University of Northern Colorado Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Gonzales III, Eddie

Jersey Number 7
Eddie Gonzales III
- Position:
- Defensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Five Points, Denver, Colo.
- Prev School:
- Regis Jesuit HS
- High School:
- Regis Jesuit HS
Bio
2019
- Voted defensive team captain
- Started all 12 games playing both on the inside and outside part of the defensive line
- Made 30 tackles, 11 solo
- Tied for fourth most tackles for a loss on the team with 3.5
- Recorded 2.0 sacks
- Hurried the quarterback three times
- Forced one fumble
- Made a career-best seven tackles against Cal Poly
- Had at least half a tackle for a loss in the final three games of the season
- Had 1.0 sacks in each of the final two games of the year
2018
- Redshirted due to injury
2017
- Starting in six of the eight games he played in, Gonzales was a consistent face on the Bears defensive line.
- He recorded 20 tackles including one for a loss. In his final game of the season before an injury ended it he recorded a quarterback hit against Sacramento State.
- His best game of the year came against Montana state when he had eight total tackles including two solo.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
2016
- Gonzales played all 11 games in 2016 after red-shirting as a freshman.
- Made 13 tackles (2 solo) and assisted on a tackle for loss.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
2015
- Redshirted.
High School
- Started three seasons on the varsity defensive line at Regis Jesuit
- Finished his career with 112 total tackles, 8.0 TFLs and 3.5 sacks
- A three year letterwinner
- Ranked the 10th best defensive lineman in Colorado
- Helped team to a 9-2 overall record his senior year
- Made the All-Conference team back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015
- Honored on the Six Zero Fitness All-State Team and was named Defensive Lineman of the Year both his junior and senior seasons
- Was a team captain
- Helped team to Conference Championships back-to-back seasons
- Also recruited by Wyoming, Colorado, CSU-Pueblo, Idaho State and South Dakota
Personal
- Is the son of Cynthia Gallegos and Ed Gonzales
- Born May 22nd
- He is majoring in Business at UNC.
- Voted defensive team captain
- Started all 12 games playing both on the inside and outside part of the defensive line
- Made 30 tackles, 11 solo
- Tied for fourth most tackles for a loss on the team with 3.5
- Recorded 2.0 sacks
- Hurried the quarterback three times
- Forced one fumble
- Made a career-best seven tackles against Cal Poly
- Had at least half a tackle for a loss in the final three games of the season
- Had 1.0 sacks in each of the final two games of the year
2018
- Redshirted due to injury
2017
- Starting in six of the eight games he played in, Gonzales was a consistent face on the Bears defensive line.
- He recorded 20 tackles including one for a loss. In his final game of the season before an injury ended it he recorded a quarterback hit against Sacramento State.
- His best game of the year came against Montana state when he had eight total tackles including two solo.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
2016
- Gonzales played all 11 games in 2016 after red-shirting as a freshman.
- Made 13 tackles (2 solo) and assisted on a tackle for loss.
- Academic All-Big Sky member
2015
- Redshirted.
High School
- Started three seasons on the varsity defensive line at Regis Jesuit
- Finished his career with 112 total tackles, 8.0 TFLs and 3.5 sacks
- A three year letterwinner
- Ranked the 10th best defensive lineman in Colorado
- Helped team to a 9-2 overall record his senior year
- Made the All-Conference team back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015
- Honored on the Six Zero Fitness All-State Team and was named Defensive Lineman of the Year both his junior and senior seasons
- Was a team captain
- Helped team to Conference Championships back-to-back seasons
- Also recruited by Wyoming, Colorado, CSU-Pueblo, Idaho State and South Dakota
Personal
- Is the son of Cynthia Gallegos and Ed Gonzales
- Born May 22nd
- He is majoring in Business at UNC.
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