Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 43-8vs Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#23
Fred Gaskin
Junior safety on Auburn's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 202 lb · Ocala, FL
CFB Index 63 · #157 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred South Florida → Auburn for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 549 nationally · Signed with South Florida
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Auburn's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2024.
- Transferred from South Florida to Auburn in 2026.
In Their Words
112 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Fred Gaskin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Fred Gaskin has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. In 2025 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-AAC. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Southern Miss — Week 2, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20247 games
- Signed with South Florida3-star out of Vanguard
202513 games
- All-AACsecond
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
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ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coaches2024–2025
Auburn
Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Auburn
2025South Florida
2026Auburn
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced
2025South Florida9-4HC: Kevin Patrick · Run-leaning
2026Auburn2-0HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidenceBreakout
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Auburn | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | South Florida | 53 | 28 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | South Florida | 12 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 37 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kerry Brown’s 2025 season.
Matches Kerry on
Class year
Tackle volume
PD rate
Differs from Kerry on
Weight (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kerry Brown's sophomore season at Minnesota (2024).
Matches Kerry on
Class year
TFL rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Fred Gaskin
The secondary · Auburn
- #23Fred Gaskin53 tackles · 2025
- #8Kaleb Harris50 tackles · 2025
- #5Eric Winters33 tackles · 2025
- Sylvester Smith28 tackles · 2025
- #14Shamar Arnoux27 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Auburn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology