Gage Dunker Gage Dunker DL Lena-Winslow | 2024 IL had a tremendous senior season at Lena-Winslow as a two-way starter, leading his team to the 1A state championship. He proved to be an unstoppable force as the dive back in their run-heavy attack, rushing for 2,604 yards and scoring 41 touchdowns. Defensively, Dunker is a downhill, physical linebacker with great lateral speed. His home at Upper Iowa will be on the defensive side of the ball, as he has been signed as a linebacker.

A big time player for the returning state champion Panthers out of Lena Winslow, Gage is another “pound the tackle” fullback who excels at running over tacklers in the middle of the field, but he still has the speed to run away from defenders once he reaches the second level. There isn’t much dancing in his game as a ball carrier as he truly hits the hole like a rocket. He also has a real nose for the endzone as shown by his 28 touchdowns in 2022. He has drawn some major FCS interest and could end up staying at fullback at the next level because of his size and the schools recruiting him (NDSU, SDSU) Look for a big season from Gage as he hopes to help the Panthers to a 3-peat in 2023. His Twitter handle is @DunkerGage

Finishing off this dominant rushing attack we have the young man of the day in Mr. Dunker who finished with 22 carries for 120 yards for 3 TDs and secured 4 tackles along with 1 INT on defense. This young man is more of a downhill style runner that keeps his feet driving to play through contact breaking weak grab tackles in the process. He also has the vision to find running lanes between the tackles where he can get through and lower his shoulder upon contact to keep the chains moving. One play on defense that stood out as well was where he came away with an interception. Here, he jumped the route in the hook curl zone drop diving to come away with the turnover stopping any momentum the opposing team was generating at this point. All in all, this young man is a downhill runner that will play through the whistle until he gets brought down.

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Again, another dominant halfback this time from Lena-Winslow. Mr. Dunker is one of a few talented halfbacks that Lena-Winslow has and was able to finish the Semi Final game with 3 rushing TDs to win 38-16 over Forreston. He’s listed as a defensive lineman above on the watchlist, be sure to keep an eye with his potential as a halfback as well. Twitter