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Jersey Number 35
Gage Elder
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rockwall, Texas
- High School:
- Rockwall
2025 SEASON (SENIOR)
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR)
2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Inserted in all 14 games of his senior season on special teams โฆ appeared primarily via kickoff coverage where his 97 snaps ranked fifth on the team โฆ recorded one of his two tackles on the season as part of kickoff coverage, which came on Senior Day versus UCF (11/15) โฆ other tackle came at linebacker in the season opener versus Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8/30).ย
- Scout team member โฆ recognized as the defensive scout team player of the week by the coaching staff following the week two victory over Kent State (9/6).
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR)
- Appeared in four games as either a reserve linebacker or on special teams as a junior.
- Made his collegiate debut in the win over North Texas (9/14), seeing time defensively as well as on kickoff and punt coverage โฆ made one tackle versus the Mean Green, which came on special teams โฆ also saw action in wins over Iowa State (11/2), Oklahoma State (11/23) and West Virginia (11/30).
2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE)
- Did not see any game action as a sophomore โฆ scout team member.
2022 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN)
- Did not see any game action as a redshirt freshman โฆ scout team member โฆ recognized on the Academic All-Big 12 first team for his work in the classroom.
2021 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
- Did not see any game action as a true freshman โฆ scout team member.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Rockwall High School in his hometown of Rockwall, Texas โฆ played for one of the top high school programs in the state โฆ helped lead Rockwall to the Class 6A Division I state semifinals his junior season.ย
- Unanimously awarded District 10-6A Defensive MVP after making 118 tackles, 16.0 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks and an interception as a senior โฆ was also a second team All-Area selection that same year by the Dallas Morning News โฆ tabbed an honorable mention All-State honoree by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA).
PERSONAL
- Gage Elderโฆ son of Eric Elder and Dena Elder โฆ has three siblings, Mike Mack, Lawson Ayo, and Grayson Elder โฆ both his dad and brother Lawson were student-athletes in college.
- Earned his bachelor's degree in universityย studies from Texas Tech.
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