Gabe Burkle
Penn State Nittany Lions
79
Solid

Gabe Burkle

Penn State Nittany LionsAverage
TE-HOffenseSolidTRANSFER · Iowa State
Projected Starter

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Gabe Burkle is the projected starter at TE-H for Penn State Nittany Lions.

Redshirt senior · #84 · 6'6", 247 lbs

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Depth at TE-H · Penn State Nittany Lions

  1. 18479Gabe BurkleStarter
  2. 21879Benjamin Brahmer
  3. 38360Brian Kortovich

Penn State Starting Lineup

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Top tight ends in the Big Ten

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Up next for Penn State

Penn State plays Washington away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 03:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Cedar Rapids Prairie, ranked #1,147 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 26 catches, 302 yards, 1 TD. That's 12% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,147 NatlTeam Share12%
Cedar Rapids, IA
Jersey
#84
Class
RS SR/TR
Height
6'6"
Weight
247 lbs
Transfer
Iowa State

Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
—263021

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8544
National Rank
#1147
High School
Cedar Rapids Prairie
Hometown
Cedar Rapids, IA

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated offense; 67th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.89 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 79.

Team offense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 67% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 22% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.89)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WPURYDS 12
REC
1
YDS
12
AVG
12.0
TD
0

Final W 31-17

Oct 17LMICHYDS 20
REC
1
YDS
20
AVG
20.0
TD
0

Final L 21-18

Oct 10LUSCYDS 29
REC
3
YDS
29
AVG
9.7
TD
0

Final L 31-23

Sep 19WBUFFYDS 4
REC
1
YDS
4
AVG
4.0
TD
0

Final W 55-13

Gabe Burkle's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

26 rec · 302 yds · 1 TD
Usage / Involvement55%
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