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2017 Football Roster

24 Jake Gandara

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 201
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fort Gibson, Okla.
  • Highschool Fort Gibson

Biography

Senior running back ready to finish illustrious career in style ... Bounced back from a crushing leg injury in 2015 to have a big year in 2016 and is now ready to go out in on top ... Quick and shifty running back that can make any defender miss ... Has the speed and agility to break a big run at any moment ... Ability to catch the ball out of the backfield adds a dimension to the Broncho offense ... Also can be dangerous in the return game ... Has put his name in a couple of places in the UCO history books and is looking to crack some top-10s in other places ... Has one one of 29 200-yard rushing games in UCO history ... His 2,102 career rushing yards puts him just 500 yards short of the top-10 in that category ... And his 3,150 career all-purpose yards puts him 11th in school history.

2016: Made a big return to the field after missing virtually all of 2015 with a leg injury ... Ran for 606 yards on 117 carries and scored six touchdowns for the Bronchos ... Caught 12 passes for 43 yards and also tallied 194 yards in the return game handling some duties in both kickoff and punt return ... Hit the 100-yard mark once last year, against Missouri Southern, when he ran for 103 yards on 17 carries ... Had three rushing touchdowns on 11 carries against Missouri Western ... Had a 65-yard touchdown run against Pittsburg State in Week 2.

2015: Carried 12 times for 38 yards and had three receptions for four yards before getting hurt during kickoff return early in third period of season-opener against Fort Hays State and missed the remainder of the season.

2014: Had the 17th-best rushing season in school history with 1,121 yards and 13 touchdowns on 194 carries despite missing one game to injury ... Was a second-team All-MIAA selection in addition to making the Oklahoman’s State College All-Star Team ... Had the second-most receptions on the team with 39 for 286 yards and added 11 kickoff returns for 225 yards in finishing with 1,632 all-purpose yards, which ranks seventh on UCO’s single-season list ... Finished third in the league in rushing, all-purpose yards and TDs ... Rushed for 90-plus yards in eight of 11 games and went over the century mark five times ... Carried career-high 26 times for career-best 215 yards – the 17th-best game in school history – with three TDs in win over Missouri Southern ... Had 33 runs of 10-plus yards and broke off scoring dashes of 50, 70 and 74 yards ... Named to MIAA Academic Honor Roll.

2013: Was the team’s second-leading rusher as a true freshman with 337 yards and two TDs on 61 carries ... Added 12 catches for 96 yards and averaged 22.0 yards on seven kickoff returns ... Had season highs for carries (17) and yards (87) against Central Missouri while scoring on a two-yard run.

High School: Four-year star at Fort Gibson High School, finishing as the school’s career leader in rushing and all-purpose yardage ... Rushed for 1,261 yards as a sophomore, 1,882 as a junior and a school-record 2,253 with 34 TDs as a senior ... Was named Verdigris Conference Player of the Year, Muskogee Phoenix All-Area Player of the Year, Vype Magazine Player of the Year and District 4A-4 Player of the Year ... Also an Oklahoma Coaches Association and Tulsa World All-Stater.

Personal: Marketing major ... Enjoys playing the guitar in his spare time ... Lists the Dallas Cowboys as his favorite professional team ... Names Ben Howard as his top musician ... Birthdate is Dec. 15, 1993.

Statistics

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2017

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Historical Player Information

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    2013Freshman

    Running Back
    5'10" 185 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2014Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'10" 195 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2015Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 195 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2016Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 201 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2017Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 201 lbs
    24
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