles in a road win over Susquehanna...Recorded three tackles and one pass breakup in a home victory over Lycoming...Was selected as the Empire 8 Defensive Player of the Week and chosen to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Nov. 13.

2023: Played in all 15 games, 12 as a starter (including the last nine)...Finished season with 30 tackles, 23 solo, with tackle for loss, one interception and a team-high eight pass breakups...Five tackles, four solo, in NCAA finals versus North Central, and also was part of the stop on the Cardinals’ late 2-point conversion attempt that helped clinch Cortland’s national title...Three tackles and a pass breakup in NCAA semifinals at Randolph-Macon...Five tackles, one for a loss, and a pass breakup in NCAA first round at Endicott...Intercepted a pass in NCAA second round versus Grove City.

High School: Graduated from Freeport in 2023...Wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner at Freeport; returned numerous kickoffs for touchdowns.

Other: Parents are Keisha and Frantz Jean-Lubin...Has three siblings, Charizma, Nathaniel, and Kaylie.

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2023Freshman

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 160 lbs
    30
  • 7

    2024Sophomore

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 160 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2025Junior

    Defensive Back
    5'11" 170 lbs
    7