Gates too perhaps the most unique path to the Pro Football Hall of Fame of all time, without having played a down of college ...

Before he became an NFL record-holder for the Chargers and a Hall of Famer, Antonio Gates set the "tone" for his domination ...

Marty Schottenheimer was amazed by what Antonio Gates did from the moment he jumped from Kent State's basketball team into ...

Gates played 16 seasons in the NFL, 14 in San Diego and two in Los Angeles after the team relocated. That move is still a ...

Antonio Gates, three of his Kent State basketball coaches and his first Chargers tight ends coach detail his unconventional ...

After being recruited by Kent State, Gates spent two seasons with the Golden Flashes as a full-time starter and one of the focal points of the team. He averaged 20.6 points per game as a senior, ...

The Chargers legendary tight end heads to Canton this weekend, where Gates will be the first player in the Hall of Fame to ...

Gates' 116 touchdown catches are the most in NFL history by a tight end, but his work in the red zone — 92 scores — truly ...

Antonio Gates thought his path to a Hall of Fame career would have been in basketball. Instead, he became one of the best ...

Gates was a star athlete in college, but not on the gridiron. Instead, he was a dominant basketball player who helped Kent State go on a magical run to the Elite 8 in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. But ...

Antonio Gates (Chargers; 2003-2018) A former basketball player at Kent State, Gates was signed by the Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2003 after giving football a shot (he never did play ...