Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Notre Dame
Gabriel Rubio
DL • 6'5" • 322 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
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Gabriel Rubio shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
49
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Gabriel Rubio built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 97, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Gabriel Rubio's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 29
- Overall
- No. 210
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Gabriel Rubio, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame. Gabriel Rubio shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 64
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Gabriel Rubio quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 64
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 33 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lutheran Of St Charles County · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Erie · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 6 · Pick 29 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 13 tackles · DL 544th (top 51%) · FBS Independents 41st (top 45%) · National 2,595th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 54 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 18.1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 9 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 11 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 11 | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 35.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 6 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.4 |
Related Context
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Gabriel Rubio played DL for Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Gabriel Rubio recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Notre Dame.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Notre Dame paired 5 primary output with 14.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas A&M
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
14
Usage
3.9
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Texas A&M
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Texas A&M: 2. Purdue: 1. Arkansas: 0. Boise State: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Texas A&M: 1 by 24.2. Purdue: 3 by 22.5. Arkansas: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 2 by 8.3. NC State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas A&M
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Texas A&M
Player Story
Gabriel Rubio story
Gabriel Rubio built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 97, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Gabriel Rubio's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 33 career games in the available record. That gives Gabriel Rubio's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Notre Dame
2021-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2021202220232023202420242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Notre Dame | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 5 | 14.1 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 2 | 9.4 | 1.6 | -3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 2 | 9.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | Notre Dame | 4.5 | 13.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 4.5 | 13.2 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 3 | 14 | 3.9 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 7 · L 14-16
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
81.4 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.
#2
@ USC
Week 14 · W 49-35
2
Havoc Plays
71.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 9 Texas A&M
Week 3 · L 40-41 · Ranked opponent
2
Havoc Plays
67 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67 takeover score.
#4
@ Navy
Week 11 · W 35-32
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Stanford
Week 13 · W 56-23
1
Havoc Plays
47 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Notre Dame
5 primary output · 14.1 efficiency · 5.2 usage
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#2
2021 Postseason · Notre Dame
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Notre Dame
35.4
4.5 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 3.2 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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