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Gabriel Fact: Only native New Yorker on the team.
Years Lettered: 2006
Fall 2007 Depth Chart Position: Reserve defensive tackle
Overview: Reserve interior defensive lineman entering 2007 fall practice...had a strong spring game with four tackles, including a sack for the Orange team...resident of Brooklyn, New York who is Yankee fan...enrolled at Clemson in January of 2005...played the 2004 season at Fork Union Military Academy with current Tigers Phillip Merling and Durrell Barry.
2006: Appeared in four games for 31 snaps as a reserve defensive lineman...had two tackles, including one in the season-opener against Florida Atlantic and one against Louisiana Tech...played three snaps in the win over #13 Georgia Tech...played a season-high 13 snaps against Florida Atlantic and 12 against Temple.
2005: Red-shirted.
Before Clemson: Enrolled at Clemson in January of 2005 and participated in spring drills...played at Fork Union Military Academy in 2004...All-Northeast pick and #17 player in New York according to SuperPrep...had 37 tackles and 10 sacks (six were in two playoff games); he played only six games due to injury at Christ The King Regional High School...played on the league championship team as a junior and senior...played in the New York Senior Bowl...team captain and team leader in sacks...first Tiger signee from the state of New York since 1995...teammate of Tiger signees Phillip Merling and Durrell Barry at Fork Union...coached by Kevin Kelly at Christ The King Regional High School and J.C. Harmon at Fork Union...chose Clemson over South Carolina, Syracuse, and Virginia...born Elsmore Tokumbo Gabriel on Feb. 5, 1986...majoring in sociology.
