Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 66-10vs Kent State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#3
Cai Bates
Transferred Florida State → Wisconsin for 2026
West Orlando, Fla. → Edgewater
via uwbadgers.com ↗Cai Bates
Florida State to Wisconsin — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 1 tackles against Kent State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Florida State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Wisconsin
2025Florida State
2026Wisconsin
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 1 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Luke Fickell
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Background
2025 Season (Redshirt freshman at Florida State): Appeared in seven games as reserve defensive back and on special teams … played against East Texas A&M, Kent State, Pitt, Stanford, Clemson, NC State and Florida … recorded one tackle against Kent State (Sept. 20) 2024 Season (Freshman at Florida...
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology