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2025 Football Roster

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12 Gavin Lochow

  • Position WR
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Proctorville, Ohio
  • Highschool Huntington (WV)

Biography

2025 (Junior)
• Named to PFL Preseason All-Conference team
• Received Phil Steele FCS Preseason PFL First Team All-Conference honors

2024 (Sophomore)
• 2024 Second Team All-Pioneer Football League
• First Team Academic All-PFL
• College Sport Communicators Academic All-District
• PFL Academic Honor Roll
• One of eight SAAC reps from the football team
• Appeared in 11 games
• Recorded 488 yards on 59 receptions (8.2 avg) with five touchdowns
• His 59 catches were the most on the team, 21 more than the next teammate
• 59 receptions also tied for the fourth-most in a season at UD
• Returned 12 kickoffs for a 20.0 yards-per-return average
• Rushed the ball 20 times for 154 yards (7.7 avg.) and one touchdown

2023 (Freshman)
• Appeared in all 11 games and started four of them, including his very first game as a true freshman
• Despite only playing quarterback in high school, led the team with 35 receptions (10.7 avg.) and five receiving TD (which was tied for fifth in the PFL)
• Also ran the ball seven times for 53 yards (7.6 avg.)
• Returned 17 kickoffs for a 24.2 yard average
• Also returning kicks for the first time, was fifth in the PFL in kickoff return average, and second nationally among freshmen (22nd overall)
• Named ROTC Cannonball Award as the team's top newcomer. 
• Honorable Mention All- PFL 
• FCS Freshman All-American All-Purpose Runner by FCS Central
• Finalist for the STATS Perform Jerry Rice Award
• Was a member of the 2023 PFL Academic Honor Roll

Prior to UD:
High School

• Recruited as an athlete
• Four-time varsity letterwinner
• WV MaxPreps Player of the Year
• Two-time House Award winner (WV QB of the Year) 
• Two-time First-Team All-State 
• All-State Captain
• MSAC Player of the Year
• Holds school records for 5,517 career passing yards, 62 passing TD’s, 624 passing attempts, 368 completions, 2,692 rushing yards by a QB, 49 rushing TD by a QB, and passing TD in one game (5)
• Was the first Highlander QB to throw for and rush for 1,000 in one season and have 2,000 passing yards in back-to-back seasons
• Has career stats of 8,238 total yards (112 TD), 5,517 passing yards (62 TD), 2,692 rushing yards (49 TD) and 29 receiving yards (1 TD)
• The Highlanders were conference champions (2021,2022), 2021 State Runner-Up and 2022 State Champions
• Was student body president, a member of the Spanish Honorary Society and placed first in a regional photography contest

Personal:
• Son of Dr. Steve and Dr. Amy Lochow
• Has three siblings- Haven, Torin and Trevor
• Dad was an All-America and Academic All-America defensive lineman at Dayton who played from 1990 to 1993
• Mom played tennis at Furman, and was also an All-American and Academic All-American
• His aunt, Julie Ditty, was a Top-100 WTA professional tennis player
• Majoring in Communication

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2023Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 195 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 185 lbs
    12