Career

35 games of experience, and has 27 career catches for 368 yards and nine touchdowns.

2022

Named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
Played in all 11 games for the Eagles, making one start.
Hauled in nine receptions for a total of 119 yards (13.2 per reception) and two touchdowns.
In the first game of the season, against Tennessee State (9/3/22), he caught two passes for 37 yards and a touchdown, including a season-long of 23 yards.
His next touchdown, a 20-yard grab, came in the final game of the season against Northern Colorado (11/19/22).

2021

Played in all 13 games for the Eagles, making two starts.
Caught 13 passes for a total of 208 yards (16.0 per catch) and four touchdowns.
Started the season scoring a touchdown in back-to-back weeks (at UNLV on 9/2/21 and vs. Central Washington on 9/11/21).
Had another touchdown against Northern Colorado on 10/23/21.
His longest play of the season came against Weber State (10/23/21), where he caught a touchdown pass of 30 yards from Eric Barriere.
His season-high in yardage (39 yards) came against Portland State (11/20/21).

2020-21

Named to the Big Sky Conference All-Academic team.
Played in all seven games catching four passes for 26 yards and two scores.
Had a 3-yard TD catch versus Northern Arizona (3/6/21) and then an 8-yard score one game later versus Idaho State (3/13/21).
Had catches versus Idaho (4/10/21) and North Dakota State (4/24/21).

2019

Redshirted, but played in four games in accordance with a new NCAA rule that allows student-athletes to play in up to four games and still redshirt.
Made his Eagle debut against Montana (10/26/19).
Played against Idaho State (11/9/19) and had his first career catch on a 15-yard touchdown on a fake field goal attempt.
Made his first career start against Cal Poly (11/16/19) when EWU started the game with three tight ends, and provided the big block for a 25-yard rushing gain by Talolo Limu-Jones.
Played versus Northern Arizona (11/2/19).
Selected as the “EWU Teams” offensive player of the year.
Was offensive scout team player of the week twice.

High School

Graduated in 2019 from Banks HS.
Concluded his high-school career by being selected as the recipient of the Johnny Carpenter 4A/3A/2A/1A Prep Athlete of the Year Award, which has been presented since 1966 to the most outstanding male high school athlete in Oregon.
Helped lead three teams – football, basketball and baseball – to State 4A championships.
In football, he was a three-star recruit by 247Sports.
In three varsity seasons, he accumulated 22 total touchdowns at tight end with 88 receptions for 1,236 yards.
At defensive end he had 39 total tackles over his career and 11 tackles for loss.
Earned first team All-State honors as a senior when he helped lead his team to the State 4A championship.
Twice he earned first team All-4A Cowapa League honors.
Had 47 receptions for 689 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior.
On defense, had 33 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4 1/2 sacks and an interception.
Had touchdowns on all four of his catches in a 55-0 win over Valley Catholic, which were good for 82 yards.
Highs for receptions and yardage came in a 56-13 win over Tillamook when he had seven catches for 110 yards and two scores.
Caught six passes for 88 yards and a TD in a 31-20 victory over league-rival Seaside to capture the state title, plus added six tackles and a sack on defense.
The Braves won their final 11 games to finish 11-1 after capturing the 4A Special District 1 championship with a perfect 5-0 record.
In his junior season, Banks finished 8-3 after losing 41-40 to Ontario in the first round of the State 4A Playoffs.
Was coached by Cole Linehan.
Also lettered in basketball and baseball as an exceptional three-sport athlete.
Was the Oregon 4A Player of the Year in basketball after earning second team Prep Hoops All-State honors as a junior.
Earned first team All-State Tournament Team accolades both seasons and was selected to play in the 25th Annual Northwest Shootout in April of 2019.
In his senior season, Banks finished 28-3 and won the title at the State 4A Tournament.
Averaged 14.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.6 blocked shots and 1.6 steals per game, and scored 24 points and had 13 rebounds in a 62-56 win over Seaside in the championship game.
Helped the Braves finish 26-4 the year before and advance to the semifinals of the State 4A Tournament.
In baseball, was part of a trio of multi-sport athletes who helped Banks win their third state title of the year.
The Braves beat Henley 3-1 in the title game of the State 4A Tournament, becoming just the second team in the history of Oregon state high school athletics to win three state titles in one year.
Gobel drove in the first run of the state championship game, along with securing the win-clinching out at first base in the seventh inning.
Earned all-league honors in baseball as both an infielder and pitcher, hitting over .300 as a senior with an earned run average of less than 2.00.

Personal

Management major with a 3.49 grade point average through spring quarter 2022.
Born 9/26/00 in Portland, Ore.
His parents are Scott and Jodie Gobel.
He is a first generation college student from his family.

Year	GP	PC	Hi	Yds	Apr	Apg	TD	Lg
2019	4	1	1	15	15.0	0.3	1	15t
2020-21	7	4	1	26	6.5	0.6	2	8t
2021	13	13	3	208	16.0	16.0	4	30t
2022	11	9	2	119	13.2	10.8	2	23
Totals	35	27	3	368	13.6	10.5	9	30t

Blake Gobel