ASU #28 Ed Gainey
Defensive Back - DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
Junior
Previous Affiliations
Mt. Tabor
Previous Experience
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Junior returns for his third year as a starter ... grabbed the reins at right cornerback just five games into his freshman campaign and has never relinquished the starting assignment en route to becoming an all-conference performer ... after two seasons under the tutelage of all-American Cortez Gilbert, Gainey is now the veteran in a relatively young crop of ASU corners and is slated to move across the field to the left cornerback position vacated by Gilbert ... in addition to his pass-coverage skills, he is a sure tackler.
2009: Flourished in his second collegiate campaign, starting all 14 games at right cornerback and earning second-team all-Southern Conference honors from the league’s coaches and media ... intercepted four passes, good for second on the team and tied for fourth in the SoCon ... also broke up a team-high 10 passes to give him a total of 14 passes defended, which ranked second in the conference and tied for 10th nationally ... was seventh on the team with 61 tackles, including two behind the line of scrimmage ... made his first career interception to go along with eight tackles against nationally ranked McNeese State ... had a terrific day in the rain against Samford, squelching a potential SU scoring drive with an interception at the ASU two yard line and returning it 54 yards to set up a Mountaineer touchdown, turning what potentially could have been a 10-7 ballgame into a 17-0 ASU lead ... also had a career-best three pass break-ups against Samford ... broke up two passes and made seven tackles versus Chattanooga ... had one of ASU’s three first-quarter interceptions in convincing SoCon title-clinching win over Elon ... notched a career-high nine tackles and a key interception in opening-round FCS playoff win over South Carolina State.
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