2013 Football Roster
Roster
Jordan Gacke
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rock Rapids, Iowa
- High School:
- Central Lyon
2012: Played and started in 11 games during the season … finished third on the team in tackles with 79, including 5.5 tackles for loss of yards … recorded a season high 12 tackles against Iowa (9/15) and Missouri State (11/17) … notched 10 tackles against Southern Illinois (10/13) … finished with nine tackles against South Dakota (11/10), including 2.5 for a loss of seven yards and one pass breakup.
2011: Saw action in seven games at linebacker for the Panthers ... recorded an assisted tackle in a 17-10 victory vs. Southern Illinois (10/22) ... recorded a season-high 10 tackles, seven solo and three assisted, in the MVFC Championship-clinching 23-20 overtime victory at Illinois State (11/19) ... tallied one solo and three assisted tackles in the Panthers' second round victory in the FCS playoffs over Wofford (12/03) ... registered one solo and two assisted tackles at Montana (12/09).
2010: Played in 10 games at linebacker, earning his first career start against Illinois State ... notched 22 total tackles, with 14 being solo stops ... credited with 2.5 TFLs on the season ... registered a season-high five tackles in a 19-14 road win over South Dakota (10/16) ... matched his season-high with five more tackles against Missouri State (11/13).
2009: Redshirted.
High School: Elite All-State pick by the Des Moines Register ... first-team all-state linebacker ... captain of the Iowa Newspaper Association's Class 2A all-state team ... named to the INA's first-team all-state team ... all-NW Iowa selection ... invited to play in the Shrine Bowl ... academic all-district pick ... helped guide the Lions to the Class 2A state championship as a sophomore and state runner-up as both a junior and a senior ... the Lions were 21-0 in district play in his career and posted an overall record of 37-3 ... registered 335 career tackles ... gained 2,392 rushing yards ... passed for 943 yards and scored 36 touchdowns ... averaged 36.4 yards per punt ... two-time Class 1A state wrestling champion ... three-time Siouxland Conference wrestling champion ... a third-team all-state pick in baseball as a junior ... anchored the Class 1A 4x100 meter relay championship squad ... member of National Honor Society ... has a 3.9 grade point average ... high school coach: Toby Lorenzen.
Personal: Son of Joe and Judy Gacke ... majoring in criminology.
Gacke's Career Defensive Stats
Year G-GS UT AT Total TFL Sacks INT FF FR PBU
2010 10-1 14 8 22 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 0
2011 7-0 9 9 18 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 1
Totals 17-1 23 17 40 2.5 0.0 0 0 0 1
