Colorado State University Athletics
2024 Football Roster

Jersey Number 58
Gabe Kirschke
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 245
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Lone Tree, Colo.
- High School:
- Valor Christian
- Prev School:
- Wisconsin
Awards and Honors
• All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention (League, 2024)
at Colorado State
Redshirt Sophomore, 2024 (13/13):
• Started all 13 games
• Recorded 42 tackles with 12 solo stops and a team-high 10 TFLs
• Posted a season-high eight tackles in the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
• Led the team with 6.5 sacks, including a season-high 1.5 at Air Force
• Added a fumble recovery against Nevada
• Had a breakout game at Air Force with six tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, forced fumble, pass breakup and blocked a field goal'
Before Colorado State
• Spent two seasons at Wisconsin (2022-23), appearing in one game during his freshman season in 2022
Personal/High School
• Played for coach Donnie Yantis
• First-team all-state as a senior
• Posted 60 tackles and 5.5 sacks his final prep campaign
• Former teammate of current Rams Jack Howell and Tanner Morley
• Parents are Travis and Amy
• Has a brother Blake; and a sister Ella Kirschke
• His father played football at UCLA; sister swam for UCLA; brother plays lacrosse at DU
• All-Mountain West, Honorable Mention (League, 2024)
at Colorado State
Redshirt Sophomore, 2024 (13/13):
• Started all 13 games
• Recorded 42 tackles with 12 solo stops and a team-high 10 TFLs
• Posted a season-high eight tackles in the Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
• Led the team with 6.5 sacks, including a season-high 1.5 at Air Force
• Added a fumble recovery against Nevada
• Had a breakout game at Air Force with six tackles, 1.5 TFLs, 1.5 sacks, forced fumble, pass breakup and blocked a field goal'
Before Colorado State
• Spent two seasons at Wisconsin (2022-23), appearing in one game during his freshman season in 2022
Personal/High School
• Played for coach Donnie Yantis
• First-team all-state as a senior
• Posted 60 tackles and 5.5 sacks his final prep campaign
• Former teammate of current Rams Jack Howell and Tanner Morley
• Parents are Travis and Amy
• Has a brother Blake; and a sister Ella Kirschke
• His father played football at UCLA; sister swam for UCLA; brother plays lacrosse at DU
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