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2021 Football Roster

Jack Ransom
Jack Ransom
Jack Ransom
Jack Ransom

19 Josh Gontarek

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Market, Md.
  • Highschool Linganore

Biography

Honors and Awards
• 2021 All-PSAC East First Team (Return Specialist)
• 2021 All-PSAC East Second Team (Wide Receiver)
• 2021 DC Touchdown Club Honor Roll (11/30)
• 2021 DC Touchdown Club Honor Roll (11/2)
• 2021 PSAC East Special Teams Athlete of the Week (11/1)

2018 PSAC Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Year
2018 Football Gazette All-Super Region 1 First Team
2018 D2CCA All-Super Region 1 Second Team
2018 John Bay Award (Most Outstanding Offensive Player)
2014 CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year

 

Prior to Shepherd

2019 (Senior): 
Was not with the team.

 

2018 (Junior): Named the PSAC Eastern Division Offensive Athlete of the Year to cap a sterling debut season with the Red Raiders…earned All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team honors at wide receiver and Second Team honors as a return specialist…selected to the D2CCA All-Super Region 1 Football Second Team and Football Gazette All-Super Region 1 First Team…ranked second in the PSAC in receptions (74), receiving yards (1,097), receptions per game (6.7) and receiving touchdowns (9)…finished the season ranked 10th in the nation in receiving yards…combined for 29 receptions, 556 receiving yards and three touchdowns over four games against teams that qualified for the NCAA Football Championships…tallied five 100-yard receiving games, including a season-high 162 yards on Homecoming against Kutztown and 151 yards at West Chester…caught a season-high 10 passes against both West Chester and East Stroudsburg…hauled in a career-high three touchdowns at Lock Haven…achieved multiple receptions in every game, including six or more receptions in eight games…found the end zone in seven games…had a season-long touchdown reception of 77 yards against Kutztown in addition to a 75-yard touchdown reception against LIU Post…led the PSAC in punt return yards (335) while ranking second in punt return average (14.0)…ranked 12th in the nation in punt-return average through the completion of the regular season…achieved a season-long punt return of 38 yards at Lock Haven.

2017 (Junior): Attended Frederick Community College.

2016 (Junior): Attended Frederick Community College.

2015 (Sophomore): Appeared in four games for Albany in his second season with the Danes…totaled 16 receptions for 181 yards and two touchdowns…averaged 11.3 yards per reception…paced the team with five receptions, 66 receiving yards and a touchdown against FBS Buffalo, including a season-long reception of 30 yards…led the team with five receptions in a victory over Rhode Island, totaling 51 receiving yards and a touchdown…returned three punts for 40 yards.

2014 (Freshman): Named the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Offensive Rookie of the Year and a Jerry Rice Award finalist in his debut season at Albany…selected to the CFPA Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List…led the team with nine touchdowns (eight receiving)…also led the team with 58 receptions and 687 receiving yards…chosen as the CAA Rookie of the Week four times and was the FCS National Freshman of the Week after the team’s first CAA victory over Rhode Island…totaled a season-high 118 receiving yards and two touchdowns against Delaware…recorded a season-high nine receptions in addition to 67 receiving yards in his collegiate debut versus Holy Cross…registered eight receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown at New Hampshire…caught two touchdowns versus James Madison to complement six receptions and 81 yards…had a season-long reception of 37 yards against Rhode Island.

Linganore High School: Earned four varsity letters for the Lancers under head coach Rick Conner…named to the All-Area and All-Conference First Team squads on offense and defense…honored as a Maryland Crab Bowl and Chesapeake Bowl All Star...totaled 45 receptions, 1,172 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns as a senior captain in which the Lancers reached the state championship game…recorded six catches, 168 receiving yards, four touchdowns, and also intercepted two passes in a state semifinal victory… compiled 99 receptions, 2,136 receiving yards and 29 touchdowns over his final two seasons…set the school’s single-game receiving yards record (311) against Frederick as a junior.

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