CAREER
Games/Starts: 11/0
Bison debut: at Okla. Baptist (9/5/15)
Stats: 7 rushes, 79 yards; 5 kickoff returns, 86 yards; 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL (8 special teams tackles)
Redshirt: 2014
2015
Games/Starts: 11/0
Positions: SB, ST
Stats: 7 rushes, 79 yards; 5 kickoff returns, 86 yards; 9 tackles, 0.5 TFL (8 special teams tackles)
HU Leader: 8 special teams tackles
Best Game: 2 rushes, 56 yards; 1 kickoff return, 16 yards; 2 tackles vs. East Central (10/24)
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
A 2014 graduate of Rogers (Ark.) Heritage High School
Position: RB
Stats: rushed for 3,187 yards in his career … also had 887 receiving yards and scored 27 TD … rushed for 1,647 yards and 16 TD as a senior
Honors: led the 7A West in rushing … 2013 first-team All-State, first-team All-Conference … Northwest Arkansas Class 7A Offensive Player of the Year … three-time team captain … state powerlifting champion in the 198-pound division … holds the state power clean record at 315 pounds … Heritage Scholar … War Eagle Excellence … National Honor Society
Coach: Perry Escalante
Personal
Born: Nov. 16, 1995 in Plano, Texas
Major: Exercise Science
Parents: David and Andrea Gates … has one brother (Ethan) and one sister (Chelsea)
CAREER HIGHS
Rush attempts: 3, Henderson St., Oct 10, 2015
Rush yards: 56, East Central, Oct 24, 2015 (2 carries)
Long rush: 32, East Central, Oct 24, 2015
Total offense attempts: 3, Henderson St., Oct 10, 2015 (3 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 56, East Central, Oct 24, 2015 (56 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 72, East Central, Oct 24, 2015
Kick returns: 2, at Ouachita Baptist, Oct 03, 2015
Kick return yards: 32, at Ouachita Baptist, Oct 03, 2015 (2 returns)
Long kick return: 20, at Southeastern Okla., Oct 17, 2015
Tackles: 2, Northwestern Okla., Nov 07, 2015 (2-0); East Central, Oct 24, 2015 (0-2); at Southern Arkansas, Sep 19, 2015 (0-2)
Tackles for loss:Â .5, at Southern Arkansas, Sep 19, 2015 (0-0)
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