University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Roster
Griffin Gaeta
- Position:
- Tight End
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Muscatine, Iowa
- High School:
- Muscatine
2015: Saw action in 13 games for the Panthers on special teams and as a reserve defensive lineman … recorded a tackle against #17 Cal Poly (9/19).
2014: Played in 12 games as a reserve on the defensive line … recorded two tackles against Northern Colorado (9/20) … also assisted on a tackle against Tennessee Tech (9/27).
2013: Saw action in three games during the season … split time between the defensive line and as a tight end.
2012: Redshirted.
High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner ... second team all-state and second-team all-conference tight end as a junior in 2010 ... all-metro team pick at tight end as a senior ... won the Tip Willis award at Muscatine HS for outstanding effort ... team captain ... also a three-year letterwinner in basketball, playing for the Iowa Barnstormers AAU basketball program for three years ... three-time state meet qualifier in the high jump, placing seventh as a junior.
