Gabe Northern

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1974)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Gabe Northern

| number = 99, 90

| position = Linebacker
Defensive end

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|6|8}}

| birth_place = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 240

| high_school = Glen Oaks
(Merrydale, Louisiana)

| college = LSU

| draftyear = 1996

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 53

| pastteams =

• Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1996|1999}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers (2000)*{{cite web |title=Transactions |url=https://www.nfl.com/transactions/league/signings/2000/6 |website=NFL.com |access-date=22 September 2024}}
• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2000}})

| pastcoaching =

• Grambling State (2001–2003)
  Defensive line coach
• Prairie View A&M (2011–2012, 2014)
  Defensive line coach & special teams coordinator

| highlights =

• 2× First-team All-SEC (1994, 1995)

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 122

| statlabel2 = Sacks

| statvalue2 = 10.5

| statlabel3 = Interceptions

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = NortGa20

}}

Gabriel O'Kara Northern (born June 8, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker and defensive end for five seasons with the Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He served as defensive line coach at Prairie View A&M from 2011 to 2012 and 2014, and in the same position at Grambling State from 2001 to 2003.{{cite web|title=2011 Football Coaching Staff - Gabe Northern|url=http://pvpanthers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=108&path=football|website=pvpanthers.com|publisher=Prairie View A&M University Athletics|access-date=April 21, 2016}}

Northern was selected in the second round of the 1996 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1996 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} As a rookie in 1996, he finished the year with five sacks and 19 tackles. In his second season, he started one game and recorded 24 tackles. He made the switch to outside linebacker in 1998 and started 16 games, finishing with two sacks, one interception, one forced fumble, and 32 tackles. In 1999, he again started 16 games and finished with 3.5 sacks, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, and 35 tackles.{{cite web|title=Gabe Northern NFL Football Statistics|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NortGa20.htm|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=April 21, 2016}}