 Helm in 2024 | |
| Texas Longhorns–No. 85 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tight end |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Corporate Communication |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | September 6, 2002 Englewood, Colorado, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, Colorado) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Gunnar Helm (born September 6, 2002) is an American college football tight end for the Texas Longhorns.
Helm attended Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village, Colorado. During Helm's junior season, he hauled in 33 receptions for 411 yards and seven touchdowns. [2] As a senior, he had 28 receptions for 367 yards and seven touchdowns. Coming out of high school, Helm was rated as a three-star recruit, where he held offers from schools such as Alabama, Auburn, Colorado State, and Texas. [3] [4] He committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football. [5] [6] [7]
Helm played in 12 games as a true freshman at Texas in 2021 and did not record a catch. In 2022, he started four of 13 games and had five receptions for 44 yards. [8] In week three of the 2023 season, Helm hauled in one reception for 14 yards that set up a touchdown for the Longhorns, in a win over Wyoming. [9] He played in 14 games with six starts in 2023, recording 14 receptions for 192 yards and two touchdowns. [10] [11] Helm returned to Texas for his senior year in 2024. [12] In week two of the 2024 season, Helm had a breakout game, totaling seven receptions for 98 yards and a touchdown in a win over the Michigan Wolverines. [13]
| Season | Games | Receiving | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
| Texas Longhorns | ||||||
| 2021 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 55 | 688 | 12.5 | 6 | |
| Career | 53 | 74 | 924 | 12.5 | 8 | |
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