2015: Northeast-10 Conference Most Valuable Player…Northeast-10 All-Conference First Team Offense…New Haven Chargers Male Athlete of the Year…USA College Football All-America First Team…D2football.com All-America Honorable Mention…NCAA Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association All East Region First Team…Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region One First Team…New England Football Writers All-New England Team…Led the Chargers and the NE-10 and was 10th in NCAA DII with 1,150 rushing yards…Led the conference with 14 rushing touchdowns…Fourth on the team with 24 receptions for 236 yards and a receiving touchdown…Set a school and conference single-game record with 319 rushing yards against Saint Anselm (11/7)…Those 319 yards came on 32 carriers while he also scored three touchdowns, including back-to-back scores to end the third quarter and open the fourth…Added 100 or more rushing yards in three other games…Also scored three rushing touchdowns against rival Southern Connecticut State (9/25) when he finished with 162 yards on 16 carries…Opened the season with 80 yards on the ground and 78 yards in the air as he completed the longest receiving touchdown of the season against Slippery Rock (9/5)…Finished four games with a run of 50 yards or more, including a season long run of 71 yards against The Rock…Closed out the season with 310 kickoff return yards, including a 90-yard touchdown return against LIU Post (10/24), the longest run of his career.
2014: Played in nine games for the Chargers while making one start...Second on the team in rushing yards, accumulating 518 yards on 83 carries for an average of 6.2 yards per carry...Posted a season-long run of 88 yards against Merrimack (10/25)...Led the team with 10 touchdowns and 60 total points...Finished four games with two touchdowns a piece...Also added 24 receptions for 180 yards, with the longest a 26 yard catch against West Chester (9/6)...His best game came against Assumption (9/20), where he carried the ball 12 times for his first 100-plus yard game, finishing with 105 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
2013: Played in 10 games for the Chargers...Registered a total of 213 yards rushing on 29 attempts with two touchdowns...Recorded 94 yards receiving on five catches...Best game came against Assumption (11/16), where he rushed for 55 yards on nine attempts.
High School: A two-time First Team All-State performer in football and basketball…Most Valuable Player of the 2012 Class M State Championship Game…Won two state championships in football and one in basketball…2012-13 New Haven Register Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Son of Gary Gates and Tenique Anderson…Has an older brother, Gary, and a sister Tenique.
