Finally!
After being left off last year, former Chargers tight end Antonio Gates has finally been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the 2025 class.
Here’s a sampling of how fans and pundits reacted to the news on Twitter/X.
Antonio Gates:
116 career receiving TDs
– 7th among all players
– 1st among TEsHall of Famer pic.twitter.com/LO6Ea3qGNg
— PFF (@PFF) February 7, 2025
Spending his entire career with the @chargers, Antonio Gates was a four-time first-team All-Pro. Gates is now Pro Football Hall of Famer No. 381! @visualedgeit #PFHOF25 pic.twitter.com/VYsD4cyobc
— Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) February 7, 2025
Antonio Gates-headed to Canton.
Think I know someone who’s happy for him
pic.twitter.com/IFKMbxgU5H
— Alex Insdorf (@alexinsdorf99) February 7, 2025
Seeing Antonio Gates get inducted into the HOF after carrying my fantasy team as a kid: pic.twitter.com/vJFCMVBMNW
— ESPN BET (@ESPNBET) February 7, 2025
I will never ever take the opportunity to cover and work alongside some of the greatest players in this game for granted.
Being around a pro like Antonio Gates since 2014 is indicative of that.
Congrats to the greatest to ever do it.
Light up Canton with that smile, Gatesy! pic.twitter.com/JWaKe685LG
— Hayley Elwood (@HayleyElwood) February 7, 2025
Bout time Antonio gates got in
— Simi Fehoko (@Simi_Fehoko) February 7, 2025
A year too late, but better late than never.
Congrats to Chargers legend Antonio Gates for his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A truly great player and now he will be enshrined with the other greatest players in NFL history.
That Gold Jacket is forever!
— Daniel Wade (@dantalkssports) February 7, 2025
Antonio Gates is the most deserving player in this class. Love to see it
— Sam Wagman (@swagman95) February 7, 2025
The only Chargers with 100+ touchdowns:
LaDainian Tomlinson
Antonio GatesNow, both are enshrined in Canton. pic.twitter.com/9Ygolb1qIj
— StatMuse Football (@statmusefb) February 7, 2025