Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022UAB
A.J. Gates
RB • 5'7" • 195 lbs • Mountain Brook, AL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
A.J. Gates leans balanced backfield option traits and 6.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
0
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
0
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
10
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Alabama • UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
2★
- Committed To
- Alabama
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
A.J. Gates, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · UAB. A.J. Gates leans balanced backfield option traits and 6.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 37
- Rushing yards
- 37
Quick Answers
A.J. Gates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 37
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · UAB
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Mountain Brook · Alabama
- High school pipeline
- Mountain Brook · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Junior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 13 scrimmage yards · RB 614th (top 89%) · Conference USA 194th (top 87%) · National 2,231st (top 86%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 3 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2022 Postseason | UAB | 3 | -1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 22.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring A.J. Gates
A.J. Gates played RB for Alabama and UAB. Across 3 tracked seasons, A.J. Gates recorded 37 rushing yards. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
UAB paired 24 primary output with 37.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Postseason role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 6.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Alabama, UAB.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Postseason · UAB
Games
3
Scrimmage Yards / G
4.3
Efficiency
6.1
Usage
6.7
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): -1. Middle Tennessee: 14. Louisiana Tech: 0
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. Miami (OH): 2 by 0. Middle Tennessee: 8 by 18.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 0
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half6.5 · Games = 2 · +6.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · -6.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
3 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
18.2 vs Middle Tennessee
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Alabama
2019
Opening stop
- 2
UAB
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202120222022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Alabama | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 24 | 37.3 | 4.3 | 24 |
| 2022 Postseason | UAB | 13 | 6.1 | 6.7 | -11 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 13 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 7 · W 34-0 · Conference game
Win with 17 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
17
Scrimmage Yards
55.2 takeover
17 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
#2
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 6 · W 41-14 · Conference game
14
Scrimmage Yards
53.2 takeover
Win with 14 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
14 scrimmage yards and 14.5 usage.
#3
vs UTEP
Week 13 · W 42-25 · Conference game
6
Scrimmage Yards
34.3 takeover
Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
6 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.
#4
@ Jacksonville State
Week 1 · W 31-0
1
Scrimmage Yards
7.1 takeover
Win with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
1 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
#5
vs Miami (OH)
Week 1 · W 24-20 · Postseason
-1
Scrimmage Yards
3.4 takeover
Win with -1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
-1 scrimmage yards and 3.6 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · UAB
24 primary output · 37.3 efficiency · 4.3 usage
47.8
#2
2022 Postseason · UAB
22.6
13 primary · 6.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · UAB
22.6
13 primary · 6.1 efficiency · 6.7 usage
Milestones
0
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
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