Honors & Awards
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2021 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2022 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2022 — Did not see any action...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2022-23 school year.

2021 — Appeared in six games, primarily on special teams...credited with two tackles and had two kickoff returns for 25 yards, including a 17-yarder in a 42-20 win over Wofford...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2021-22 school year.

2020 — Appeared in one game as a reserve, seeing limited duty in the Paladins’ season opening, 35-7 win over Western Carolina...named to the SoCon Academic Honor Roll for the 2020-21 school year.

High School: 2020 graduate of Hardin Valley (6A) Academy...football coach was Mike Potter...saw action at running back, wide receiver, cornerback, and return specialist...accounted for over 2,500 all-purpose yards and over 30 touchdowns in his career...served as team captain, rushed for over 1,000 yards and was named Region I-6A Offensive Player of the Year and all-state in 2019...ran for 213 yards and two touchdowns versus Science Hill...played in the Tennessee East-West All-Star Classic along with Paladin teammates Ty Youngblood and Bailor Hughes...averaged 41.3 yards in kickoff returns as a junior...finished ninth in the 2019 state 400m and was part of Hardin Valley’s second place 4x400m relay squad, which netted him all-state honors...as a sophomore placed seventh in the state 400m and was a member of HVA’s state championship 4x100m relay unit.

Personal: Full name is Kelton Austin Gunn...born January 2, 2002, in Chattanooga, Tennessee...son of Robin and Keith Gunn...has three sisters -- Sasha, Sydney, and Simone -- and a brother, Killian...had a uncle play football at Carson-Newman...health sciences major.

Kelton Gunn