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One of the top defensive players in the nation, Cam Gill is primed for a big senior season following a well-honored junior year ... His 13.5 sacks from 2018 rank No. 2 among all returning FCS players entering the 2019 campaign.   

  2019 Preseason Honors

*STATS FCS First-Team Preseason All-America * 
*Phil Steele FCS First-Team Preseason All-America*
*Hero Sports First-Team Preseason All-America*
*STATS FCS Preseason Buck Buchanan Award List *
*Senior Bowl Watch List*
*Phil Steele FCS NEC Defensive Player of the Year*
*Phil Steele FCS First-Team All-NEC*
*All-NEC Preseason Team*

2018: Coming off a breakout 2018 season that saw him earn All-America honors by STATS FCS (2^nd Team) and the Associated Press (3^rd Team) in addition to garnering Defensive Player of the Year honors by both the ECAC and the NEC, was one of 25 finalists for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to FCS football's defensive player of the year ... Was a virtually unblockable defensive force throughout the season ... In the Seahawks' 41-7 season-ending win at Robert Morris, Gill seemingly spent the entire afternoon in the Colonials' backfield, recording 5.5 tackles for loss, for 24 yards, including a forced fumble. Among those 5.5 TFL's were 2.5 sacks that went for a combined 18 yards of loss, which helped contribute to RMU finishing with a net nine yards of rushing ... In the win at RMU, came within one half-tackle of matching the DI FCS single-game season high in tackles-for-loss and notched his third NEC Defensive Player of the Week Award after totaling 11 tackles, on his way to moving into fifth place on the NEC's all-time list of single-season tackles-for-loss leaders (24.5) ... Overall, Gill was Wagner's second-leading tackler with 61, which included 13.5 sacks for minus 76 yards in losses.
 
2017:  Named Defensive Player of the Year at the team’s postseason banquet … Started all 11 games at outside linebacker … Used his athleticism to become Seahawks’ second-leading tackler with 53, including 37 solo stops … Recorded four or more tackles in five different games … Ranked second in the NEC with 11 sacks, which resulted in 51 yards in loss … Career-high four sacks for 11 yards in loss at No. 12 Stony Brook (11/11) … Registered career-high nine tackles vs. Central Connecticut (10/14) and eight-tackle efforts vs. Lehigh (9/30) and No. 12 Stony Brook (11/11) … Had 13 tackles for loss for negative 58 yards.
 
2016: Saw action in all 11 games as a true freshman, with two starts, at outside linebacker … Also made his presence felt on several special teams units … Used his size and athleticism to record 14 tackles, of which seven were solo stops … Recorded first career interception at Bryant (10/22) ... Credited with two sacks ... Earned late-season start vs. Duquesne (11/5) and defending NEC champion Saint Francis U (11/19) … In helping the Seahawks become the lone NEC team to defeat SFU, matched his career high with four tackles … Also enjoyed a four-tackle game at Central Connecticut (10/15).

Before Wagner: Big-play, two-way performer for the Chapel Hill Panthers at linebacker and wide receiver ... Credited with 105 career tackles, including 88 solo stops with 13 sacks ... Physical specimen who had 22 career receptions.