Player Dossier

2023-2025

Florida

Aaron Gates

DB • 6'0" • 198 lbs • Moreland, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Aaron Gates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a defensive back

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

79

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Player Story

Aaron Gates built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Moreland, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Aaron Gates' career was his defensive production: 35...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8994

Trinity Christian School · Sharpsburg, GA

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Aaron Gates, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Florida. Aaron Gates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
35
TFL
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Aaron Gates quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida · DB
Career Tackles
35
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Florida
Top game
Georgia
Recruit profile
4-star · Trinity Christian School · Florida
High school pipeline
Trinity Christian School · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
7 tackles · DB 644th (top 67%) · SEC 392nd (top 52%) · National 3,233rd (top 53%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida11-0--037
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida9274013055.3
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida37-0--042.7

Related Context

Aaron Gates played DB for Florida. Across 3 tracked seasons, Aaron Gates recorded 35 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Florida paired 9 primary output with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Florida

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

22.5

Usage

5.6

Consistency

51.9

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Samford: 1. Texas A&M: 1. UCF: 1. Tennessee: 0. Kentucky: 2. Georgia: 4. Texas: 0. LSU: 0. Ole Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Samford: 2 by 18.3. Texas A&M: 2 by 18.3. UCF: 1 by 14.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Kentucky: 4 by 36.7. Georgia: 4 by 56.7. Texas: 8 by 33.3. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Georgia

Result
Sat 11/23vs Ole MissW 24-1710000
Sat 11/16vs LSUW 27-1642000
Sat 11/9@ TexasL 17-4983000
Sat 11/2@ GeorgiaSplash gameL 20-34431011
Sat 10/19vs KentuckySplash gameW 48-2041101
Sat 10/12@ TennesseeL 17-2311000
Sat 10/5vs UCFW 24-1311100
Sat 9/14vs Texas A&ML 20-3322100
Sat 9/7vs SamfordW 45-721001

Player Story

Aaron Gates story

Aaron Gates built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Moreland, GA wearing No. 13, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Aaron Gates' career was his defensive production: 35 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 3 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Aaron Gates' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Florida

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida04.20.8
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida922.55.69
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida09.72.2-9

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia

Week 10 · L 20-34 · Conference game

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

vs Kentucky

Week 8 · W 48-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

47.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.

#3

vs Texas A&M

Week 3 · L 20-33 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

41.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Texas

Week 11 · L 17-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

29.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 29.4 takeover score.

#5

vs UCF

Week 6 · W 24-13

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Havoc Plays

26.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Florida

9 primary output · 22.5 efficiency · 5.6 usage

55.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Florida

42.7

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Florida

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games