Gary Rutherford
Wyoming Cowboys
81
Good

Gary Rutherford

Wyoming CowboysRebuilding
WLBDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Gary Rutherford starting?

Gary Rutherford is the projected starter at WLB for Wyoming Cowboys.

Redshirt sophomore · #26 · 6'1", 237 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Wyoming Cowboys

  1. 12681Gary RutherfordStarter
  2. 23462Steven Perez
  3. 33362Parker Moore

Wyoming Starting Lineup

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Up next for Wyoming

Wyoming plays UNLV away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 10:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Peoria, ranked #2,492 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 12 tackles, 1 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 81 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,492 Natl2-Yr Total13 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share1%
Peoria, IL
Jersey
#26
Class
RS SO
Height
6'1"
Weight
237 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20251210
2024100

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
0.8200
National Rank
#2492
High School
Peoria
Hometown
Peoria, IL

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated defense; 51th-percentile production (×0.77 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 81.

Team defense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 51% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.77)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 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 24WAFATKL 12
TKL
12
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-14

Oct 17WNIUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-23

Oct 3LNDSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 28-0

Sep 26WHAWTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 27-10

Sep 19LCMUTKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-10

Sep 12WUNCOTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 21-13

Sep 5LCSUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-13

Gary Rutherford's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

12 tkl · 1 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement20%
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