2025 Football Roster
Gaines, Sire
Jersey Number 26
Sire Gaines
- Position:
- Running Back
- Hometown:
- Perris, Calif.
- Height:
- 6-0
- High School:
- Orange Vista HS
- Weight:
- 217
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- NIL Exchange:
- Sire Gaines
- Major:
- Interdisciplinary Professional Studies
Bio
CAREER HONORS
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2025)
Honors: Old Trapper Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Sept. 8).
FRESHMAN (2024)
Honors: Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Sept. 2).
Top Highlights: Played in three games before suffering a season-ending injury…ran for 110 yards on 12 carries while tallying 44 yards on three receptions in his collegiate debut against Georgia Southern, scoring on a 38-yard rush and a 17-yard catch (Aug. 31)...made his first-career start against No. 7 Oregon, rushing for 22 yards (Sept. 7)...compiled 24 rushing yards on two attempts in a win over Portland State (Sept. 21).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247sports, on3, ESPN and Rivals that first earned the team captain title his sophomore year...third-best athlete and top-70 overall player to come out of California in the 2024 recruiting class according to on3 while Rivals places him as the 37th best athlete nationally...registered 2,079 all-purpose yards his senior year (2023) at Orange Vista High School with 1,685 yards and 27 touchdowns on 175 carries, including a long rush of 81 yards, as he averaged 9.6 yards per carry and 129.6 yards per game while posting eight separate 100-plus-yard rushing performances...also caught 16 passes for 351 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 21.9 yards per catch...defensively, he totaled 30 tackles (15 solo, 15 assisted) with 7.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, one interception returned for 11 yards and two fumble recoveries returned for 45 yards...throughout his high school career, totaled 3,050 yards rushing on 35 carries to average 9.1 yards per rush and 87.1 yards per game with 48 touchdowns while catching 94 passes for 1,928 yards and 21 touchdowns to average 20.5 yards per catch and 55.1 yards per game...totaled 5,021 all-purpose yards while accumulating 95 total tackles (54 solo, 41 assisted) with 15.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, five interceptions, five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pass breakup...recruited by Spencer Danielson and James Montgomery.
- Comeback Player of the Year Watch List (2025)
- Doak Walker Award Watch List (2025)
- Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Watch List (2025)
- Athlon Sports Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
- Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2025)
- 2x Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Sept. 2, 2024, Sept. 8, 2025)
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2025)
Honors: Old Trapper Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Sept. 8).
FRESHMAN (2024)
Honors: Mountain West Freshman of the Week (Sept. 2).
Top Highlights: Played in three games before suffering a season-ending injury…ran for 110 yards on 12 carries while tallying 44 yards on three receptions in his collegiate debut against Georgia Southern, scoring on a 38-yard rush and a 17-yard catch (Aug. 31)...made his first-career start against No. 7 Oregon, rushing for 22 yards (Sept. 7)...compiled 24 rushing yards on two attempts in a win over Portland State (Sept. 21).
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
Three-star recruit per 247sports, on3, ESPN and Rivals that first earned the team captain title his sophomore year...third-best athlete and top-70 overall player to come out of California in the 2024 recruiting class according to on3 while Rivals places him as the 37th best athlete nationally...registered 2,079 all-purpose yards his senior year (2023) at Orange Vista High School with 1,685 yards and 27 touchdowns on 175 carries, including a long rush of 81 yards, as he averaged 9.6 yards per carry and 129.6 yards per game while posting eight separate 100-plus-yard rushing performances...also caught 16 passes for 351 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 21.9 yards per catch...defensively, he totaled 30 tackles (15 solo, 15 assisted) with 7.0 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks, one interception returned for 11 yards and two fumble recoveries returned for 45 yards...throughout his high school career, totaled 3,050 yards rushing on 35 carries to average 9.1 yards per rush and 87.1 yards per game with 48 touchdowns while catching 94 passes for 1,928 yards and 21 touchdowns to average 20.5 yards per catch and 55.1 yards per game...totaled 5,021 all-purpose yards while accumulating 95 total tackles (54 solo, 41 assisted) with 15.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, five interceptions, five forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a pass breakup...recruited by Spencer Danielson and James Montgomery.
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