Edmund Gates Scouting Report
Edmund Gates
Edmund Gates - Abilene Christian (HT: 6-1 - WT: 200)
Combine 40: N/A - Pro Day 40: N/A - Position Rank: 18 of 50


Positives: Has a good, solid frame, looks strong... Great burst... Quick off the line of scrimmage... Explosive in the open field, elusive... A playmaker... Very tough to bring down when the ball is in his hands... Willing blocker, does a good job of getting into defenders... Great body control, adjusts well to poorly thrown balls... True big play threat, averaged 17.9 yards per catch and scored 13 touchdowns last year as a senior... Family bloodlines, cousin is Cincinnati Bengals' RB Bernard Scott... Has the ability to return kicks.

Negatives: Drops some easy throws, can make the acrobatic catch one play and then drop the routine pass on the next down... Unpolished... Below-average route runner, rounds his cuts and looks downright sloppy at times... Played against division two competition at Abilene Christian... Originally wanted to play basketball, but was kicked off the Tyler Junior College basketball team in 2006 which brought him to Abilene to play football... Will be a 25 year old rookie, graduated high school in 2004.

    Receiving
Season Team   REC YDS AVG LNG TD
Totals   158 2885 18.3 74 27
2007 Abilene Chr.   12 285 23.8 66 1
2008 Abilene Chr.   31 716 23.1 74 8
2009 Abilene Chr.   49 702 14.3 72 5
2010 Abilene Chr.   66 1182 17.9 55 13





(January 17, GBNReport.com) -- Auburn has announced that junior WR Darvin Adams has applied to the NFL to enter the 2011 draft. Adams led the Tigers in receiving this past season when he had 52 catches for almost a 1,000 yards and seven TDs. Underclassmen had until Saturday�s deadline to apply for early entry to the draft, but names are still dribbling out as no one is obliged to actually make an announcement at that time.
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*A.J. Green
WR, Georgia
*Patrick Peterson
CB, LSU
*Nick Fairley
DT, Auburn
*Da'Quan Bowers
DE, Clemson
*Blaine Gabbert
QB, Missouri
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