Sooo close…
#26, Sire Gaines, (RS) Freshman, RB
Credit: Broncosports.com
Stats
Height: 6′
Weight: 217 (+9 lbs)
High school: Orange Vista HS, Perris, CA
How’d he get to The Blue™?
By being generally really good at doing what he does: Football. A three-star recruit coming out of Orange Vista, he was the third-best athlete out of California and top-70 overall in the nation, per On3, and Rivals had him at 37th best nationally. I don’t know about you, but I think that’s cool!
He had a host of offers: Arizona State, Arizona, Oregon State, Washington, and Washington State. We all appreciate him doing what he did: Choosing Boise State.
Nickname
“Royal”
His actual name is way cooler than I could realistically come up with, so I went with the low-hanging fruit.
Look-alike
I think if you gave him the beard, he would have a passing resemblance to this picture of Jason Derulo
Career Highlights
In his 3 games he played last year for Boise State, he put up 156 yards and a touchdown on only 20 carries. He had an additional 44 yards and another touchdown through the air on three grabs.
2025 Prospectus
After an exciting start cut short due to an injury, the Broncos should be excited to seeing what Sire will do in a new, Jeantyless running back room. Sire will likely split carries with Fresno State transfer Malik Sherrod, which should lead to many exciting plays in the rushing attack.
Don’t sleep on this man!
Is he on Twitter?
Yes. See: Below.
Completely made up fact
Sire came from a high school with one player on the football team, that being him. While difficult, he still put together a winning record against full teams by himself.
I’ve seen a few clips of him in fall camp. He doesn’t look college–he has a pro build, and moves.
It’s the vision that’s really exciting. A guy either has it or he doesn’t and Sire appears to.
Sort of a thought from the past; these guys weren’t so-called stars but really filled a vital role; AJ Richardson and Ryan Wolpin.
I just saw him at a presser. He’s a good-looking man. Is that okay?
Anyway, his future is in front of a camera.
[…] a chance to be one of the more special players to come through this program”. With Sherrod, Gaines, and Riley currently atop the first published depth chart at the position, he has his work cut out […]
[…] Back26 Sire Gaines 6-0 217 R-Fr OR8 Malik Sherrod (shuh-ROD) 5-8 177 6th Yr24 Dylan Riley 5-10 192 […]
[…] and it took them all of three plays to go 75 yards and get on the board for six. On the first snap, Sire Gaines took the ball 46 yards. Sherrod got the next two carries; the first for 9 yards and then scored on […]