SUNY Cortland Athletics

2024: CJ played in eight games with one start during the season for the Red Dragons...Made six catches for 43 yards and two touchdowns...Started and made two catches for seven yards and a touchdown in a win over Ithaca in the 65th Cortaca Jug Game...Caught a 16-yard touchdown pass in a home victory over Hartwick...Made one catch for seven yards in a road win at Brockport...Caught one pass for six yards in a road win at Alfred...Recorded one catch for seven yards against Springfield in the third round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs. 

2023: Played in the first four games, one as a starter, before missing the rest of the season due to injury...Caught five passes for 117 yards and a TD...Registered a 70-yard TD catch at Morrisville...Two receptions for 32 yards at Lycoming.

2022: Earned third team All-Empire 8 honors...Started all 11 games...Third on the team with 35 receptions for 443 yards and four TDs...Averaged 12.7 yards per catch...Rushed for one TD...Grabbed five passes for 98 yards with a season long of 53 yards and rushed for a three-yard TD in a win at Buffalo State...Caught seven passes for 65 yards and a TD in a victory at Alfred...Had four receptions for 72 yards and a TD in a home victory versus Hartwick...Pulled down four passes for 63 yards in a win at Brockport...Grabbed four passes for 51 yards and a TD at Randolph-Macon in the first round of the NCAA playoffs...Finished with two catches for 20 yards and a TD and returned a kickoff 49 yards in a victory at Utica.

2021: Saw the field in all 12 games...Caught two passes for 30 yards with a long of 24 yards...Averaged 5.6 yards on 11 punt returns with a long of 13 yards...Averaged 20.5 yards on 14 kickoff returns with a long of 38 yards...Grabbed a 24-yard reception and returned two kickoffs for 37 yards and four punts for 33 yards in a home victory versus Buffalo State...Averaged 23.3 yards on three kickoff returns in a victory at The College of New Jersey.

High School: Graduated from Sayville in 2021...Three-year starter in football...Team captain...Voted Best Receiver in Suffolk County...Earned All-Long Island and all-state honors...Team was 2021 Rutgers Cup champion...Three-year starter in baseball...Team MVP...Team won a Long Island title.

Parents: Tracy and Craig Messina...Siblings: Jordan, Kyle, Jenna.