2024: Elevated to first-team All-NCAC as a receiver after logging one of the top seasons in program history … Caught 57 passes for 926 yards and 12 touchdowns … Logged the third-most receiving touchdowns in single-season program history, had the fourth-most single-season yards, and had the fifth-most single-season receptions … Ended career third all-time in program history with 2,456 receiving yards and 24 touchdowns despite only playing three seasons … Tied single-game program record with four touchdown receptions in career finale against Wittenberg (Nov. 16) … Averaged 29.3 yards per kickoff return with a long of 85 … Helped Wooster finish as one of the Div. III leaders in kickoff return average … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week following win over Oberlin (Oct. 26) … Ran opening kickoff back 85 yards for a touchdown at Oberlin and had a trio of receiving touchdowns ... Set new career-highs with 11 receptions and 163 yards in win at Oberlin with receptions tied for the seventh-most in program history … Upped career-high in receiving yards to 169 against Wittenberg, averaging 28.2 yards over six catches in that game … Tallied five 100-yard receiving games on the year.
2023: Earned first-team All-NCAC honors as a returner and second-team All-NCAC honors as a wide receiver … Ranked second in the NCAC in all-purpose yards at 146 per game and led the conference with 557 kickoff return yards and 23 returns … Third league-wide with 24.2 yards per kickoff return … Ranked second in the NCAC with 821 receiving yards and was in the top-eight league-wide in receptions (49) and yards per catch (16.8) … Became the 10th player in program history to surpass 1,500 career receiving yards and logged the ninth-most yards in single-season program history … Also had the ninth-most all-purpose yards in a season in program history … Logged four 100-yard receiving games … Went for a season-high 146 yards on four receptions in lid-lifter at Wilmington (Sept. 2) … Recorded an 88-yard touchdown reception at Wilmington and a 79-yard one at Ohio Wesleyan (Sept. 16) … Turned seven receptions into 130 yards at Ohio Wesleyan … Other 100-yard games came at Wabash (Oct. 7) and versus Oberlin (Nov. 4) … Logged 50-plus-yard kickoff returns against Olivet (Sept. 9) and Ohio Wesleyan … Logged a 75-yard touchdown at Denison (Oct. 21).
2022: Wooster’s No. 1 wideout … Started all 10 games … Tops on the team with 709 yards and eight touchdowns … Logged 32 receptions on the year … Third in the NCAC in touchdowns and sixth in yards … Big weapon against Kenyon (Oct. 15) with career-high 154 yards and three touchdowns on six catches … Went for 119 yards and three touchdowns on five receptions in season finale at Oberlin (Nov. 12) … Logged first 100-yard game at Hiram (Sept. 10), turning seven receptions in to 135 stripes … Caught a 56-yard touchdown pass against Ohio Wesleyan (Oct. 1).
Prior to Wooster: Played one year at Howard Payne University … Logged five receptions for 60 yards over eight games … Blocked a kick and had nine tackles on special teams … Prior to that, was part of Cypress Creek High School’s state quarterfinals team as a junior and sophomore … Two-time all-district wide receiver, two-time all-district return specialist, and three-time all-district baseball outfielder … Credited with over 1,000 receiving yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior … Prepped for Greg McCaig.
Personal: Parents are Tanya and Trey Gadler … Business economics major.
