Edmund Gates

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-2
Weight:
190
Class:
Sophomore

Listed as a backup wide receiver going into the 2008 season after playing there as a freshman in 2007. Gates could be the fastest player in the Lone Star Conference and one of the fastest players in the nation.

2007 (Freshman):
Played in 11 games for the Wildcats, finishing with 12 catches for 285 yards and one touchdown. He also carried the ball 14 times for 189 yards and four more scores. He had 14 kickoff returns for 402 yards with a long return of 86 yards. Gates had 876 all-purpose yards in 2007. Burst onto the scene as a viable threat in the Wildcats' 50-14 win at Southwestern Oklahoma State on Sept. 22 when he carried the ball three times for 30 yards (long of 21 yards) and caught one pass for 38 yards. Three games later at Angelo State, Gates had two carries for 45 yards and one touchdowns (38-yard run) and caught one pass for a 56-yard touchdown. Two weeks later against Tarleton State he had a 73-yard touchdown run on a receiver end-around and caught a 66-yard pass from Bernard Scott on a halfback pass. He also had three kickoffs for 77 yards in the game with a long of 37 yards. His longest kickoff return of the season came against Chadron State in the Wildcats' epic 76-73 triple-overtime loss. He had six kickoff returns in the game for 161 yards, including an 86-yarder in the first quarter that set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Scott. Gates was voted honorable mention all-LSC South Division.