Nuer Gatkuoth

Height:
6-3
Weight:
237
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Edmonton, AB, Canada
High School:
Champion Prep Academy (Ga.)

Award and Honors

2023 Freshman All-American (The Athletic)

2025 (Redshirt Junior)
Played in 12 games… Recorded 39 total tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, six sacks and a forced fumble… Finished T-5th in the ACC with six solo sacks… Graded as the fifth-best defender on the Wake Forest defense by PFF… Finished second on the team with six sacks… Stepped up in the win over Virginia Tech (10/4), recording three tackles, two for a loss and a sack… Forced a crucial fumble and recorded a sack in the road win over Virginia (11/8).

Prior to Wake Forest
2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in seven games for the Rams during the 2024 season…Finished his redshirt sophomore season with 15 tackles with seven solo efforts, four tackles-for-loss, a sack, and a forced fumble…Recorded a forced fumble to go along with two tackles and a tackle-for-loss against Oregon State…Added his lone sack of the season against Fresno State…Tallied a season-high eight tackles with three solo tackles and tackle-for-loss against Utah State.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Appeared in and started in 10 games for the Rams during the 2023 season…Named to The Atlantic’s Freshman All-American team…Recorded 53 tackles with 17 solo tackles, 6.5 tackles-for-loss, 0.5 sacks, two pass breakups,an interception and a forced fumble…Made his first career start for the Rams against Washington State, totaling one tackle…Recorded seven tackles with four solo efforts and a career-high two tackles-for-loss, along with a forced fumble and a pass breakup…Notched a career-high 15 tackles with three solo efforts and 1.5 tackles-for-loss against Air Force…Credited with his first sack to go along with three tackles, including two solo efforts, in the season finale against Hawaii.

2022 (Freshman)
Did not see any action for the Rams…Named Scout Team Special Teams Player of the Year…Redshirted.

High School
Played his senior season at Champion Prep Academy in Atlanta…Attended West Toronto Prep and Austin O’Brien High School prior to transferring to Champion Prep Academy…Named West Toronto Prep’s Defensive Most Valuable Player from 2017-19 and was a Carr Conference All-Star.

Personal
Born on May 3, 2002