#16

Tony Gaiter IV

Senior wide receiver for Florida International. 2019: 50 catches, 622 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Florida International · Sr. · #16

5′9″ · 185 lb · Richmond Heights, FL

Florida International 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Florida International. 2019: 50 catches, 622 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida International, 1,264 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 107 yds at Marshall.Marshall · L 27-302019

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida International

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

2 coaches

2016

Ron Turner

Florida International

2017–2019

Butch Davis

Florida International

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Ron Turner → Butch Davis. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Florida International4-8HC: Ron Turner · Balanced

2017Florida International8-5HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2018Florida International9-4HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

2019Florida International6-7HC: Butch Davis · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (14th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#117 / 556 · 79th pct

Rec yards#147 / 556 · 74th pct

622

Rec TDs#164 / 556 · 66th pct

Yards / catch#325 / 556 · 41st pct

12.4

Long catch#476 / 556 · 14th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.9	36.3	10.6	0.3
Road6g	5.0	61.3	12.4	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	42.7	13.6	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	4.7	53.8	8.8	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Florida International	50	622	12.4	4	--
2018	Florida International	24	227	9.5	2	--
2017	Florida International	34	314	9.2	1	--
2016	Florida International	12	101	8.4	0	--
Career		120	1,264	10.5	7	--

Season	Team
2019	Florida International	--	--	22	53	--
2018	Florida International	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Florida International	--	--	18	43	--
2016	Florida International	2	24	106	11	--
Career		2	24	146	107	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2019

W 30–24

vs Miami

6 rec · 82 yds · 1 TD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With T. Heatherly — 40 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG · A. Jones — 112 rush yds (16 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 14-42@ Tulane	3	35	11.7	0	15
Wk 2	L 14-20vs Western Kentucky	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 3	W 30-17vs New Hampshire	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 31-43@ Louisiana Tech	7	87	12.4	0	18
Wk 6	W 44-0vs Massachusetts	7	103	14.7	1	30
Wk 7	W 48-23vs Charlotte	2	35	17.5	0	27
Wk 8	W 32-17vs UTEP	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Wk 9	L 17-50@ Middle Tennessee	3	30	10.0	1	18
Wk 10	W 24-17vs Old Dominion	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 11	L 7-37@ Florida Atlantic	7	94	13.4	0	27
Wk 13	W 30-24vs Miami	6	82	13.7	1	19
Wk 14	L 27-30@ Marshall	9	107	11.9	1	23	Season-high 107 yds
Bowl	L 26-34@ Arkansas State	1	15	15.0	0	15
Total		50	622	11.4	4	30

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology