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2023 Football Roster

22 Justin Gerhart

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 175
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Lititz, Pa.
  • High School Warwick
  • Position DB
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • Fourth-team D3football.com All-American (2022)
  • Second-team D3football.com All-Region (2022)
  • First-team All-Centennial Conference (2022)
  • Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2023)
  • D3football.com Team of the Week (9/12/22)
  • Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/11/22)
  • Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2023)

2023: Second-team All-Centennial Conference defensive back … Member of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society (2023) …Started all 11 games at cornerback, while also handling the holding duties on special teams … Made 39 tackles, including 30 solo stops … Registered a season-high seven tackles in back-to-back games against TCNJ (9/21) and Dickinson (9/29), while recording multiple tackles during every contest … Had three tackles for loss, including two during the home-opening victory against TCNJ … Registered interceptions during his first and last appearances in Shadek Stadium, picking off TCNJ and Gettysburg (11/11) … Broke up 10 passes, including three deflections at McDaniel (10/21) … Returned a blocked extra point for a defensive two-point conversion in the victory against Kean (10/28).

2022: Fourth-team D3football.com All-America cornerback … Second-team D3football.com All-Region II … First-team All-Centennial Conference … D3football.com Team of the Week selection (9/12) … Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/11) … Appeared in all 10 games at cornerback … Led all of Division III with eight interceptions … Broke up five passes … Made 28 tackles, including 22 solo stops and one tackle for loss … Started the year with an interception in three straight games, picking off passes during wins against Lebanon Valley (9/2) and McDaniel (9/17) … Tied the school record with three interceptions at Susquehanna … Also intercepted passes against Juniata (10/15), Dickinson (10/22), and Moravian (11/5) … Recorded three or more tackles seven times, making a season-high four stops on five occasions.

2021: Appeared in nine games in the secondary … Recorded four tackles … Made his collegiate debut against Lebanon Valley (9/4) and also had tackles in the victories against McDaniel (9/18), Juniata (10/16), and Stevenson (11/20).

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

High School: Two-year varsity starter... Team captain senior year... Lancaster Lebanon League All-Star Second Team... Lancaster Lebanon League All-Star Game selection... Lancaster Lebanon League All-Academic Second Team... Grosh Scholarship Award winner... National Honor Society. 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking at time of graduation]:
Points scored: 6, at Susquehanna, Sep 10, 2022
Touchdowns: 1, at Susquehanna, Sep 10, 2022
All-purpose yards: 30, at McDaniel, Sep 17, 2022
Interceptions: 3 [t-1st], at Susquehanna, Sep 10, 2022
Long interception return: 30, at McDaniel, Sep 17, 2022
Tackles: 7, TCNJ, Sep 21, 2023 (7-0); at Dickinson, Sep 29, 2023 (7-0)
Tackles for loss: 2.0, TCNJ, Sep 21, 2023 (2-0)
Pass breakups: 3 [t-9th], at McDaniel, Oct 21, 2023
 
CAREER ALL-TIME RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Interception return TDs: t-5th (1)
Interceptions: t-8th (10)
Passes defended: t-11th (25)
Interception return yards: 22nd (94)

SINGLE-SEASON RANKINGS (at time of graduation):
Interceptions: t-3rd (8 in 2022)
Interception return TDs: t-3rd (1 in 2022)
Passes defended: t-9th (13 in 2022)
Interception return yards: 11th (94 in 2022)
Passes defended: t-14th (12 in 2023)

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020First-Year

    DB
    5'11" 161 lbs
  • 17

    2021Sophomore

    DB
    5'11" 160 lbs
    17
  • 22

    2022Junior

    DB
    5'11" 175 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2023Senior

    DB
    5'10" 175 lbs
    22