Gabe Brkic

Photo by: Josh Gateley

Photo by: Ty Russell

Position:
K/P
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
201
Hometown:
Chardon, Ohio
High School:
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School

Season	GP- GS	FGM - FGA	PCT	BLK	LONG	PAT	PCT
2018	1-0	0-0	--	--	--	1-1	100.0
2019	14-0	17-17	100.0	--	50	52-52	100.0
2020	10-0	20-26	76.9	--	54	49-49	100.0
2021	13-0	20-26	76.9	--	56	57-58	98.3
Career	38-0	57-69	82.6	--	56	159-160	99.4

2021
One of three Lou Groza Award finalists … an All-Big 12 Second Team selection by league's coaches and AP … named to Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … a midseason All-American by Sporting News and by The Athletic (second team) … a two-time Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (9/6, 10/11) … has a nation-high-tying five makes from over 50 yards on the year (on seven attempts) … had two of nation's nine field goal makes of at least 56 yards ... made multiple field goals in five of first six games ... was 57 for 58 on PATs … made two field goals (40 and 29 yards) and five PATs in Alamo Bowl vs. Oregon (12/29) ... missed PAT in the Alamo Bowl was his first career PAT miss ... converted a 53-yard field goal and made all five extra point attempts vs. Texas Tech (10/30) … tied a school record with 17 points and four field goal makes vs. Texas (10/9) … converted three FG attempts (including a 47-yarder) at Kansas State (10/2) … made all three field goal attempts against West Virginia (9/25), including a 30-yard game-winner as time expired (believed to be first walk-off game-winning field goal in school history) … tied his career long with a 56-yard make vs. Western Carolina (9/11) and added a 46-yard conversion … tied an FBS single-game record with three field goal makes of at least 50 yards (51, 56 and 55) and added a 26-yard make in season opener vs. Tulane (9/4).

2020
A Lou Groza Award semifinalist … a first-team All-Big 12 selection by league’s head coaches and media … an Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honoree … made 20 of 26 field goals and all 49 of his PAT attempts in his 10 games (missed the season opener vs. Missouri State on 9/12) … registered eight multi-field goal games to rank second in school single-season history (record is nine by Michael Hunnicutt in 13 games in 2013) ... converted 8 of 12 field goal attempts from 40 yards or longer and connected on four field goals from at least 50 yards … made at least two field goals in each of the last seven games … averaged 61.1 yards and recorded 29 touchbacks on 70 kickoffs … ranked third nationally by averaging 2.0 made field goals per game and ranked 10th (second among kickers) with his 10.6 points per game … made field goals of 43 and 20 yards and converted all six PAT attempts in Cotton Bowl win vs. No. 10 Florida (12/30) ... made two field goals (including a 54-yarder) in Big 12 Championship win over No. 8 Iowa State (12/19) … his 54-yard field goal vs. ISU tied for the fourth-longest in OU history and longest since 1990 … connected on field goals of 20 and 40 yards vs. Baylor (12/5) … converted field goals of 40 and 29 yards and all five PATs vs. No. 14 Oklahoma State (11/21) … made all seven PATs and field goals of 40 and 50 yards vs. Kansas (11/7) … converted all eight PATs and field goals of 25 and 35 yards at Texas Tech (10/31) … tied a school record with four field goals (40, 22, 32 and 30 yards) and made all three PATs at TCU (10/24) … converted all six PATs and made a 19-yard field goal vs. No. 22 Texas (10/10) … made field goals of 18, 33 and 51 yards at Iowa State (10/3).

2019
A first-team All-American as a kicker by CBS Sports ... a freshman All-American by The Athletic and FWAA ... a second-team All-Big 12 selection by league’s coaches and media ... a Lou Groza Award semifinalist ... took over kicking duties prior to Texas Tech game (9/28) and went 17 for 17 on field goal attempts and 52 for 52 on PATs ... only placekicker nationally who made all of his field goal and PAT tries on the season (69 for 69 combined) ... his 103 kicking points were the most by an FBS player without a miss since at least 1996 ... handled kickoffs in all 14 contests ... his 17 consecutive field goal makes set a school record ... made at least two field goals in six games, four field goals from 40 or longer and 11 from at least 30 yards ... converted three field goal attempts (44, 24 and 24 yards) in Big 12 Championship win against No. 8 Baylor (12/7) ... connected on two field goals (42 and 27 yards) and all four extra points at No. 21 Oklahoma State (11/30) ... kicked two field goals (39 and 31 yards), including the game-winning 31-yarder with 1:45 remaining, and made all four PATs at Baylor (11/16) ... connected on field goals of 44, 25, 50 and 39 yards at Kansas State (10/26) ... the four FGs were OU’s most since 2011 and the 50-yarder was OU’s longest since 2017 ... connected on seven PATs and a 29-yard field goal against West Virginia (10/19) ... made two field goals (19 and 34 yards) and four PATs against Texas (10/12) ... converted both field goal attempts (34 and 33 yards) and all seven PATs in his first game as placekicker against Texas Tech (9/28).

2018
Redshirted ... played in season opener vs. Florida Atlantic (9/1) and made lone extra-point attempt ... kicked off four times against Owls (registered three touchbacks).

HIGH SCHOOL
Rated by Kohl’s Kicking as the nation’s No. 7 kicker and No. 22 punter in the 2018 class ... made 10 of 15 field goal attempts and 22 of 23 extra-point tries as a high school senior ... seven of those field goal makes came from over 40 yards (including a 53-yarder) ... runner-up in a competition to make the Under Armour All-America Game ... chose OU over Air Force, Bowling Green, New Mexico, UMass and others.

PERSONAL
Major is mechanical engineering ... last name pronounced BUR-kitch.