Gabe Burkle

Awards:

2025:

Named to John Mackey Award Watch List.

2024:

Earned Academic All-Big 12 honors.

2023: Tabbed CSC Academic All-District...Selected Academic All-Big 12 first team.

Season: 2025: Appeared in nine games and made seven starts...Caught 26 passes for 302 yards and one touchdown...Averaged 11.6 yards per reception...Ended season with a catch in 16-consecutive games.

2024: Played in 14 games and started in eight games...Hauled in 26 receptions for 296 yards and one touchdown.

2023: Played in 13 games...Had two catches for nine yards. 2022: Played in two games and redshirted.

Game-By-Game:

2025:

vs. Kansas State (8/23): Caught three passes for 31 yards with a long reception of 17 yards.

South Dakota (8/30): Hauled in four receptions for 85 yards, including a career-long 44-yard reception...Scored on a 16-yard touchdown reception.

Iowa (9/6): Posted three catches for 33 yards...Had a long catch of 17 yards.

Arizona (9/27): Had two catches for 19 yards.

at Cincinnati (10/4): Recorded two receptions for 12 yards.

at Colorado (10/11): Caught three passes for 42 yards with a long reception of 15 yards.

BYU (10/25): Made five receptions for 44 yards, including a 15-yard grab.

Arizona State (11/1): Registered two catches for 14 yards.

at TCU (11/8): Had two catches for 22 yards.

2024: at Iowa (9/7): Had a 6-yard catch.

at West Virginia (10/12): Made a 7-yard catch.

Texas Tech (11/2): Posted four catches for 45 yards...Had a long reception of 18 yards.

at Kansas (11/9): Hauled in two grabs for 21 yards.

Cincinnati (11/16): Caught six passes for 73 yards...Had a 32-yard reception.

at Utah (11/23): Recorded two catches for 41 yards, including a 26-yard grab.

Kansas State (11/30): Made a 15-yard grab.

vs. Arizona State (12/7): Caught five passes for 34 yards.

vs. Miami (12/28): Posted four catches for 54 yards and a 9-yard touchdown...Added receptions of 22 and 20 yards.

2023: Northern Iowa (9/2): Caught a 5-yard pass.

at Oklahoma (9/30): Had a 4-yard reception

Played at Prairie High School for head coach Mark Bliss...Helped Prairie to a state quarterfinals appearance in 2021...Selected IPSWA first-team all-state as a senior...As a senior, caught 23 passes for 324 yards and a touchdown...As a junior, posted 10 catches for 155 yards and a touchdown in four games...As a sophomore, recorded six receptions for 126 yards and two touchdowns...Rated as a three-star prospect...Ranked as the No. 8 prospect in Iowa by On3 and the No. 9 player in the state by 247sports...Also played basketball... Majored in kinesiology at Iowa State....Pursuing a graduate certificate in Organization Development and Change at Penn State.