Upcoming Event: Football versus NC State on September 20, 2025 at 4 p.m.
Football
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2022 Football Roster
Gallman II, Eric
Jersey Number 86
Eric Gallman II
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 184
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Mountain Island Charter (Cornell)
Bio
CAREER: In 28 career games (12 start) at both Duke and Cornell, registered 74 receptions for 695 yards (9.39) with two TDs … added one rush for three yards, 17 punt returns for 72 yards (4.24) and nine kickoff returns for 190 yards (21.11) … had a career-best nine receptions and 98 yards against Dartmouth in 2019 … recorded 97 receiving yards on nine receptions against Yale in 2017 to set Cornell’s single-game freshmen receiving yards record … tallied first career TD reception at Delaware in 2017 to become the first Cornell freshman to score a TD in collegiate opener since 1994.
2022: Did not see game action … enrolled at Duke in summer 2022, following transfer from Cornell.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Five-year member of the football program at Cornell in 2017-18-19-20-21 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... in 28 career games (12 start), registered 74 receptions for 695 yards (9.39) with two TDs … added one rush for three yards, 17 punt returns for 72 yards (4.24) and nine kickoff returns for 190 yards (21.11) … earned a career-best nine receptions and 98 yards against Dartmouth in 2019 … recorded 97 receiving yards (nine receptions) against Yale in 2017 to set Cornell’s single-game freshmen receiving yards record … tallied first career TD reception at Delaware in 2017 to become the first Cornell freshman to score a TD in collegiate opener since 1994 … tallied six catches for 85 yards, including a career-long 51-yard reception, in the 2019 Empire State Bowl win over Columbia … lettered four years at Mountain Island Charter and SouthLake Christian Academy and was coached by Robert Washington and Cheron Farley, respectively ... three-time all-state, all-conference, and all-area selection and was part of two state championship teams … totaled 184 receptions for 3,410 yards and 29 TDs throughout career … totaled 5,531 career all-purpose yards … caught 73 passes for 1,202 yards with six scores as a junior and 62 passes for 1,181 yards and 16 TDs as a senior … led the state of North Carolina in return yards as a junior and senior and set career records in receptions and receiving yards at Mountain Island Charter … also lettered three years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Born September 5, 1999 ... graduated from Cornell in December 2021, with a degree in hotel administration ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Eric Gallman and Jennifer Caldwell … father played football (1995) at Penn State University.
2022: Did not see game action … enrolled at Duke in summer 2022, following transfer from Cornell.
PRIOR TO DUKE: Five-year member of the football program at Cornell in 2017-18-19-20-21 (2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19) ... in 28 career games (12 start), registered 74 receptions for 695 yards (9.39) with two TDs … added one rush for three yards, 17 punt returns for 72 yards (4.24) and nine kickoff returns for 190 yards (21.11) … earned a career-best nine receptions and 98 yards against Dartmouth in 2019 … recorded 97 receiving yards (nine receptions) against Yale in 2017 to set Cornell’s single-game freshmen receiving yards record … tallied first career TD reception at Delaware in 2017 to become the first Cornell freshman to score a TD in collegiate opener since 1994 … tallied six catches for 85 yards, including a career-long 51-yard reception, in the 2019 Empire State Bowl win over Columbia … lettered four years at Mountain Island Charter and SouthLake Christian Academy and was coached by Robert Washington and Cheron Farley, respectively ... three-time all-state, all-conference, and all-area selection and was part of two state championship teams … totaled 184 receptions for 3,410 yards and 29 TDs throughout career … totaled 5,531 career all-purpose yards … caught 73 passes for 1,202 yards with six scores as a junior and 62 passes for 1,181 yards and 16 TDs as a senior … led the state of North Carolina in return yards as a junior and senior and set career records in receptions and receiving yards at Mountain Island Charter … also lettered three years in basketball.
PERSONAL: Born September 5, 1999 ... graduated from Cornell in December 2021, with a degree in hotel administration ... graduated from Duke in May 2023, with a master’s degree in management studies from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business ... son of Eric Gallman and Jennifer Caldwell … father played football (1995) at Penn State University.
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