Antonio Gates went from a Kent State University basketball standout to a star tight end with the NFL's Chargers to a legend who has attained football immortality in Canton. Gates, 44, is among ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – Antonio Gates has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025, becoming the second ...

Kent State won the MAC and warranted a 10-seed in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. Antonio Gates (#44) fights for a rebound vs. Pittsburgh during Kent State’s 2002 Sweet Sixteen victory. Gates and the ...

Antonio Gates was the most conspicuous snub not making the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024, but the door is back open. The former Kent State basketball dynamo who made a 16-year run as ...

From the hardwood and helping lead Kent State to the Elite Eight to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Gates' rare journey is something he said hopes continues to inspire others. "To me the way I see it ...

Tight end Antonio Gates will be inducted in the Los Angeles ... Gates, a basketball standout at Kent State University, went on to start his NFL career for the then-San Diego Chargers, where ...

Even though Antonio Gates didn’t play college football, and was a basketball player at Kent State, he rounded into one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history. An eight-time Pro Bowl selection ...

Kent State made the tournament in 1999 and had ... who averaged 16.0 points per game – was the leading scorer. Antonio Gates – yep, the same one who went on to become an 8-time Pro Bowl ...

Kent State listed its projected starters as guards ... with a 71-58 defeat forged by Trevor Huffman, John Edwards and Antonio Gates, who went on to play 15 years in the NFL as a tight end for ...