2016 Football
Roster
Mike Estes
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Raleigh, N.C.
- High School:
- Athens Drive HS
All-America candidate … Graduate student who is pursuing his MBA … Graduated from Gardner-Webb in December, 2015, with a degree in business administration … A two-time All-Big South Conference selection, earning second-team honors in 2013 and first-team plaudits in 2015 … Is the league’s all-time leader in receiving yardage (761) and touchdowns (7) by a tight end … Ranks second in career receptions by a tight end in GWU and Big South history (63) … Runs the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds … Big, physical blocker who excels in the passing game as well … Is an Eagle Scout.
2015 at Gardner-Webb: Led the Big South Conference’s tight ends with 29 catches for 353 yards and five touchdowns … Set a new league single-season mark with five touchdown catches by a tight end … Earned first-team All-Big South Conference honors … Started all 11 games … Caught four passes for a career-high 89 yards and two touchdowns in the season opener at South Alabama (9/5) … Caught five passes for 33 yards and the game-tying score as time expired in regulation vs. Elon (9/12) … Caught five passes for 33 yards vs. Monmouth (11/21) in the season finale … Caught four passes for 23 yards and a touchdown vs. ETSU (11/14) … Had two catches for 71 yards and a 38-yard score at Presbyterian (10/31) … Caught two passes for 54 yards, including a 37-yarder at No. 8 Coastal Carolina (11/7). 2014 at GWU: Saw action in all 12 games, splitting time at the position for much of the season … Ranked second in the Big South Conference among tight ends with 34 catches and led the group with 408 receiving yards … Averaged 12.0 yards per reception … Caught a pair of touchdown passes … Caught a season-best seven passes for 75 yards at Monmouth (11/22) … Caught six passes for a career-high 83 yards and a touchdown at Charleston Southern (11/8) … Scoring catch came from 29 yards out … Caught five passes for 79 yards and a 23-yard touchdown reception at VMI (10/18) … Caught three passes for 44 yards vs. Charlotte (10/4) … Had four catches for 36 yards at The Citadel (9/27) … Caught two passes for 32 yards, including a late, 21-yard first-down catch vs. Wofford (9/20) … Caught two passes for 23 yards at Wake Forest (9/6), which included a 20-yard reception … Had five catches of at least 20 yards on the season … Made exactly half of his season reception total (17) in five Big South games. 2013 at GWU: Earned second-team All-Big South Conference honors at tight end … Played in 12 games and made eight starts … Caught a league-best 18 passes for 278 yards and a touchdown among tight ends … Earned a spot on the College Football Performance Awards FCS Tight End of the Week honorable mention list three times … Named Big South Freshman of the Week once … Led the team with 15.4 yards per reception … Saw 13 of his 18 receptions result in first downs or touchdowns (72.2 percent) … Was the lone freshman in the league to earn All-Conference honors on offense … Caught four passes for 74 yards and a touchdown at Charlotte (10/5) … Had three catches for 50 yards vs. Point (Ga.) University (9/28) … Had two catches for 27 yards in the win over No. 8 Wofford (9/21) and had a 10-yard touchdown reception called back after a penalty … Had a 23-yard catch and run at Marshall (9/7) … Caught a 24-yard pass vs. Liberty (10/26) … Had a pair of catches for 23 yards vs. Warner (11/2) … Caught at least one pass in 10 games. 2012 at GWU: Redshirted.
High School: Played at Athens Drive (N.C.) High under Coach Jimmy Ray ... A two-time, All-Tri 9 Conference selection at wide receiver ... Had 42 catches for 602 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior ... Had a pair of 100-yard receiving games in 2011 ... Caught 37 passes for 611 yards and seven touchdowns as a junior ... Also a standout basketball player ...Chose Gardner-Webb over VMI and Furman.
