At 34 years old, Antonio Gates doesn’t have the vertical ... Remember, the tape doesn’t lie in the NFL. Gates can still play. Seven-year NFL veteran Matt Bowen is an NFL National Lead ...

Antonio Gates went from college basketball star to NFL record-setting tight end. Antonio Gates didn’t have a single reception as a college football player. He had 955 as a pro. The former Kent ...

After missing the entire 2019-2020 football season, future Hall of Fame tight end Antonio Gates is finally calling it a career. He played in the NFL for 16 years — every season with the Chargers.

Antonio Gates had a knack for it — getting open and ... But the man who’ll soon be the highest-scoring tight end in NFL history wasn’t as interested in catching passes as he was in coming ...

SAN DIEGO – Antonio Gates has caught plenty of big passes for the San Diego Chargers, and on Wednesday he hauled in the biggest contract ever given to an NFL tight end. Gates agreed to a $36.175 ...

LAS VEGAS — Antonio Gates, who helped transform the tight end ... the journey with me down,’’ said Gates, an eight-time NFL Pro Bowler with the Chargers during a career that spanned from ...

Gates is one of the best receiving tight ends in NFL history and was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2025. One of the underrated stars of the "Steel Curtain" defense in the 1970s ...

Every offensive player who moves from the college world into the NFL will always remember the first time they scored a touchdown. That is why this play matters a great deal. Antonio Gates had ...

He retired with 955 total receptions and racking up 11,841 yards (both Chargers records) and the seventh-most receiving touchdowns in NFL history with 116.  Which brings us to today's quiz. How many ...

In a few weeks, when Antonio Gates is expected to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, NFL scouts may take heed of an old draft memo. “Don’t dismiss intriguing tight end prospects from ...