Gabriel Lopez

*has a super senior season available due to COVID

Pronunciation: gay BREE el  LOW pez

Academics: Named Mountain West All-Academic in 2023.

2023 (Redshirt Junior Season): Played and started in all 12 games, recording 26 tackles, 2.0 sacks, 4.0 TFLs, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery, a pass breakup and two hurries … led all UNM defensive linemen in tackles … had a career-high five tackles in the season finale against Utah State, adding a six-yard sack and a quarterback hurry … had a streak of four straight games with three tackles, getting three against Hawai’i, Nevada, UNLV, and Boise State … had a nine-yard sack against Hawai’i … also had a forced fumble in that game that led to a turnover … didn’t record a tackle against Fresno State but was disruptive on the final drive of the Bulldogs with a hurry and a pass breakup … recovered a fumble against Tennessee Tech to go along with two tackles.

Washington State: Lettered for two seasons at Washington State … saw action in 11 games over three seasons (one the COVID 2020 season), recording one tackle.

High School: Lettered in football at Desert Pines High School where he was the No. 12 prospect coming out of Nevada regardless of position … as a senior was named to the MaxPreps All-State Team, the Nevada All-State Team and was NE Mountain Region Defensive MVP after recording 15 sacks in just eight games … as a junior was named Northeast League Mountain Region Defensive MVP after recording 13 sacks, 23 tackles-for-loss.