Hampden-Sydney College

2023: Fourth-year team member ... has started one of 22 career games ... has 21 total career tackles, including nine solo and 12 assists, 1.5 career tackles for loss and one career forced fumble.

2022: Started one of seven games as a junior ... had 12 total tackles, including six solo and six assists, 1.5 tackles for loss and one forced fumble (Greensboro, September 17).

2021: Played in all 10 games as a sophomore ... had eight total tackles, including two solo and six assists.

2020 (Spring 2021): Played in all five games as a freshman ... had one total tackle, including one solo.

High School: 2020 graduate of Powhatan High School in Powhatan … team captain earned All-Region, All-Metro by the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Coach’s MVP award as a senior … three-year starter had 58 tackles, 33 assisted, five sacks, eight tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, one blocked PAT, one blocked punt and one safety as a senior … 2019 Big River Rivalry All-Star Game in Ashland … National Junior Honor Society … Honor Roll during all eight semesters.

Personal: Son of Tom and Kathy Gates … has one brother (Josh) … dad is a graduate of H-SC (’88) and played football for the Tigers … grandfather (Ernest P. Gates) played football at H-SC and for the San Diego Bombers of The Pacific Coast Professional Football League … 18th member of extended family to attend the College, and ninth to play football for the Tigers … same high school as H-SC teammates Tanner Palmore '26 and Ethan Dowdy '27 ... majoring in history … favorite TV show is Breaking Bad … favorite professional sports team is the New Orleans Saints … favorite sports figure is Michael Jordan … greatest sports moment was starting at linebacker on two undefeated high school teams … hobbies include hunting and the outdoors, water sports and hanging out with friends … appeared in the 2003 documentary ‘Shorty’ that featured the late and beloved H-SC icon Walter Simms.

Why H-SC: “Hampden-Sydney is the only college I have ever wanted to attend since I was a child”