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2025 NFL Draft Prospect Interview: AJ Gates, RB, Alabama State University

Discover AJ Gates, a talented RB from Alabama State. Learn about his skills, dedication, and inspiring journey to become a top prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Discover AJ Gates, a talented RB from Alabama State. Learn about his skills, dedication, and inspiring journey to become a top prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft.
  • Name: AJ Gates
  • Position: RB
  • College: Alabama State
  • Height: 5’7
  • Weight: 180
  • Twitter: aj_gates7
  • Instagram: aj.gatesjr

What makes you a top prospect at your position in the 2025 NFL Draft?

My speed and the ability to make people miss in space and make people in tight spaces.

What is one thing that NFL teams should know about you?

I’m a great player and give everything I have every play. 

If you could donate to one cause in the world, what would it be?

I would donate to kids who have an illness and who’s in need of help.

Who was your role model?

My father was my role model and taught me a lot of things I know until this day.

Who is your favorite NFL team?

Green Bay

Who is the most underrated teammate at your school?

Arelious Dunn

What is your biggest pet peeve?

My biggest pet peeve is not reaching a goal and I put a lot of energy and time into something. 

Who is your favorite teacher ever?

Coach Rodgers 

Overcoming adversity is what defines character, what was the hardest moment in your life to overcome?

Hardest thing I dealt with in my life was losing my father in 2021.

If you could have any franchise restaurant in your house what would it be?

Longhorns 

What is your degree in?

Interdisciplinary Studies 

If you could have dinner with three people dead or alive, who would it be and why?

Barry Sanders, Devin Hester, Darren Sproles. I would choose these three to hear about their stories and to see what somethings they is could’ve done differently and their mindset once preparing for the draft.

What is your biggest weakness?

My biggest weakness is self-criticism. 

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