Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 22-16vs Maine | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
#41
Favor Bate
Junior defensive lineman for Boston College. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 250 lb · Lanham, MD · Eleanor Roosevelt
The numbers
1
sack · 2026 · through week 3
1 game into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs Maine
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Junior defensive lineman for Boston College. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Transferred from Merrimack to Boston College in 2025.
Favor Bate
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He got to Boston College by way of Merrimack. One game to point at: 1 tackles, 1 sacks against Maine — Week 3, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 1 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
20258 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Boston College
NFL
NFL Draft
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Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boston College | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Boston College | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2026
W 22–16
vs Maine
1 sacks · 1 tackles for loss · 1 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.
With M. McKenzie — 173 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 11.2 · 53 rush yds (15 car) · E. Dickens — 102 rush yds (15 car) · 1 TD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Bill O'Brien — 4-11 over that span.
2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced
2026Boston College2-1HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (84th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 1.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill O'Brien
Pass share
45.2%
85 pass / 103 run
Plays / game
62.7
3 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
95 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Justin Ademilola’s 2022 season.
Matches Justin on
Weight
TFL rate
Height
Differs from Justin on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to JaMair Diaz's freshman season at Sam Houston (2025).
88%match
Matches JaMair on
Height
Hurry rate
Sack rate
Differs from JaMair on
Class year (lower)
Player DNA
Players who play like Favor Bate
Background
2025 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games with three starts at defensive end, registering 14 tackles, two quarterback hits, two pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one sack ... Made his first career start in a Boston College uniform at Pittsburgh (10/4), sacking quarterback Mason Heintschel…
The defensive line · Boston College
- #56E'Lla Boykin2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #13Demetrius Ballard2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #90Keith Sampson1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #41Favor Bate1 tackle for loss · 2025
- #59Micah Amedee1 tackle for loss · 2025
18 more on the roster · Boston College team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology