Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 3-33@ Oklahoma | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#38
Lavonte Gater
Senior defensive back on Kent State's 2023 roster.
5′10″ · 163 lb · Washington, DC
CFB Index 15 · #490 of 509 safetiesLow confidenceKent State 2022 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1481 nationally · Signed with Ballou
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Kent State's roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ballou in 2019.
Lavonte Gater
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Locksley and Sean Lewis. The receipt: 1 tackles against Oklahoma — Week 2, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Kent State, 60 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
201910 games
- Recruited3-star out of Ballou
2022
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coach2019–2022
Kent State
Played his entire career under Sean Lewis.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2019Maryland3-9HC: Mike Locksley · Run-leaning
2020Maryland2-3HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, slow tempo
2021Maryland7-6HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Kent State5-7HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
15 · #490 of 509 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #490 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kent State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Maryland | 23 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Maryland | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Maryland | 29 | 25 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 60 | 53 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2021 production profile sits closest to Lance McMillan’s 2021 season.
Matches Lance on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Differs from Lance on
PD rate (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Amarian Williams's junior season at Liberty (2022).
Matches Amarian on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Lavonte Gater
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology