Juwon Gaston

Honors • CUSA Defensive Player of the Week 9/15, MTSU Defensive Player of the Week 9/14, 11/30 2025 (r-Senior) • Played in nine games and had three starts • Finished with 39 tackles to rank sixth on the team while adding 2.5 TFLs, a team-best three interceptions, four pass breakups and two forced fumbles • Led team in kick returns with nine for 208 yards while adding seven punt returns for 41 yards • Played 457 total snaps on the season and another 124 on special teams • Led the entire team with 84 total snaps against APSU, including 77 on defense. Turned in six tackles and a hurry • Collected a TFL at Wisconsin • Turned in five tackles to go with his first two interceptions of his career in the win over Nevada (first player with multiple INTs since 2022) • Had eight stops and two pass breakups against Marshall (had second highest defensive PFF grade for MTSU – 74.8) • Missed the Missouri State, Delaware and Jax State games • Returned against FIU and had one stop on defense and three kick returns for 68 yards • Had six tackles and a pass breakup in win over Sam Houston to go with a 34-yard kickoff return • Turned in four tackles to go with a forced fumble and an interception he returned 30 yards in win over NMSU 2024 (Senior at Houston) • Played in four games and preserved his redshirt • Finished with 13 total tackles, including a TFL • Rated a three star transfer portal recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and On3 2023 (Junior at Houston) • Played in 10 games and had two starts (234 snaps) • Had 18 tackles and one TFL on the season • Turned in five stops against West Virginia and had four tackles against Sam Houston Prior to Houston • Spent the 2022 season at Northeast Mississippi Community College • Played nine games • Registered 53 tackles to go with five pass breakups, two interceptions and a forced fumble • Had five or more tackles six times • Played at Hutchinson CC in 2021 where he competed in five games and tallied 12 tackles, a forced fumble and an interception High School • Rated among the top 25 players in the state of Alabama by 247Sports and ESPN • Lettered in football and basketball at Carver High School • As a senior he tallied 96 tackles, five interceptions and had seven kick returns for touchdowns • Participated in the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Game • Named to the Montgomery Advertiser All-Metro Team • Helped basketball team to 2019 Class 6A title game • Originally signed with Auburn out of Carver High School Personal • Full name: Juwon Mikal Gaston • Parent: Michelle Archie • Born: 1/13/2003 • Major: Integrated Studies