Gaethan Bernadel Season 2024

Career Honors

• All-Pac-12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Gundelach Award

As a Junior (2023)

• Preseason Fourth Team All-Pac-12 LB (Phil Steele)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• All-Pac-12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
• Started all 12 games during his first season on The Farm after transferring in January
• Led the team in solo tackles (45), assisted tackles (42), and total tackles (87)
• Ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in total tackles and tackles per game
• Had four games with 10+ tackles, including in his first home game as a Cardinal (10 vs. Sacramento State)
• Recorded a season-best 12 tackles during the Homecoming Reunion game against UCLA (Oct. 21)
• Finished with 10 tackles and his only half sack on the year during the 126th Big Game
• Awarded the team's Gundelach Award, given to the most outstanding junior player

Prior to Stanford
Enrolled at Stanford in January 2023

• Played two seasons (2021-22) at Florida International
• Played in 12 games (11 starts) in 2022 as a sophomore and led team with 103 tackles (58 solo) with eight tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and two QB hurries
• Had a season-best 15 tackles vs. UTSA (Oct. 14, 2022)
• Played in 10 games as a freshman and made 44 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack
• Prepped at Hallandale HS for coach Herman Lovett
• Was named all-state three times
• Four-time Academic Honor Roll
• Totaled 314 tackles, with 41 tackles for loss, 13.5 sacks and four interceptions during his career
• Also lettered in track and field in HS

Personal

• Son of Katia Bernadel and Vladimir Bernadel
• Has two siblings – Lens and Sarah
• Lens played college football at Beloit College