Gabe Kirschke

Height:
6-5
Weight:
249
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Lone Tree, CO
High School:
Valor Christian

2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in all 13 games… Totaled 37 tackles, nine TFLs, 5.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery… Led the team in forced fumbles… Made five tackles and 1.5 sacks in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over Mississippi State (1/2) … Produced a standout game against Duke, totaling five tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and two QB hits… Had a strip sack and recovery in the game at Florida State (11/1).

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Started in all 13 games during the 2024 season for the Rams…Recorded 42 tackles with 12 solo tackles, 10 tackles-for-loss, and 6.5 sacks…Also totaled eight quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, an interception, and a blocked kick…Earned his first career start in the season opener at Texas, recording two solo tackles, including his first sack of his career…Recorded four tackles with half a tackle-for-loss and two quarterback hurries in the win over Northern Colorado…Added five tackles with one tackle-for-loss against Colorado…Notched a sack against UTEP…Recorded six tackles with three solo tackles and a career-high 1.5 sacks, as well as a blocked kick, in the victory at Air Force…Added an 11-yard sack against Nevada…Set a career-best with eight tackles with 1.5 tackles-for-loss and one sack in the Arizona Bowl against Miami (OH).

Prior to Colorado State
2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not see any action during the 2023 season for the Badgers.

2022 (Freshman)
Saw action against Iowa during the 2022 season for the Badgers…Redshirted.

High School
Played for coach Donnie Yantis at Valor Christian…Named First Team All-State during his senior season…Recorded 60 tackles with 5.5 sacks during his senior season.

Personal
Son of Amy and Travis Kirschke…His father, Travis, played football at UCLA…His sister, Ella, swam for UCLA…His brother, Blake, plays lacrosse at Denver…Born on October 27, 2003.