Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Louisville
Charles Gaines
CB • 5'11" • Miami, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Charles Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Charles Gaines built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Charles Gaines' career was his defensive production: 7...
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- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2015
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 13
- Overall
- No. 189
- NFL Team
- Cleveland Browns
Charles Gaines, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Postseason · Louisville. Charles Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Charles Gaines quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · CB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 18 games
- Best season
- 2013 Postseason · Louisville
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Central · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Miami Central · 116 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2015 · Round 6 · Pick 13 · Cleveland Browns
- Latest roster
- No. 3 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2013 Postseason | Louisville | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 3 | 53.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 4 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
Related Context
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Charles Gaines played CB for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Charles Gaines recorded 172 receiving yards and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Postseason
Louisville paired 5 primary output with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Postseason · Louisville
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10
Usage
—
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Kentucky: 1. Florida International: 0. Temple: 0. Rutgers: 0. UCF: 0. South Florida: 1. UConn: 1. Memphis: 1. Cincinnati: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
20 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | vs Miami | W 36-9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 12/6 | @ Cincinnati | W 31-24 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Memphis | W 24-17 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ UConn | W 31-10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ South Florida | W 34-3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs UCF | L 35-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 10/10 | vs Rutgers | W 24-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Temple | W 30-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Florida International | W 72-0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Kentucky | W 27-13 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Charles Gaines story
Charles Gaines built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a cornerback from Miami, FL wearing No. 3, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Charles Gaines' career was his defensive production: 7 interceptions across 18 career games in the available record. His career also includes 172 receiving yards and 374 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Charles Gaines' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Louisville
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2013 Postseason | Louisville | 5 | 10 | — | 5 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 10 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Louisville | 2 | 10 | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Cincinnati
Week 15 · W 31-24 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
vs Memphis
Week 13 · W 24-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ UConn
Week 11 · W 31-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 9 · W 34-3 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 3 · W 27-13
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Postseason · Louisville
5 primary output · 10 efficiency · — usage
53.3
#2
2013 Regular Season · Louisville
53.3
5 primary · 10 efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Louisville
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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