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Jersey Number 22
Gumbo Gaskins
- Position:
- S
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 187
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Jonesboro, GA
- High School:
- Hapeville Charter
2026 (r-Senior)
• Turned in four stops in win over Murray State
• Collected three tackles against Nevada
2025 (r-Junior at Samford)
• Played in all 12 games
• Finished with 32 tackles, including a TFL, two interceptions, two pass breakups and two hurries
2024 (r-Sophomore at Samford)
• Saw action in eight of the team’s 11 games during the season
• Finished the season with six tackles, including three solo stops
• Had a season-high three tackles in a win at 19th-ranked Chattanooga
2023 (r-Freshman at Vanderbilt)
• Appeared in five games
• Had four tackles against Georgia and one stop against Ole Miss
2022 (Freshman at Vanderbilt)
• Did not see action in any games
High School
• Prepped at Hapeville Charter in Georgia
• Collected 14 tackles and two interceptions as a senior
• Helped Hapeville Charter to a playoff berth as a senior
• Three-star prospect ranked by Rivals as the No. 44 cornerback in the country and No. 41 player in Georgia
• Also ran track
• Father, Ivery, played at Central Florida and his uncle, Matt Elam, played at Florida
Personal
• Full name: Quantaves Ivery Gaskins
• Parents: Ivery and Quantiyanna Gaskins
• Born: 9/5/2003
• Major: Integrated Studies
• Turned in four stops in win over Murray State
• Collected three tackles against Nevada
2025 (r-Junior at Samford)
• Played in all 12 games
• Finished with 32 tackles, including a TFL, two interceptions, two pass breakups and two hurries
2024 (r-Sophomore at Samford)
• Saw action in eight of the team’s 11 games during the season
• Finished the season with six tackles, including three solo stops
• Had a season-high three tackles in a win at 19th-ranked Chattanooga
2023 (r-Freshman at Vanderbilt)
• Appeared in five games
• Had four tackles against Georgia and one stop against Ole Miss
2022 (Freshman at Vanderbilt)
• Did not see action in any games
High School
• Prepped at Hapeville Charter in Georgia
• Collected 14 tackles and two interceptions as a senior
• Helped Hapeville Charter to a playoff berth as a senior
• Three-star prospect ranked by Rivals as the No. 44 cornerback in the country and No. 41 player in Georgia
• Also ran track
• Father, Ivery, played at Central Florida and his uncle, Matt Elam, played at Florida
Personal
• Full name: Quantaves Ivery Gaskins
• Parents: Ivery and Quantiyanna Gaskins
• Born: 9/5/2003
• Major: Integrated Studies
Wednesday, September 30
Saturday, September 26
Thursday, September 24
Wednesday, September 23
