Gabe Burkle

TE · #84 · Penn State · SR · 6'6" · 247 · Cedar Rapids, IA

Transferred from ISU · TE depth chart, 3rd

302 2025 receiving yards

26 of 39 2025 catches

1 2025 TDs

1 Explosive plays

36 Career games (16 starts)

Career

Season	Team	GP	GS	Rec-Tgt	Yards	YPR	TD
2025	Iowa State	9	7	26-39	302	11.6	1
2024	Iowa State	14	8	26-38	296	11.4	1
2023	Iowa State	13	1	2-2	9	4.5	0

2025 Percentile vs TEs

Receiving yards per game 33.6 92

Yards per catch 11.6 71

Catch rate 66.7% 49

Receiving TDs 1 39

Around Gabe

Projected 2026 starters · 2025 production

Rocco Becht QB · 2,584 pass yds · 12g · at ISU

Carson Hansen RB · 952 rush yds · 11g · at ISU

WR-X

Chase Sowell WR · 500 rec yds · 12g · at ISU

WR-Z

Brett Eskildsen WR · 526 rec yds · 12g · at ISU

WR-F

Koby Howard WR · 133 rec yds · 9g

Andrew Rappleyea TE · 180 rec yds · 13g

The situation

Penn State 2025 offense ›

Explosive play rate 11.4% 56

Red zone TD rate 71.9% 63

Line yards per carry 2.6 65

Sack rate allowed 5.8% 52

2025 Game log

with Iowa State

Wk	Opponent	Car	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD	RZ opps	Touch share
W1	@ KSU		6	3	31			4%
W1	South Dakota Coyotes		4	4	85	1	1	6%
W2	IOWA		3	3	33			5%
W5	ARIZ		2	2	19			3%
W6	@ CIN		5	2	12			2%
W7	@ COLO	1	5	3	43		1	6%
W9	BYU		6	5	44			7%
W10	ASU		5	2	14			3%
W11	@ TCU		3	2	22			3%

Recruiting

2022 class · 247 composite

Three-star high school recruit

The 2022 board

#1147 Gabe Brown LB · Stillwater OKST

#1147

Sheridan Wilson IOL · Argyle TTU

#1147

Gabe Burkle TE · Cedar Rapids Prairie ISU

#1147

Ashton Beers IOL · Slinger MINN

#1147 Jakob Galloway ATH · Phineas Banning Senior SJSU

TEs in the class

#64

Zach Courtney Post COLO

#65

Toby Payne Poca MRSH

#66

Gabe Burkle Cedar Rapids Prairie ISU

#67 Josh Kattus Archbishop Moeller UK

#68

Brayden Loftin Lewis Central KSU

2025 · 92th pctile of TEs

Recruit · 56th pctile of class

Playing well above the recruiting profile.