Player Dossier

2018-2023

Louisville

Joey Gatewood

TE • 6'4" • 245 lbs • Jacksonville, FL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Joey Gatewood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

45

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
4
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Auburn • Kentucky • UCF • Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Player Story

Joey Gatewood built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 84, spending time with Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, and UCF. The clearest part of Joey Gatewood's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9759

Bartram Trail · Jacksonville, FL

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Joey Gatewood, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Kentucky. Joey Gatewood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
150
Receptions
9
Touchdowns
10

Quick Answers

Joey Gatewood quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · TE
Career Receiving Yards
150
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 30 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Kentucky
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
4-star · Bartram Trail · Auburn
High school pipeline
Bartram Trail · 25 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 84 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
150 receiving yards · TE 143rd (top 33%) · ACC 83rd (top 38%) · National 788th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2018 PostseasonAuburn1-0050.1
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn7-0550.1
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky6-0050.3
2021 PostseasonUCF10-0050.1
2021 Regular SeasonUCF10-0250.1
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky10-00100
2022 Regular SeasonUCF0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonLouisville69150367.2

Related Context

Joey Gatewood played TE for Auburn, Kentucky, UCF, and Louisville. Across 6 tracked seasons, Joey Gatewood recorded 180 passing yards, 377 rushing yards, and 150 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Kentucky paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 85 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Auburn, Kentucky, UCF, Louisville.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Louisville

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

25

Efficiency

85

Usage

7.4

Consistency

59.1

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Murray State: 34. Notre Dame: 18. Virginia Tech: 18. Virginia: 4. Miami: 51. Kentucky: 25

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Murray State: 1 by 100. Notre Dame: 1 by 100. Virginia Tech: 1 by 100. Virginia: 1 by 26.7. Miami: 3 by 100. Kentucky: 2 by 83.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins25 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses25 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

100 vs Miami

Result
Sat 11/25vs KentuckyL 31-3822512.512.50114
Sat 11/18@ MiamiW 38-313511717022
Fri 11/10vs VirginiaW 31-24144414
Sat 11/4vs Virginia TechW 34-31187.518018
Sat 10/7vs Notre DameW 33-201181818018
Thu 9/7vs Murray StateW 56-01343434134

Player Story

Joey Gatewood story

Joey Gatewood built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a tight end from Jacksonville, FL wearing No. 84, spending time with Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, and UCF. The clearest part of Joey Gatewood's career was his backfield work: 377 rushing yards, 86 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 150 receiving yards across 30 career games in the available record. His career also includes 180 passing yards and 150 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Joey Gatewood's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Auburn

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kentucky

    2020-2021

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCF

    2021-2022

    Peak year stop

  4. 4

    Louisville

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212021202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonAuburn00.1
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn00.10
2020 Regular SeasonKentucky00.20
2021 PostseasonUCF00.10
2021 Regular SeasonUCF00.10
2021 Regular SeasonKentucky00
2022 Regular SeasonUCF00
2023 Regular SeasonLouisville150857.4150

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 12 · W 38-31 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

51 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Murray State

Week 2 · W 56-0

34

Receiving Yards

60 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

34 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Virginia Tech

Week 10 · W 34-3 · Conference game

18

Receiving Yards

54.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Kentucky

Week 13 · L 31-38

25

Receiving Yards

53.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

25 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#5

vs Notre Dame

Week 6 · W 33-20

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Receiving Yards

51.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

18 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Kentucky

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2023 Regular Season · Louisville

67.2

150 primary · 85 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Kentucky

50.3

0 primary · efficiency · 0.2 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games