*** 2020 Honors Candidate ***

Career: He has played in 22 of a possible 26 games as an Eagle, in addition to missing the 2018 season with a knee injury. He has three starts, 65 tackles, four passes broken up and a trio of forced fumbles thus far at EWU.
 
2019: He played in all 12 Eastern games, starting against North Dakota (9/28/19) and Northern Colorado (10/12/19). Gurley finished the season with 28 tackles, including a season-high seven tackles in EWU’s second-to-last game of the season against Cal Poly (11/16/19). He also had six versus Northern Colorado (10/12/19) and four against Jacksonville State (9/14/19).
 
2018: Suffered a knee injury on the second day of non-contact practices during fall training camp and redshirted.
 
2017: Was selected to the Hero Sports on Freshman All-America Team as a first team selection. Earned third team All-Big Sky honors as a special teams standout (as selected by the league’s head coaches). He was also selected as the EWU’s Special Teams Player of the Year and as Freshman of the Year. Started one game as a nickel back and played in a total of 10. A special teams standout and backup defender, he missed EWU’s last game of the season versus Portland State (11/18/17) with an injury. Gurley, who a year prior was leading his high school team (Archbishop Murphy in Everett, Wash.) to the State 2A Championship, closed his debut season with 37 tackles, three passes broken up and two forced fumbles. He was dominant on special teams and played as a backup defensive back, receiving his lone start against UC Davis (10/7/17) when he finished with a season-high nine tackles. In just the second game of his career against Fordham (9/16/17), he had his first forced fumble and pass broken up in the 56-21 road win. That performance helped him earn EWU’s special teams player of the week honor.
 
HS: Graduated from Archbishop Murphy HS in 2017. His head coach in high school was Jerry Jensen. In his four-year, 40-game career, he rushed for 1,432 yards with 18 touchdowns, caught 62 passes for 1,501 yards and 10 scores, and had a total of 1,587 yards returning kicks. In all, he had 4,747 all-purpose yards and had 45 touchdowns with a total of 272 points scored. Defensively, he had 107 career tackles with 10 interceptions for 227 yards in returns. Was one of just 26 players selected to the Tacoma News Tribune All-State team, earning honors as a defensive back. He received 11 points in finishing ninth in balloting for the State Player of the Year (all classifications) by Associated Press, and was second with 34 points for 2A Player of the Year honors. He was picked for the Everett Herald All-Area first team as both an all-purpose player and as a defensive back. Repeated as the 2A Cascade Conference co-Offensive Player of the Year, and was also first team all-league on defense. He had 583 receiving yards with seven touchdowns, 437 rushing yards with five TDs, a kickoff return for a 95-yard touchdown and 216 yards on 11 punt returns (19.6 per return) with two more scores. He also had 29 tackles, two interceptions and scored 15 total touchdowns. He had 1,371 all-purpose yards for an average of 152.3 per game. Those statistics came in just nine games on the field, as the private school made national news by receiving five forfeits after dominating opponents in its first three games 170-0. The Wildcats capped a perfect season by beating Liberty of Issaquah 56-14 for the 2A State title, their first since back-to-back championships in 2002 and 2003. Gurley caught a 69-yard TD pass in the game, giving Archbishop Murphy a 49-7 lead in the third quarter. He also had a 51-yard TD reception in the first half and finished with three catches for 122 yards and a rush for six yards. He also had six tackles on defense, a forced fumble and an interception he returned 39 yards to set-up his own third quarter touchdown. The Wildcats finished the season 14-0, including a 9-0 record on the field. The Wildcats outscored those nine opponents 463-44 (average score of 51-5), including 245-44 in five playoff games (49-9). Gurley also earned preseason All-State honors from the Tacoma News Tribune. As a junior, he was named first team All-State by Associated Press as an all-purpose player. He was picked as the 2015 Football Athlete of the Year by the Everett Herald, and was also on that newspaper’s All-Area first team as a defensive back. Gurley earned 2A Cascade Conference MVP honors on offense and was a first team all-league selection on defense. He had 607 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing, 780 yards receiving on 31 catches with nine more scores and 562 additional yards on kick returns. Gurley finished with a total of 1,975 all-purpose yards (151.9 per game). He also had 37 total tackles, three interceptions and scored 22 total touchdowns. The Wildcats advanced to the semifinals of the State 2A Playoffs, but lost to Tumwater 24-21. In his sophomore season, Gurley earned first team All-Cascade Conference honors on defense and second team on offense. He rushed for 390 yards and had 130 rushing, finishing with 431 all-purpose yards with seven touchdowns. He had 26 tackles and three interceptions he returned 153 yards. As a freshman, he had 15 tackles, two interceptions, 431 all-purpose yards and scored three times. He also competed in basketball and track and field in high school. Former Eagle Kyle Wilkins (’05) also attended Archbishop Murphy. Gurley attended EWU football camp, enabling the coaching staff to get a closer recruiting look at him. He was also MVP of the USA Football U17 Game in 2016, completing a fake-punt pass for a first down on a first-half scoring drive and returning three punts for 142 yards. His last return was a 75-yard touchdown, and he also contributed on defense to help the United States to a 49-7 International Bowl victory over the Ontario Under-17 Team at AT&T Stadium in Dallas, Texas. He was named by the Seattle Times as a “Red Chip” selection as one of the top 18 prospects in the state of Washington. Gurley was given a two-star rating by scout.com, rivals.com and 247sports.com, who also rated him as the 36th best recruit in the state of Washington.
 
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies liberal arts major. Born 3/29/99 in Orlando, Fla. Parents are Quantez and Jessica Gurley.
 

Year	GP	TT	Hi	S	TL-Yds	FF-FR	PBU	I-Yds
2017	10	37	9	0	2-5	2-0	3	0-0
2019	12	28	7	0	1-3	1-0	1	0-0
Totals	22	65	9	0	3-8	3-0	4	0-0