Name: Antonio Gates
Number: 85
Position: Tight end
College: Kent State
Height: 6-4
Weight: 260
DOB: 06/18/80
Hometown: Detroit, Michigan
Acquired: Free Agent - 2003



Honors: 2004 Voted team's Offensive Player of the Year
        2004 First-Team All-Pro (Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Football Digest and                  SportsIllustrated.com)
        2004 All-NFL, All-AFC and Second-Team All-Pro (Pro Football Weekly)
        2004 All-Pro (Sporting News)
        2004 Tight End of the Year (NFL Alumni Association)
        2005 AFC-NFC PRO BOWL [stats below]
        2006    
         Jan Shared Offensive Player of the Year, named by teammates
             Sporting News 2005 ALL-PRO TEAM
         Feb AFC-NFC PRO BOWL [stats below]
         Dec 19  Named to the 2007 AFC-NFC PRO BOWL
         Jan 2007 AP NFL All-Pro first team
         Jan 2007 Members of the Professional Football Writers of America
                  and Pro Football Weekly named to All-NFL team
         Dec 18 07 Named to the 2008 AFC-NFC PRO BOWL [INJURED DID NOT PLAY]

Dec 16 08 Named to the 2009 AFC-NFC PRO BOWL

RECEIVING
Year Team      G GS  No Yards Avg Lg TD 20+ 40+ FD
2003 Chargers 15 11  24  389  16.2 48  2  7  1   19
2004 Chargers 15 15  81  964  11.9 72 13 14  1   55
2005 Chargers 15 15  89 1101  12.4 38 10 16  0   62
2006 Chargers 16 16  71  924  13.0 57  9 14  1   49
2007 Chargers        75  984  13.1     9
TOTAL         61 57 340 4362  12.8 72 43 51  3  185

DEFENSIVE STATS
Year Team      G Total Tckl Ast Sacks Int Yds Avg Lg TD PassDef
2003 Chargers 15   5    5.0  0    0    0   0  0.0  0  0   0
2004 Chargers 15   1    1.0  0    0    0   0  0.0  0  0   0
2005 Chargers 15   4    4.0  0    0    0   0  0.0  0  0   0
2006 Chargers 16   1    1.0  0    0    0    0 0.0  0  0   0
2007 Not available
TOTAL         61  11   11.0  0    0    0    0 0.0  0  0   0

FUMBLES
Year Team      G Fum Lost FumForced OwnRec OppRec Yards TotRec TD
2003 Chargers 15   1   1     0         0     0      0      0    0
2004 Chargers 15   0   0     0         0     0      0      0    0
2005 Chargers 15   0   0     0         0     0      0      0    0
2006 Chargers 16   0   0     0         1     0      4      1    0
2007 Not available
TOTAL         61   1   0    0          1     0      4      1    0

2005 PRO BOWL
RECEIVING
    NO   YDS  AVG  LG  TD
 3    51  17.0 33   1
2006 PRO BOWL
     REC YDS LG TD
      2   7  5   0

 Antonio Gates joined the Chargers as a free agent in 2003.

College: Basketball standout at Kent State who hasn’t played football since high school…received honorable mention All-America honors from Associated Press following senior season when he averaged 20.6 points and 7.7 rebounds…also named first-team all-conference and was runner-up for league player of year honors…played on teams that won back-to-back Mid American Conference East Division Titles and posted consecutive 20-win seasons…finished career ranked sixth in school history with 1,216 points…spent first college semester at Michigan State and transferred to Eastern Michigan University for spring semester where he averaged 10.2 points and team-leading 7.4 rebounds…transferred to College of Sequoias in California for 2001-02 season but did not play basketball…majored in general studies.

Personal: Led Detroit Central High School in Detroit, Michigan to Class A state championship as senior…first-team all-state selection in football and basketball…born June 18, 1980 in Detroit.

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