| Innis Gaines | |
| Position: | Cornerback |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Beaumont, Texas, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 202 |
| High School: | West Brook (TX) (Beaumont, Texas) |
| College: | TCU (2016–2019) |
| Undraftedyear: | 2020 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Statseason: | 2023 |
| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 11 |
| Pfr: | GainIn00 |
Innis Gaines (born August 29, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback. He played college football at TCU and was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in .
Gaines was born on August 29, 1998, in Beaumont, Texas. He attended West Brook High School in Beaumont, recording 124 tackles, five interceptions, and two fumble recoveries as a senior. He was a four-star safety according to 247Sports.com and was ranked as the number four safety in the state of Texas. He committed to TCU over offers from Texas A&M and Arkansas.[1]
As a freshman in 2016, he appeared in ten games and made two tackles. As a sophomore, Gaines appeared in all 14 games, making two starts. He finished the year with 37 tackles, 6-for-loss, and 2 quarterback sacks. As a junior, Gaines started the first six games of the year before going out with an injury. He totaled 31 tackles in the year. Following the 2018 season, he was named second-team all-Big 12 Conference by Pro Football Focus. As a senior, he started the first eight games before again being sidelined due to injury. He made a total of 34 tackles in the year, placing seventh on the team.[1]
Gaines went unselected in the 2020 NFL draft, and only received one tryout due to COVID-19 restrictions. While a free agent, he worked for DoorDash.[2] The Green Bay Packers, who held the tryout, gave him a futures contract on January 8, 2021.[2] Gaines was released at the final roster cuts in August but re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[3] He was activated from the practice squad to the active roster for their game against the Cleveland Browns, and made his NFL debut in the 24–22 win, making one tackle.[4] [5]
On January 25, 2022, he signed a reserve/future contract with the Packers.[6] He was waived/injured on August 30, and placed on injured reserve.[7] He was released on September 9.
On October 11, 2022, Gaines received a tryout from the New York Jets.[8] He was signed again by the Packers on October 18 to the practice squad and was elevated to the active roster on October 29, 2022.[9] [10] On November 26, 2022, he was elevated to the active roster from the practice squad.[11] On November 29, 2022, the Packers signed Gaines to the active roster.[12]
Gaines was released on August 29, 2023, and re-signed to the practice squad.[13] [14] He was elevated for Weeks 1 and 2 of the 2023 season.[15] [16] The same was done in Week 9.[17] He was signed to the active roster on November 11,[18] but waived two days later.[19]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR | |||
| GB | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GB | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GB | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career | 12 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: pro-football-reference.com | |||||||||||||||||