Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Gayle (American football)
I'm not sure what kind of "thorough search" SportingFlyer did, but there's tons of significant coverage (i.e., neither "brief" nor ) to easily pass the  bar.  Examples of significant national coverage include: (1) https://www.latimes.com/dp-xpm-20130810-2013-08-10-dp-spt-feature-tech-gayle-football-media-day-0811-20130810-story.html this feature story from the ''Los Angeles Times'' in 2013; (2) this https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439653/heads_up_time_pt_1/ two-https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439686/gayle_pt_2/ part feature story from the ''Daily Press'', Aug 2013; (3) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439776/de_gayle_to_play_senior_season/ this from the ''Daily Press'' in Jan 2013; (4) https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439840/gayle_shines_in_2nd_start/ this from the ''Daily Press'' in No. 2010; (5) another https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439911/gayles_longsought_chance_arrives/ two-https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33439944/gaye_pt_2/ parter from the ''Daily Press'' in Feb 2014; (6) https://www.dailypress.com/sports/colleges/virginia-tech/dp-spt-feature-james-gayle-tech-nfl-draft-0507-20140506-story.html this from the ''Daily Press'' in May 2014; (7) https://www.roanoke.com/hokies/virginia-tech-s-gayle-backs-up-talk-with-tackles/article_ecee4b18-702f-11e3-8122-001a4bcf6878.html this and (8) https://www.roanoke.com/sports/college/va_tech/james-gayle-confident-he-showed-his-athleticism-versatility-at-the/article_a0c30330-a083-11e3-9bbd-001a4bcf6878.html this from ''The Roanoke Times''; (9) https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/virginia-tech/article_013a3492-3542-543e-900c-b8848a18c563.html this from ''The Virginian-Pilot'';  (10) "Gayle's a Bear on Hokies' defense", Charleston (WV) Gazette, 9/20/14 (651 words, available at Newslibrary.com); (11) https://www.richmond.com/archive/james-gayle-new-face-of-tech-defense/article_023f28cf-f7b9-5b6f-8228-819fc64b00fc.html this from the Richmond Times-Dispatch; (12) https://www.newsadvance.com/sports/college/hokies/gayle-will-return-for-senior-year/article_0d4e71f2-5b5b-11e2-acff-001a4bcf6878.html this from ''The News and Advance''; and (13) https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/118357/shaun-gayles-nephew-ready-for-his-shot this from ESPN.com
— User:Cbl62, 00:13, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:ROUTINE||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)