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2021 Football

49 Gabe Nickels

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 228
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Clarkston, Mich.
  • High School Our Lady of the Lakes
  • Position LB

Biography

2020-21: Reserve linebacker and special teams ace for the Chargers who appeared in three games for Hillsdale in the Spring 2021 season...tied his career-high with five tackles in the season-opening contest against Findlay (March 13)...named to the Chargers' One Play Warrior Club for the 2021 season.

2019: Appeared in 10 games for the Chargers as a reserve linebacker, finishing with 12 tackles...had a season-high five tackles against Alderson Broaddus (Nov. 2) and recovered a fumble against Walsh (Oct. 5)...named Chargers special teams player of the week on the week of Oct. 26, and won the Big Stick Award for the week of Nov. 2...named to the One Play Warrior Club for the 2019 season.

2018: Played in nine games in 2018, recording 5 total tackles…Will compete for a starting position in 2019…Named one of the team’s One Play Warriors……Named the winner of the big stick award on Nov. 12

High School: Hard-hitting linebacker for Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes High School...Had 119 total tackles as a senior in 2016 while being named All-State and All-Conference...Totaled 362 tackles over his three-year varsity career...Had nine sacks and four forced fumbles in his career...Two-year member of the National Honor Society...Volunteered for the Oakland County Sheriff's Department Fishing Derby, the Mana House Soup Kitchen and the Sock and Coat Drive...Participated in the Right to Life march in Washington D.C....Parents are Paul and Susan.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2017Freshman

    LB
    6'0" 214 lbs
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    2018Freshman

    LB
    6'0" 219 lbs
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    2019Sophomore

    LB
    6'1" 225 lbs
    49
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    2020Junior

    LB
    6'1" 232 lbs
    49
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    2021Senior

    LB
    6'1" 228 lbs
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