Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Kent State
Lavonte Gater
DB • 5'10" • 163 lbs • Washington, DC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Lavonte Gater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Maryland • Kent State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Lavonte Gater built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Washington, DC wearing No. 38, spending time with Kent State and Maryland. The clearest part of Lavonte Gater's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Lavonte Gater, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Maryland. Lavonte Gater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 60
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Lavonte Gater quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Kent State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 60
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Maryland
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dallas Christian School · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- Dallas Christian School · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 38 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 29 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 34.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 3 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 34.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Maryland | 10 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 10 | 21 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Lavonte Gater played DB for Maryland and Kent State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Lavonte Gater recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Maryland paired 0 primary output with 9.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Kent State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Kent State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Oklahoma
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/10 | @ Oklahoma | L 3-33 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Lavonte Gater story
Lavonte Gater built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive back from Washington, DC wearing No. 38, spending time with Kent State and Maryland. The clearest part of Lavonte Gater's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 37 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Lavonte Gater'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
Maryland
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Kent State
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 13.1 | 2.5 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Maryland | 1 | 13 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Maryland | 0 | 9.6 | 1.8 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Maryland | 0 | 9.6 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Kent State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 7 · L 14-40 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
65.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Northwestern
Week 8 · L 3-43 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 11 · L 14-73 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
#4
@ Ohio State
Week 6 · L 17-66 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
18.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 8 · L 28-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
18 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Maryland
0 primary output · 9.6 efficiency · 1.8 usage
41.6
#2
2021 Regular Season · Maryland
41.6
0 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Kent State
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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