Gabe Woullard

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2012: Stood among the unit's top six tacklers with 49 stops (20 solo) during his initial season with the Pirates ... Ranked third in TFLs (5.0/-19 yards) and was second in sacks (3.5/-15 yards) ... Played in all 13 contests, but opened the last eight to conclude the season ... Recorded multiple stops in nine of 13 games with a career-high 10 against Memphis ... Contributed a pair of assisted tackles against Appalachian State in Pirate debut ... Logged first career sack at Southern Miss in the fourth quarter, dropping Anthony Alford for a five-yard loss ... In first start, tallied a pair of tackles at UCF ... Followed that with his 10-tackle performance against the Tigers, where he also registered 2.0 TFLs (-9 yards) and 1.5 sacks (-7) ... Booked six stops at UAB, followed with five vs. Navy and closed the regular season with a pair of seven-tackle performances vs. Tulane and Marshall ... Had five hits and netted only interception against UL-Lafayette in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl ... Turned in TFLs against Southern Miss (1.0/-5 yards), Memphis (2.0/-9), Tulane (1.0/-2) and Marshall (1.0/-3) ... Also credited with a quarterback hurry and sack against the Herd ... Twenty-four of 49 stops were on rushes ... Booked four tackles as a member of special teams unit, all on kickoff return coverage ... Developed into a key member of a unit that held four opponents to under 100 rushing yards (USM/91, UAB/82, UH/28, TUL/9) ... Selected as the program's "Most Improved Defensive Player" at the team's annual awards banquet.

Junior College: A California Community College Football Coaches Association All-California Region VI First-Team Defense selection ... Also was the only defensive unanimous pick to the Southern California Football Association American Division, Pacific Conference First-Team Defense squad ... Part of a Pierce program that had 34 players earn scholarships at the NCAA FBS (11), FCS (three), Division II (12) or NAIA (eight) level - a total higher than any other junior college or high school in the nation ... Team went 3-7 in 2011 and 3-3 in the American Pacific Conference ... Tallied a team-high 55 tackles, including 32 solo stops ... Booked a squad third-best six hits behind the line of scrimmage (-24 yards) and one sack for a loss of seven yards ... Credited with two quarterback hurries and one blocked kick ... Paced the team with eight tackles, including one for lost yardage, at Long Beach in a 54-47 setback ... Registered a team single-game season-best 11 stops at Glendale ... Played for head coach Efrain Martinez.

Wisconsin-Whitewater: Played in eight games for the 15-0 NCAA Division III national champion Warhawks ... Program has played for the national championship from 2005-11 and claimed the title the last three seasons while posting perfect 15-0 records ... Totaled 12 tackles with four solo hits and eight assists during the year ... Registered two stops for lost yardage and a half sack ... Credited with 1.5 TFL and the half sack against Dakota State in the second game of the season ... Booked a campaign-best six hits against UW-River Falls, making one solo hit and five assists ... Turned in multiple-tackle efforts against Dakota State and Campbellsville, while recording one stop versus UW-Eau Claire and Wesley ... Returned one fumble 21 yards against UW-River Falls ... Part of a defense that pitched four shutouts and surrendered just 11.8 points per game ... Unit also held foes to 46.6 rushing yards per contest.

High School: Helped Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.) to a 5-5 mark and 3-3 league ledger as a senior in 2009 ... Played both ways as a defensive end and tight end ... An all-conference selection, defensive lineman-of-the-year and all-academic honoree in lone year with the program ... A two-year letterman for head coach Jim Nudera ... Also ran track for the Huskies ... Played the 2008 season at Valencia (Calif.) High School where he was a junior defensive end and running back on a Viking program that posted a 10-3 mark and 4-1 league record ... An all-conference honoree who tallied 43 tackles with seven solo stops to assist VHS to a state playoff appearance (third round) ... Booked a season-high seven hits against West Ranch in a 49-0 victory ... Credited with five or more tackles in four contests ... Registered a personal-best two sacks during a 42-14 first-round playoff victory over Ventura and finished the campaign with seven quarterback drops ... Also broke up two passes, recovered a pair of fumbles and caused one during the season ... Played for head coach Larry Muir.

Personal: Full name is Gabriel Renard Woullard ...Born May 25, 1992 at Jackson, Miss. ... Son of Dennis and Imani Woullard ...Father was a football letterman at Jackson (Miss.) State ... Lived in a nomadic state after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his family's home in 2005 when living in Biloxi, Miss. (moved to California, attended three different high schools before graduating from Oak Park-River Forest in Illinois) ... An applied sociology major.