Biography
CAREER
Games/Starts: 25/0
Bison debut: at Okla. Baptist (9/5/15)
Stats: 31 rushes, 221 yards, 2 TD; 8 kickoff returns, 116 yards; 12 tackles, 0.5 TFL (11 special-teams tackles)
Redshirt: 2014
AWARDS
2016 Academic All-GAC
2016
Games/Starts: 14/0
Positions: SB, ST
Stats: 24 rushes, 221 yards, 2 TD; 3 kickoff returns, 30 yards; 3 tackles (3 special-teams tackles)
Best Games: 2 rushes, 31 yards, 1 TD vs. Okla. Baptist (9/3) ... 4 rushes, 76 yards at East Central (10/20) ... 2 rushes, 32 yards, 1 TD vs. Arkansas Tech (11/12)
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: Molecular and Cellular Biology
Parents: David and Andrea Gates ... has one brother (Ethan) and one sister (Chelsea)
CAREER HIGHS
Points scored: 6, Arkansas Tech, Nov 12, 2016 ; Okla. Baptist, Sep 03, 2016
Touchdowns: 1, Arkansas Tech, Nov 12, 2016 ; Okla. Baptist, Sep 03, 2016
Rush attempts: 4, at East Central, Oct 20, 2016
Rush yards: 76, at East Central, Oct 20, 2016 (4 carries)
Rush TDs: 1, Arkansas Tech, Nov 12, 2016 ; Okla. Baptist, Sep 03, 2016
Long rush: 32, East Central, Oct 24, 2015
Total offense attempts: 4, at East Central, Oct 20, 2016 (4 rush,0 pass)
Total offense yards: 76, at East Central, Oct 20, 2016 (76 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 76, at East Central, Oct 20, 2016
Kick returns: 3, Southwestern Okla., Oct 29, 2016
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 Ark., Sep 19, 2015 (0-2)
Tackles for loss: 0.5, at Southern Ark., Sep 19, 2015 (0-0)
