NEW ORLEANS, La. – Kent State Men's Basketball alumnus Antonio Gates has been named an inductee of the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class. The class was revealed during the NFL Honors Ceremony on ...

CANTON, Ohio (WJW) – Antonio Gates has been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025, becoming the second Kent State alumnus to receive the honor. Gates was a basketball star ...

Antonio Gates’ unlikely pathway to the NFL is very ... This time, the established basketball starter committed to Kent State, where he quickly became the star of the Golden Flashes.

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 ...

A native of Detroit, Gates led the Kent State basketball team to the NCAA's Elite Eight in 2002 and was an honorable mention All-American the following year. But when the NBA overlooked the burly ...

Detroit native and two-sport star Antonio Gates was tabbed for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2025 on Thursday ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame welcomes Chargers legend Antonio Gates in its Class of 2025 as part of the 2025 NFL Honors. Gates is regarded by many as the greatest tight end ever. After a collegiate ...

"He kind of reminds me — it's sacrilegious to say it because he's now going into the Hall of Fame — but he is like a mini ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame officially announced their Class of 2025 on Thursday night, with former NFL tight end Antonio ... A former Kent State basketball player, Gates went undrafted in ...