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2018 Football

Canaan Gebele #7 QB

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    195
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Annapolis, Md.
  • High School:
    Broadneck

Summary

Biography

Pronunciation: KANE-en  GAY-blee 

2018 (Senior): Gagliardi Trophy Semifinalist (Division III Player of the Year Award) ... 2018 NCAC Offensive Player of the Year ... first-team All-NCAC at QB ... third-team D3football.com All-North Region ... co-captain ... led Denison to a share of the 2018 NCAC championship, the program's first championship since 1986 ... also led Denison to its first NCAA playoff appearance since 1985 ... started all 11 games at QB ... passed for 2,153 yards and a career-high 25 TD passes ... rushed for 612 yards and 14 TDs ... also caught two TD passes from WR David Weimar ... was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week after his 8 touchdown performance against Wooster ... was 19-of-23 for 284 yards and 4 TD passes, 120 yards rushing and 3 TDs and one receiving TD ... is Denison's all-time leader in passing yards (7,608) and rushing yards by a quarterback (2,420) ... 66 career TD passes is a Denison record ... is the third player in NCAC history to eclipse 10,000 yards of total offense in a career (10,039) ... responsible for 106 TDs in his career ... second in Division III in points responsible for (252) ... ranks ninth at Denison in rushing yards and second in career rushing TDs (38) ... selected to play for Team USA in the Aztec Bowl in Mexico City, Mexico ... selected to play in the All-American Bowl at the Minnesota Vikings stadium.

2017 (Junior): Named second-team All-NCAC for the second-straight season ... co-captain ... started all 10 games at quarterback ... completed 176 of 274 passes (64.2%) for 2,016 yards with 15 touchdowns and six interceptions ... rushed 132 times for 856 yards and 10 touchdowns on the ground ... was named NCAC Player of the Week after a 34-of-48 (70.8%) performance against Oberlin in which he passed for 6 touchdowns, setting a Denison single-game record ... set a career-high with 407 passing yards in a 62-26 win at Allegheny ... rushed for a season-high 148 yards against Kenyon ... rushed for a career-high four touchdowns against Southwestern in the season opener ... moved into third place in career passing yardage in week nine.

2016 (Sophomore): Named second-team All-NCAC ... started eight games at quarterback as a sophomore ... completed 176 of 276 passes (63.8%) for 2,102 yards with 14 touchdowns and five interceptions ... rushed 134 times for 587 yards and eight touchdowns ... was awarded NCAC Player of the Week twice ... was 33-of-47 (70.2%) for 375 yards in Denison's breakthrough win over Wittenberg on Oct. 15 ... had three, 100+ yard rushing games highlighted by a 160-yard performance against Hiram.

2015 (Freshman): Appeared in nine games for the Big Red, starting four at quarterback ... completed 116 of 168 passes for a 69.0% completion percentage ... 1,337 yards passing with 12 touchdowns and three interceptions ... rushed 116 times for 430 yards and six touchdowns. 

Personal: Data analytics major with a minor in economics ... son of Angie and Glenn Gebele ... father, Glenn, played football, rugby, and track at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy ... sister, Adrienne, played softball at Ohio University ... honorable mention all-state while at Broadneck High School ... is a member of DSAAC, the Denison Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... is a student broadcaster with the Denison Sports Network.

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2015First-Year

    QB
    6'" 175 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2016Sophomore

    QB
    6'0" 185 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2017Junior

    QB
    6'0" 190 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2018Senior

    QB
    6'1" 195 lbs
    7
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