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Antonio Gates didn't win any championships in his career.

Even though Gates doesn't have any Super Bowl rings on his fingers, he is considered one of the best tight ends to ever play the game.

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He had 955 catches for 11,841 yards and scored 116 touchdowns. He was selected to play in 8 Pro Bowls.

NFL fans outraged Antonio Gates didn't make it into Hall of Fame.

Tom Brady is widely considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and he tops the list of players with the most Super Bowl championships to his name. Brady won a record six titles with the New England Patriots, before winning a further ring in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2021.

On December 19, Gates tied the NFL single season record for touchdown receptions by a tight end (12) in a 21–0 win over the Cleveland Browns. He went on to break this record in an overtime loss to the Indianapolis Colts on December 26. Gates was selected to the 2005 Pro Bowl and earned first team All-Pro honors.

Antonio Gates. He's the best college basketball player of any NFL player ever. He LED Kent State to the Elite Eight as a 10 seed. Dude averaged 21 points, eight boards in four assists that season, and then had 22 points and eight boards in both the Sweet 16.

An eight-time Pro Bowl selection, five-time Associated Press All-Pro and three-time Sporting News first-team All-Pro, Gates is the franchise leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdowns and ranks second in Chargers history with 220 regular-season games played.

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Antonio Gates had his most receiving yards in a game against the Browns on December 6, 2009, with 167 yards.

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Some voters held it against Gates that he served a four-game suspension in 2015 for a failed performance-enhancing drug test. Others may have simply felt he wasn't as great a player as those who were chosen this year.

Gates, who had a late-career resurgence in 2014, will miss the first four games for violating the NFL's policy on using performance-enhancing drugs. He blamed the failed drug test on a tainted supplement.

Defensive ends Julius Peppers and Dwight Freeney and linebacker Patrick Willis were named to the Class of '24, as were Devin Hester, the league's record-holder for kickoff and punt returns for touchdowns, and wide receiver Andre Johnson.

Following his career at Kent State, Gates turned his athletic ability into a legendary tight end with the NFL's San Diego Chargers. Gates holds the all-time NFL record for touchdowns by a tight end with 111 touchdowns.

The 28-year-old hopes to catch up with Brady, who won six rings with the New England Patriots and another with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021).