Running back, Alabama State (from UAB), 2019–⁠24

A.J. Gates

Number: No. 23
Height: 5′7″
Weight: 195 lb
Class (2024): Junior
Hometown: Mountain Brook, AL

A.J. Gates played running back at UAB (2019–⁠22) and Alabama State (2023–⁠24).

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

160

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	Long
2021	UAB	7	24	3.4	15
2022	UAB	11	13	1.2	6
2023	Alabama State	14	54	3.9	24
2024*	Alabama State	37	160	4.3	45
Career		69	251	3.6	45

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2023	Alabama State	10	63	6.3	1	33
2024*	Alabama State	8	96	12.0	0	67
Career		18	159	8.8	1	67

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds	TD
2023	Alabama State	2	55	0
2024*	Alabama State	5	132	1
Career		7	187	1

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2021	UAB	23	RB	Yr 1
2022	UAB	23	RB	Yr 2
2023	Alabama State	23	RB	Yr 3
2024	Alabama State	23	RB	Jr. (Yr 4)	5′7″	195

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

Season	Team	Plays	EPA/play	Pctile	Median	Total	Usage
2021	UAB	7	-0.23	–	–	-1.6	–
2022	UAB	11	-0.22	–	–	-2.4	–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Alabama State 7 games, 160 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	vs.North Carolina Central	L 24–⁠31	4	8	1	−2	0
Sep 7	vs.Miles	W 24–⁠3	5	30	–	–	–
Sep 14	atSamford	L 7–⁠12	4	11	1	25	0
Nov 9	atGrambling	L 23–⁠24	8	25	3	20	0
Nov 16	vs.Jackson State	L 10–⁠16	11	35	1	−4	0
Nov 23	vs.Prairie View A&M	W 9–⁠6	2	6	–	–	–
Nov 28	vs.Tuskegee	W 34–⁠6	3	45	2	57	0

2023 Alabama State 4 games, 10 catches, 63 yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Oct 14	atJackson State	W 24–⁠19	6	33	0	4	41	1
Oct 28	vs.Alabama A&M	W 31–⁠16	3	10	0	4	12	0
Nov 18	atPrairie View A&M	L 14–⁠21	5	11	0	1	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Tuskegee	W 41–⁠3	–	–	–	1	10	0

No box score in the source for Sep 9 vs. Miles, so that game is not listed.

2022 UAB 3 games, 13 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Oct 8	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 41–⁠14	8	14	–	–	–
Nov 26	atLouisiana Tech	W 37–⁠27	1	0	–	–	–
Dec 16 ✦	vs.Miami (OH)	W 24–⁠20	2	−1	–	–	–

2021 UAB 3 games, 24 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Rush yds	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD
Sep 1	vs.Jacksonville State	W 31–⁠0	2	1	–	–	–
Oct 16	atSouthern Miss	W 34–⁠0	4	17	–	–	–
Nov 26	vs.UTEP	W 42–⁠25	1	6	–	–	–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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