Fred Gayles

{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL player

|name=Fred Gayles

|position=Wide receiver / Linebacker

|number=84

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1966|5|11}}

|birth_place=Denver, Colorado, U.S.

|death_date=

|height_ft = 6

|height_in = 0

|weight_lbs = 205

|undraftedyear=1988

|college=Western State Colorado

|teams=

• Denver Dynamite ({{AFL Year|1989}})
• Albany Firebirds ({{AFL Year|1990}}–{{AFL Year|1996}})
• New York CityHawks ({{AFL Year|1997}})
• Grand Rapids Rampage ({{AFL Year|1998}})

|highlights=

• NAIA Second Team All-American (1987)
• 2× Second Team All-Arena (1991, 1995)

|aflstatlabel1=Receptions

|aflstatvalue1=402

|aflstatlabel2=Receiving yards

|aflstatvalue2=5,279

|aflstatlabel3=Receiving TDs

|aflstatvalue3=74

|aflstatlabel4=Kickoff return yards

|aflstatvalue4=3,163

|aflstatlabel5=Kickoff return TDs

|aflstatvalue5=3

|afl=571

}}

Frederick Gayles (born May 11, 1966) is a former Arena football wide receiver/linebacker in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Western State Colorado University.

In 2002, Gayles was elected into the Arena Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.arenafootball.com/hallfame/ |title=Arena Football League |publisher=Arena Football League |work=www.arenafootball.com |access-date=April 4, 2014 |archive-date=May 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501030107/http://www.arenafootball.com/hallfame/ |url-status=usurped }}