Antonio Gates
| Antonio Gates | |
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Position (s): Tight End |
Jersey number (s): 85 |
| born on June 18, 1980 in Detroit , Michigan | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 2003 - 2018 | |
| Undrafted in 2003 | |
| College : Kent State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Captured passports | 955 |
| Erfangene yards | 11,841 |
| Captured touchdowns | 116 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Antonio Gates Ethan junior (* 18th June 1980 in Detroit , Michigan ) is a former American American football poker players, who from 2003 to 2018 for the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers in the National Football League (NFL) as Tight End was active. From 2004 to 2011 he was elected to the Pro Bowl eight times in a row . Gates was inducted into the National Football League 2000s All-Decade team .
Life
After not being selected during the 2003 NFL Draft , Gates has been hired as a free agent . By 2003 he was enrolled at Kent State University . Before that, he briefly attended Michigan State University and Eastern Michigan University . At Kent University, where he spent his junior and senior years, he played basketball for the Kent State Golden Flashes , with which he reached the regional finals of the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship in 2002 .
As a player for the Chargers, he was elected to the Pro Bowl eight times and elected to the All-Pro team five times by the Associated Press , the Pro Football Writers Association and the Sporting News . Inside the club, Gates has captured the most space gains, the most passes and the most touchdowns for the San Diego Chargers.
Career
college
Gates originally enrolled at Michigan State University to play American football under then coach Nick Saban and basketball under Tom Izzo . However, Saban advised him to only play American football. However, after changing universities, Gates decided to play for the Eastern Michigan University basketball team. After another move, this time to Kent State University in Ohio , he played as power forward for the Kent State Golden Flashes basketball team . With the team he reached the regional finals of the Elite Eight in the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship in 2002 , which was lost to the Indiana Hoosiers .
Already in his first year he achieved outstanding values: 16 points, 8.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Gates was able to increase these values even further in his senior year, so that the team was able to win the regular season of the Mid-American Conference for the first time in its history with a score of 24: 5 and reach the Elite Eight . He ended his college career after two years with a record of 54:16 won games. On February 27, 2010, Kent State University announced that the number 44 that Gates wore would no longer be used. This makes Gates only the fourth Golden Flash player to receive this honor.
NFL
San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers
After scouts of the National Basketball Association (NBA) called Gates a tweenie and therefore could not classify his playing position, he offered scouts of the National Football League (NFL) a trial training. Although Gates hadn't played a single football game during his time at university, 19 clubs announced that they would invite Gates for a trial session. As the first club, Gates selected the San Diego Chargers . The Chargers saw his potential and signed him as a free agent in 2003 .
In November 2003 Gates was able to fight for a regular place in the team. However, the Chargers finished the regular season at 4:12 in the group last. This season is also the worst in the club's history. However, Gates had a solid season as a rookie with 24 passes caught and 389 yards run and two touchdowns , which led experts to predict his breakthrough for the 2004 season . In his second season, Gates became the favorite target of the then quarterback Drew Brees with 81 receptions for 981 yards and 13 touchdowns. On December 26, 2004, he broke the record for most touchdowns by a tight end within a season in the overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts . He was nominated for the Pro Bowl , where he caught a touchdown pass from Peyton Manning , contributing to the AFC team's 38:27 win.
In August 2005, his contract with the San Diego Chargers was extended by six years. Although he was suspended because of a "holdout" for the season opening game against the Dallas Cowboys , he played another outstanding season with 89 trapped passes for over 1,100 yards and ten touchdowns. Nevertheless, the Chargers missed the play-offs for a single win. After Drew Brees left the club for New Orleans Saints , Gates' performance was feared. The new quarterback was Philip Rivers . The start of the season did indeed pass Gates, but he caught himself and was able to catch 924 yards and nine touchdowns again. The season was very successful for San Diego, the club remained unbeaten in every home game of the regular season, so that the club was able to calculate chances for a place in the Super Bowl . However, they lost the game against the New England Patriots . Gates was nominated again for the Pro Bowl. It was the third nomination for the event in its third NFL year. He was also elected to the All Pro team for the third time by the press . Also in 2007 he reached the play-offs with the Chargers. However, due to an injury to his right foot just before the start of the post-season, he was not operational, as were Philip Rivers and LaDainian Tomlinson . In the coming season, Gates was plagued by injuries and therefore did not rule out another operation on the foot. In the 2008 season , he caught 60 passes for 700 yards and eight touchdowns. However, due to his injury problems, he was unable to participate in his fifth Pro Bowl despite being nominated.
For the 2009 season, Gates was again in strong shape after recovering from an injury. He caught 79 passes for over 1,150 yards of space and eight touchdowns. He was instrumental in the best regular season with 13 games won by the Chargers. The 2010 season began for Gates with the signing of a new five-year contract, which guaranteed him a salary of $ 20 million . In the first few games of the season, he caught 40 passes and scored nine touchdowns. However, renewed injuries ensured that the second half of the season ended without much involvement from Gates. He was nominated again for the Pro Bowl, since 2003 he had been nominated annually for this event, but he canceled an appearance due to his injuries.
Despite persistent foot problems, he played the first games for the 2011 season, where he had to sit out several games due to injury before the third game. After the game-free week, the bye week , Gates returned to the team and caught 64 passes and seven touchdowns. This made Gates the club's internal record holder for most passports caught with a total of 587 passports. Also in this season Gates was nominated for the Pro Bowl. In the 2012 season, Gates became only the fifth tight end in NFL history to catch 600 passes. For the first time since 2009, Gates played all 16 regular season games in the 2013 season, in which he caught a total of 77 passes but only scored four touchdowns, the lowest value since his first year for the San Diego Chargers . For the 2014 season , Gates managed to replace Lance Alworth as the leading pass catcher with the most space gain. He succeeded in the seventh game week against the Denver Broncos . On the final day of the regular season against the Kansas City Chiefs , Gates was the fourth tight end in NFL history to gain 10,000 yards of space by catching passes.
On July 2, 2015, it was announced that Gates would be suspended for four games for violating NFL regulations.
After he was no longer in the Chargers squad in the 2019 season , Gates announced his resignation on January 15, 2020.
More records
The 7-yard pass against the Miami Dolphins on September 17, 2017 marked the 112th touchdown of his career. He replaced the old record holder for most touchdowns for tight ends, Tony Gonzalez . With his 116 touchdowns achieved up to the 2018 season, he is 14th among all players on the all-time best list (as of January 2020).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Antonio Gates Bio ( Memento from 23 August 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Bio The Official Website of Antonio Gates
- ↑ Michael Gehlken: Antonio Gates ends year with milestone . In: UT San Diego , December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014.
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=neumann/101215_antonio_gates_chargers_tight_end&sportCat=nfl
- ↑ http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/player/profile?playerId=5443
- ↑ Kent State to Retire Antonio Gates' No. 44 on Saturday ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Gary Mihoces: NFL seeks best players on the court or mat . In: USA Today , April 20, 2005. Archived from the original on October 28, 2013. Retrieved on October 28, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/AGates/AGates_bio.html
- ↑ Chris Jenkins: The San Diego Union-Tribune : 1
- ↑ Kevin Acee: Gates breaks yardage record, still going . In: UT San Diego , October 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014.
- ↑ Michael Gehlken: Eric Weddle selected to Pro Bowl again . In: UT San Diego , December 23, 2014. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014.
- ↑ Dan Hanzus: Antonio Gates suspended four games for PEDs . In: NFL.com . July 2, 2015. Accessed July 2, 2015.
- ↑ Allen Kim: Antonio Gates announced his retirement from the NFL . In: CNN.com . January 15, 2020. Accessed January 15, 2020.
- ↑ biography on. charger.com, accessed January 5, 2019 .
- ^ NFL Touchdowns Career Leaders. pro-football-reference.com, accessed January 15, 2020 .
- ^ Adam Stites: Antonio Gates is the all-time leader in TDs among tight ends. sbnation.com, February 17, 2017, accessed December 30, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gates, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gates, Antonio Ethan junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan , United States |