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Player Profile: Gabriel Rui

#7 Gabriel Rui

Position: Kicker
Height: 5-11
Weight: 215
Class: Senior
Hometown: Hinton, Okla.
High School: Hinton HS
Previous School: Northeastern Oklahoma A&M

2017 (RJr.): Served as the primary place kicker for the 2017 season … Saw action in 10 games … Made 17-of-20 field goals … Was 6-of-7 on field goal attempts past the 40-yard line … Hit a career-long 50-yard field goal at Oklahoma State … Was 23-of-23 on his PAT tries … Ranked first in the Big 12 Conference for field goal percentage at 85.0 percent ... SEMO: Connected on his only field goal attempt of 25 yards … Was successful on all five of his PATs … Central Michigan: Was 2-of-3 on field goal tries and 3-of-3 on PATs … at Ohio: Put his only field goal attempt of 34 yards through the uprights and was consistent in his PATs, going 3-of-3 … West Virginia: Was good on his two field goal attempts of the game, connecting from both 28 and 41 yards … Made all four of his PAT tries … Texas Tech: Successfully made field goal attempts from 21 and 41 yards and was good on his only PAT try … K-State: Connected both field goal attempts from 28 and 42 yards and was perfect on two PAT tries … Baylor: Put 3-of- 4 field goal attempts through the goal posts from 38, 40 and 43 yards … at Texas: Made field goal attempts from 32 and 36 yards along with going 3-of-3 on his PAT tries … Oklahoma: Connected on 1-of-2 field goal tries … at Oklahoma State: Netted a career-long field goal of 50 yards, which ranked second in the Big 12 Conference for the longest successful field goal attempt.

2016 (Jr.): Did not see any game action.

2014-15 (Fr.-So. at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M): Spent two seasons at NEO playing for head coach Ryan Held … Picked up first team all-conference honors as a sophomore … Made 19-of-21 field goals, with a long boot of 51 yards … Hit a game-winning 47-yard field goal against Cisco CC in 2015 … Named second team allconference as a freshman … Hit 11-of-14 field goals in 2014.

High School: Played under head coach Chad Broughton at Hinton HS … Earned three letters in football … Also lettered in basketball and baseball … Named district special teams player of the year in 2012 and 2013 … Kicked a long field goal of 54 yards at Hinton HS.

Personal: Son of Carolina Rui and Exiquio Gonzalez … Has one sister, Victoria … Majoring in liberal arts and sciences … Was a teammate at NEO with fellow Jayhawks Antonio Cole, Cole Moos and Justin Williams

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