2014 Football Roster
Roster
Gutapfel, Truman

Jersey Number 97
Truman Gutapfel
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 289
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Harrison, Ohio
- High School:
- Harrison
Bio
GUTAPFEL’S CAREER HIGHS
NOTES: Voted a team captain for the 2016 season … recipient of BC’s Russ Joyner Award, given to the most outstanding defensive lineman.
2016 (SENIOR): Started all 13 games for the Eagles … finished the season with 48 total tackles, including 24 solo stops … notched 6.5 tackles for a loss of 14 yards and 1.5 sacks for a loss of three yards … recovered two fumbles and forced one … part of the defense that ranked on eight top-10 lists, including ninth in total defense (314.2 yards/game), second in sacks (3.62 sacks/game) sixth in tackles-for-loss (8.2 TFL/game) and seventh in rushing defense (108.5 yards/game) ... BC defense tied the school record with eight sacks twice, at Massachusetts (Sept. 10) and vs. Maryland (Dec. 26) and recorded at least 10 tackles-for-loss four times … BC’s 47 sacks on the season tied the school record set in 1994 … set a career high with eight tackles, including five solo stops, and recovered a fumble against Georgia Tech (Sept. 3) … recorded seven tackles, one solo and six assisted, at Virginia Tech (Sept. 17) ... forced first career fumble against Buffalo (Oct. 1) ... notched four solo tackles and one for a loss in the win against NC State (Oct. 29) ... recorded first solo sack of the season against Connecticut (Nov. 19) ... tallied a tackle-for-loss while finishing the game with six tackles at Wake Forest (Nov.26) … notched four tackles, including 1.5 tackles for a loss of three yards, and recovered a fumble and returned it seven yards in the Quick Lane Bowl victory over Maryland (Dec. 26) … part of the defensive line named the bowl MVP.
2015 (JUNIOR): Started all 12 games at defensive tackle … totaled 26 tackles (14 solo, 12 assisted), 7.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks … member of the BC defense that ranked No. 1 in the nation in total defense (254.3 yards per game) … tallied two tackles, including one for a loss of one yard, against No. 9/6 Florida State (Sept. 18) … recorded two tackles, including one for a loss of six yards, and broke up one pass against Wake Forest (Oct. 10) … tied a career high with 2.5 tackles for a loss (minus-8 yards) on a career-high six tackles at Louisville (Oct. 24), including a sack … tallied two tackles for a loss (minus-8 yards) against Virginia Tech (Oct. 31) … recorded two tackles in each of the final two games vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 21) and at Syracuse (Nov. 28) … was a member of the ACC All-Academic Team … earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
2014 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games, making nine starts … recorded 26 tackles, including 12 solo tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss … member of the BC defense that ranked second in the nation, allowing just 94.5 rushing yards per game ... registered three tackles (two solo) against Pittsburgh (Sept. 5) … had four tackles (one solo) against Southern California (Sept. 13) … tallied two take-down at NC State (Oct. 11) … registered three solo tackles and two tackles for a loss of four yards, including a sack, against Clemson (Oct. 18) … recorded a career-high five tackles (three solo), including a career-high 2.5 tackles of loss of four yards at Wake Forest (Oct. 25) … broke up a pass at Virginia Tech (Nov. 1) … recorded three tackles, including a sack for a loss of a yard, against Louisville (Nov. 8) ... assisted on three tackles and recovered a fumble in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State (Dec. 27).
2013 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 10 straight contests from Sept. 28 to Dec. 31 … made his collegiate debut against Florida State (Sept. 28) … assisted on a tackle and registered 0.5 tackles for loss against the Seminoles … listed as the back-up left tackle following a season-ending injury to Mehdi Abdesmad.
High School: Won the 2012 Ohio Division II Anthony Munoz Defensive Lineman of the Year award … earned Fort Ancient Valley - Buckeye all-league honors as a senior … garnered First Team AP Southwest All-District accolades in as a senior … received AP All-Ohio special mention laurels … played for head coach Kent McCollough … also amassed over 100 career victories as a wrestler.
Personal: Truman James Gutapfel … enrolled as an economics major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the Nugent Family Football Scholarship Fund … Truman and his younger brothers Garrett and Colton are the children of Yvonne and Jim Gutapfel.
- Tackles: 8 vs. Georgia Tech, Sept. 3, 2016
- Tackles for loss: 2.5 (twice), at Wake Forest; Oct. 25, 2014, at Louisville, Oct. 24, 2015
- Sacks: 1.0 (four times), last vs. Wake Forest, Oct. 10, 2015
- Pass breakups: 1 (twice), at Virginia Tech, Nov. 1, 2014; vs. Wake Forest, Oct. 10, 2015
- Fumble recovery: 1 (three times), vs. Penn State, Dec. 27, 2014; vs. Georgia Tech, Sept. 3, 2016; vs. Maryland, Dec. 26, 2016
- Fumbles forced: 1 vs. Buffalo, Oct. 1, 2016
NOTES: Voted a team captain for the 2016 season … recipient of BC’s Russ Joyner Award, given to the most outstanding defensive lineman.
2016 (SENIOR): Started all 13 games for the Eagles … finished the season with 48 total tackles, including 24 solo stops … notched 6.5 tackles for a loss of 14 yards and 1.5 sacks for a loss of three yards … recovered two fumbles and forced one … part of the defense that ranked on eight top-10 lists, including ninth in total defense (314.2 yards/game), second in sacks (3.62 sacks/game) sixth in tackles-for-loss (8.2 TFL/game) and seventh in rushing defense (108.5 yards/game) ... BC defense tied the school record with eight sacks twice, at Massachusetts (Sept. 10) and vs. Maryland (Dec. 26) and recorded at least 10 tackles-for-loss four times … BC’s 47 sacks on the season tied the school record set in 1994 … set a career high with eight tackles, including five solo stops, and recovered a fumble against Georgia Tech (Sept. 3) … recorded seven tackles, one solo and six assisted, at Virginia Tech (Sept. 17) ... forced first career fumble against Buffalo (Oct. 1) ... notched four solo tackles and one for a loss in the win against NC State (Oct. 29) ... recorded first solo sack of the season against Connecticut (Nov. 19) ... tallied a tackle-for-loss while finishing the game with six tackles at Wake Forest (Nov.26) … notched four tackles, including 1.5 tackles for a loss of three yards, and recovered a fumble and returned it seven yards in the Quick Lane Bowl victory over Maryland (Dec. 26) … part of the defensive line named the bowl MVP.
2015 (JUNIOR): Started all 12 games at defensive tackle … totaled 26 tackles (14 solo, 12 assisted), 7.5 tackles for a loss and two sacks … member of the BC defense that ranked No. 1 in the nation in total defense (254.3 yards per game) … tallied two tackles, including one for a loss of one yard, against No. 9/6 Florida State (Sept. 18) … recorded two tackles, including one for a loss of six yards, and broke up one pass against Wake Forest (Oct. 10) … tied a career high with 2.5 tackles for a loss (minus-8 yards) on a career-high six tackles at Louisville (Oct. 24), including a sack … tallied two tackles for a loss (minus-8 yards) against Virginia Tech (Oct. 31) … recorded two tackles in each of the final two games vs. Notre Dame (Nov. 21) and at Syracuse (Nov. 28) … was a member of the ACC All-Academic Team … earned the Athletics Director’s Award for Academic Achievement.
2014 (SOPHOMORE): Played in all 13 games, making nine starts … recorded 26 tackles, including 12 solo tackles and 5.5 tackles for loss … member of the BC defense that ranked second in the nation, allowing just 94.5 rushing yards per game ... registered three tackles (two solo) against Pittsburgh (Sept. 5) … had four tackles (one solo) against Southern California (Sept. 13) … tallied two take-down at NC State (Oct. 11) … registered three solo tackles and two tackles for a loss of four yards, including a sack, against Clemson (Oct. 18) … recorded a career-high five tackles (three solo), including a career-high 2.5 tackles of loss of four yards at Wake Forest (Oct. 25) … broke up a pass at Virginia Tech (Nov. 1) … recorded three tackles, including a sack for a loss of a yard, against Louisville (Nov. 8) ... assisted on three tackles and recovered a fumble in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl against Penn State (Dec. 27).
2013 (FRESHMAN): Appeared in 10 straight contests from Sept. 28 to Dec. 31 … made his collegiate debut against Florida State (Sept. 28) … assisted on a tackle and registered 0.5 tackles for loss against the Seminoles … listed as the back-up left tackle following a season-ending injury to Mehdi Abdesmad.
High School: Won the 2012 Ohio Division II Anthony Munoz Defensive Lineman of the Year award … earned Fort Ancient Valley - Buckeye all-league honors as a senior … garnered First Team AP Southwest All-District accolades in as a senior … received AP All-Ohio special mention laurels … played for head coach Kent McCollough … also amassed over 100 career victories as a wrestler.
Personal: Truman James Gutapfel … enrolled as an economics major in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences … recipient of the Nugent Family Football Scholarship Fund … Truman and his younger brothers Garrett and Colton are the children of Yvonne and Jim Gutapfel.
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