Temple University Athletics
2019 Football Roster
Roster
Ronald Gaines
- Position:
- Long Snapper
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 285
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Simeon
2022 (Redshirt Junior): Provided depth at long snapper ... lettered.
2021 (Redshirt Sophomore): Served as the primary long snapper on punts and FG/PATs ... lettered.
2020 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started the season as the primary long snapper on punts ... surprised his coaches and teammates when he returned to campus after being home from March to June by dropping nearly 50 pounds (he started the weight loss journey at the conclusion of the 2019 season) ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered.
2019 (Redshirt Freshman): Joined Temple as a walk-on in the summer ... made his debut at Buffalo as the long snapper on punts and earned Special Teams Player of the Game ... retained that role for the remainder of the season. ... American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... lettered.
High School: Served as the long snapper and also played offensive line at Simeon High in Chicago, Ill. for coach Dante Culbreath from 2015-18 … selected to play in Blue Gray All-Star Game in Dallas … also lettered in wrestling as a junior and senior.
Personal: Born Ronald I. Gaines III in Chicago, Ill. … parents are Kenyatta and Ronald Gaines Jr. … brother Cameron (17) and sister Kira (14) … grandfather, Ronald Gaines Sr., played football at Western Illinois … has served as a volunteer for the Illinois Special Olympics … list of favorites include: Where the Wild Things Are (book), hip hop (music), Star Wars: A New Hope (movie), Atlanta (TV show) … aspires to be a defense attorney ... political science major.
