Nuer Gatkuoth is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wake Forest.
Gatkuoth disrupts the pocket from the interior. The three seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jay Norvell and Jake Dickert. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Oregon State — Week 7, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 8.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 39 | 17 | 8.5 | 6.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2024 | Colorado State | 14 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Colorado State | 54 | 18 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| Career | 107 | 41 | 19.0 | 7.5 | 2 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 43-29vs Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 8.5 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 16-9
at Virginia
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
22%8 TFLSack rate
15%6 sacksHurry rate
21%8 hurries39 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 6 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
39 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #52 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #7 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
A stat line in 26 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jay Norvell and Jake Dickert.
From Edmonton, AB — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
