Player Dossier

2018-2020

Fresno State

Chris Gaston

DB • 6'2" • 190 lbs • La Puente, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Gaston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

66

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

74

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UNLV

Player Story

Chris Gaston built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from La Puente, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Chris Gaston's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8431

Agoura · Agoura Hills, CA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Chris Gaston, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Fresno State. Chris Gaston shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
34
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Chris Gaston quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · DB
Career Tackles
34
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Fresno State
Top game
UNLV
Recruit profile
3-star · Agoura · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Agoura · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
2 tackles · DB 687th (top 87%) · Mountain West 312th (top 71%) · National 3,600th (top 69%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State45-0-1014.6
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State527-0-2045
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State22-0--049.8

Related Context

Chris Gaston played DB for Fresno State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Chris Gaston recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Fresno State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Fresno State paired 2 primary output with 24.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: USC

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

28.5

Usage

4.6

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

USC

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. USC: 2. Minnesota: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Utah State: 0. San Diego State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. USC: 12 by 70. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 1 by 4.2. Utah State: 4 by 16.7. San Diego State: 9 by 47.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

USC

Best efficiency game

70 vs USC

Result
Sat 11/16@ San Diego StateL 7-17970010
Sun 11/10vs Utah StateL 35-3744000
Sun 11/3@ Hawai'iW 41-3811000
Sun 9/8vs MinnesotaL 35-3810000
Sun 9/1@ USC10+ tackles · Splash gameL 23-31129002

Player Story

Chris Gaston story

Chris Gaston built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from La Puente, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with Fresno State. The clearest part of Chris Gaston's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 3 passes defended across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Gaston's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Fresno State

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonFresno State17.71.1
2019 Regular SeasonFresno State328.54.62
2020 Regular SeasonFresno State224.27-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UNLV

Week 10 · W 40-27 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

@ USC

Week 1 · L 23-31

2

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#3

@ San Diego State

Week 12 · L 7-17 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#4

@ UNLV

Week 10 · W 48-3 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

39.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Utah State

Week 11 · L 35-37 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

13.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Fresno State

2 primary output · 24.2 efficiency · 7 usage

49.8

#2

2019 Regular Season · Fresno State

45

3 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Fresno State

14.6

1 primary · 7.7 efficiency · 1.1 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games