Linebacker, Colorado, 2014–⁠18

Rick Gamboa

Lettered 2015–⁠18 (school media guide)

Number: No. 32
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 240 lb
Class (2018): Senior
Hometown: Sylmar, CA

Rick Gamboa played linebacker at Colorado (2014–⁠18).

13tackles, career highat Arizona State, 2017

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2016	Colorado	76	44	3	0	1	3	0
2017	Colorado	90	54	2.5	1	0	5	3
2018	Colorado	71	37	1.5	0	1	2	0
Career		237	135	7	1	2	10	3

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl
2015	9 of 13	34	23	57

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2014	Colorado	32	ILB	RS
2015	Colorado	32	ILB	Fr.
2016	Colorado	32	ILB	So.
2017	Colorado	32	ILB	Jr.
2018	Colorado	32	ILB	Sr.	6′0″	240

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2018 Colorado 12 games, 71 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Colorado State	W 45–⁠13	6	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	atNebraska	W 33–⁠28	10	4	0	0	0
Sep 15	vs.New Hampshire	W 45–⁠14	4	4	0	1	0
Sep 28	vs.UCLA	W 38–⁠16	5	5	0	0	1
Oct 6	vs.Arizona State	W 28–⁠21	4	0	0.5	0	0
Oct 13	atUSC	L 20–⁠31	5	3	0	0	0
Oct 20	atWashington	L 13–⁠27	2	1	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Oregon State	L 34–⁠41	7	4	0	0	0
Nov 2	atArizona	L 34–⁠42	9	8	0	0	0
Nov 10	vs.Washington State	L 7–⁠31	7	5	0	0	0
Nov 17	vs.Utah	L 7–⁠30	8	3	0.5	0	1
Nov 24	atCalifornia	L 21–⁠33	4	0	0.5	0	0

2017 Colorado 12 games, 90 tackles, 1 sack

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 1	vs.Colorado State	W 17–⁠3	10	8	1	1	0
Sep 9	vs.Texas State	W 37–⁠3	8	3	0	0	1
Sep 16	vs.Northern Colorado	W 41–⁠21	6	3	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Washington	L 10–⁠37	10	6	0	0	1
Sep 30	atUCLA	L 23–⁠27	6	5	0.5	0	2
Oct 7	vs.Arizona	L 42–⁠45	10	5	0	0	0
Oct 14	atOregon State	W 36–⁠33	5	2	0	0	0
Oct 21	atWashington State	L 0–⁠28	5	1	0	0	0
Oct 28	vs.California	W 44–⁠28	5	5	0	0	1
Nov 4	atArizona State	L 30–⁠41	13	9	0.5	0	0
Nov 11	vs.USC	L 24–⁠38	5	4	0	0	0
Nov 25	atUtah	L 13–⁠34	7	3	0.5	0	0

2016 Colorado 14 games, 76 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Sep 2	vs.Colorado State	W 44–⁠7	5	4	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Idaho State	W 56–⁠7	2	2	0	0	1
Sep 17	atMichigan	L 28–⁠45	11	6	1	0	0
Sep 24	atOregon	W 41–⁠38	7	4	0	0	1
Oct 1	vs.Oregon State	W 47–⁠6	3	2	0	1	1
Oct 8	atUSC	L 17–⁠21	6	3	0	0	0
Oct 15	vs.Arizona State	W 40–⁠16	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 22	atStanford	W 10–⁠5	9	3	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.UCLA	W 20–⁠10	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 12	atArizona	W 49–⁠24	3	3	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Washington State	W 38–⁠24	4	3	0	0	0
Nov 26	vs.Utah	W 27–⁠22	8	5	2	0	0
Dec 2	vs.Washington	L 10–⁠41	2	1	0	0	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Oklahoma State	L 8–⁠38	11	4	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2019
Height	5′11⅛″
Weight	231 lb
Arm length	30¾″
Hand size	9½″
40-yard dash	5.20 s
Vertical jump	28″
Broad jump	8′9″
Bench press	18 reps
3-cone drill	7.69 s
20-yard shuttle	4.72 s

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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