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UCF Knights

NCAA · Big 12 · 2026
Updated 2026-07-29
108 players
UCF Knights · DL RoomDL

Brad Gurley

Class RS SR/TRFrom Eastern Kentucky (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'2" · 300 lbHometown Bowling Green, KY · Bowling Green
Depth-chart placement
Current role
LDT2
Placement
Backup
Room
Defensive Tackle
Experience
5-SR
Last change
Updated 2026-07-29

Brad Gurley holds the LDT · Backup spot in UCF Knights’s defensive tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LDT · StarterHorace LockettStarter
RDT · StarterRJ Jackson Jr.Starter
LDT · BackupBrad GurleyBackup
RDT · BackupThomas CollinsBackup

Transfer history

2026Eastern KentuckyUCF Knights

Background & career

Brad Gurley is a 6'2", 290-pound linebacker from Bowling Green, Kentucky, who played his high school football at Bowling Green before attending Eastern Kentucky. During his redshirt senior season in 2025, Gurley started all 12 games and recorded 45 tackles, including 10.5 for loss, along with 5.5 sacks and three pass breakups. He earned All-UAC Second Team honors after a standout campaign that included six tackles for loss in two separate contests. Gurley now transfers to UCF as a redshirt senior.

Eastern Kentucky2022 – 2025
UCF2026 — present
Previous schoolEastern KentuckyOriginBowling Green, KY · Bowling Green