Gil Rivera

I chose Union because of the great balance between elite academics and elite athletics. All-Liberty League Second Team (2025) Played in all 11 games in his second year with the team … led the squad with 48 catches for 634 yards and six touchdowns … ranked fourth in the Liberty League in receiving yards and receiving touchdowns … caught seven passes for 87 yards and two scores against St. Lawrence (9/27) … averaged over 25 yards per catch with a season-best 109 yards on four receptions versus Hobart (10/11), including a season-long 52-yard catch … hauled in a season-high nine balls for 97 yards to help beat Rensselaer (11/15). Appeared in all 10 games in his first season at Union … led the team with 568 receiving yards on 34 catches and four touchdowns … ranked third in the Liberty League in receiving yards, fourth in yards per game (56.8), sixth in receiving touchdowns and eighth in receptions … averaged a team-leading 16.7 yards per catch to rank fourth in the Liberty League… caught a season-high seven passes for 95 yards against Ithaca (11/2) … caught three passes for a season-high 117 yards and two scores against Rochester (11/9) … added five catches for 111 yards, including a season-high 67-yard touchdown catch, versus Rensselaer (11/16). Attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a first-year but play any games for the Engineers. A 2022 graduate of Kellenberg Memorial High School … played four years of football for the Firebirds … a National Honor Society and honor roll student.