Gavin Rutherford

Photo by: Jordan Segelken

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 213
Position:
QB
Hometown:
Katy, Texas
High School:
Cinco Ranch HS

2026 Phil Steele Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team (QB)

2026 (SFA): Named a single-digit honoree and team captain for the second-straight season as voted on by his Lumberjack peers during the offseason and dons the #12 this fall as a result...

2025 (SFA): Appeared in all 14 games...Completed 51 of 81 passes for 542 yards and 6 TDs...Added 35 rushing attempts for 176 yards and 6 rushing TDs...Fired a season-long 40-yard completion at Houston on Aug. 28...Scored a season-high 2 rushing TDs at East Texas A&M on Oct. 25...Threw a season-high 3 TD passes at Houston Christian on Nov. 8, adding a season-long 26-yard rush...Passed for a season-high 140 yards vs. Lamar on Nov. 15, completing a season-high 17 passes and rushing for a season-high 75 yards as he helped lead the Jacks to the SLC Championship...

2024 (SFA): Appeared in 9 games...Completed 75 of 122 passes for 836 yards and 4 TDs, adding 48 rushes for 68 yards and 3 TDs...Completed a season-high 26 passes at East Texas A&M on Nov. 9, going 26-for-41 for 193 yards...Punted a season-high 2 times vs UIW on Nov. 16, totaling a season-high 79 yards with a season-long 49-yarder and a 39-yard average, while rushing for a season-high 47 yards with a season-long 25-yard carry...Threw for a season-high 260 yards vs Abilene Christian on Nov. 23, finishing 17-for-30 with a season-high 2 passing TDs and a season-long 80-yard completion...

2023 (SFA): Did not play...

PREP: Quarterback at Cinco Ranch HS...Won District 19-6A MVP, named All-District 19-6A First Team, and was a Houston Touchdown Club Finalist for Player of the Year...Broke the school record for completions, attempts, passing yards, and touchdown passes in 2022...The Katy ISD career record holder for completions, attempts, passing yards and touchdown passes, the single-game record holder for passing completions, passing yards, and touchdown passes and the single-season record holder for passing yards...

PERSONAL: Son of Kristen and Jason Rutherford and brother to Riley Rutherford (sister)...Riley was a softball player at Nicholls...Gavin was named the Katy ISD Male Athlete of the Year and was the District MVP as a senior...District Offensive Player of the Year as a junior...Named the District's Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore...