Kentucky Wildcats · S RoomS

#3 Aaron Gates

Class  RS JR/TRFrom  Florida (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'0" · 199 lbHometown  Newnan, GA · Trinity Christian

Depth-chart placement

Current role

NB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Safety

Experience

4-JR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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S room context

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Aaron Gates holds the NB · Starter spot in Kentucky Wildcats’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

SS · StarterTy BryantStarter

FS · StarterJordan CastellStarter

NB · StarterAaron GatesStarter

SS · BackupCyrus ReyesBackup

FS · BackupJesse Anderson IIIBackup

NB · BackupJaden SmithBackup

Transfer history

2026Florida→Kentucky Wildcats

Background & career

Aaron Gates is a 6'0", 199-pound cornerback from Newnan, Georgia, who attended Trinity Christian High School. A four-star recruit in the 2023 class with a 0.8994 rating and ranked 338 overall, Gates transferred to Kentucky from the University of Florida. He holds jersey number 3 and is classified as a redshirt junior for the 2025 season.

Florida2023 – 2025

Kentucky2026 — present

Previous schoolFloridaRecruiting4-star · No. 338 nationalOriginNewnan, GA · Trinity Christian