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Cortland Red Dragons

SUNY Cortland Athletics

2023 Football Roster

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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

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