Gage Stenger

Honors & Awards » Academic All-Big Ten (2023, 2024, 2025) » Seven-Time Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll » Brook Berringer Citizenship Team (2023) » Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2023, 2024, 2025) 2025 (Junior) Gage Stenger suffered a season-ending injury in fall camp and missed the 2025 season. 2024 (Sophomore) Stenger played in seven games in 2024, recording three tackles as a key member of Nebraska's special teams. He had a solo tackle on kickoff coverage in the season-opening win over UTEP. Stenger had a career-high two tackles against Illinois, with one tackle on kickoff coverage and one tackle on punt coverage. 2023 (Redshirt Freshman) Stenger did not play in a game in 2023. 2022 (Redshirt) Stenger played in one game in 2022 while using his redshirt season. He made his Husker debut on special teams at No. 3 Michigan. Before Nebraska (Millard South HS) Stenger was one of the most versatile players in the state of Nebraska for Millard South High School. He played quarterback and defensive back for the Patriots. As a senior, Stenger was an honorary captain of the Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska team, making the squad as a defensive back. He was also a Lincoln Journal Star first-team Super-State selection as an athlete. Stenger quarterbacked Millard South to an undefeated regular season and the No. 1 seed in the state playoffs. He threw for nearly 1,400 yards and 19 touchdowns and did not have an interception all season. He set a Class A state record with six touchdown passes in a first-round playoff matchup with Omaha North. He also rushed for nearly 600 yards and 11 touchdowns. Stenger was also an honorary captain of the World-Herald’s All-Metro team. Patriots’ head coach Andy Means, who coached Millard South for 36 years, told the World-Herald that Stenger was arguably the best football player he coached in his tenure at Millard South. A three-star recruit, Stenger was rated as the No. 5 player in Nebraska by 247Sports. He chose Nebraska over Kansas State. Personal Gage is the son of Jim and Cher Stenger. Gage is a management major who is on track to graduate in May of 2026.