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 Score

2.2

Efficiency

9.7

Consistency

100

Season Value

37.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Florida

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Snapshot

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

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Aaron Gates, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Florida. Aaron Gates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Florida paired 0 primary output with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: LSU

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Florida

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

9.7

Usage

2.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

LSU

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. South Florida: 0. LSU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. South Florida: 3 by 12.5. LSU: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Losses0 · n=2
First Half0 · n=2
All Games0 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

LSU

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs LSU

Result
Sat 9/13@ LSUL 10-2032000
Sat 9/6vs South FloridaL 16-1831000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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

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    Florida

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonFlorida04.20.8
2024 Regular SeasonFlorida821.48.68
2025 Regular SeasonFlorida09.72.2-8

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Georgia

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.4 takeover score.

#2

Kentucky

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 39.6 takeover score.

#3

Texas A&M

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.9 takeover score.

#4

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.7 takeover score.

#5

UCF

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 17.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Florida

0 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 2.2 usage

37.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Florida

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Florida

27.6

8 primary · 21.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

4★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8994

Trinity Christian School · Sharpsburg, GA

Committed To
Florida
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

35

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 13 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

4-star recruit

Position
DB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
35