Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 195 lb · Fort Wayne, IN
Jessie Bates III: DB · Wake Forest · #3.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jessie Bates III
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Second year in the Wake Forest secondary. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Florida State — Week 5, 2017.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 6 passes defended. 1 interception. 6 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Wake Forest | 79 | 50 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 100 | 70 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Career | 179 | 120 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 51-7vs Presbyterian | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10@ Boston College | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 46-10vs Utah State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 20-19@ App State | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 19-26vs Florida State | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 14-28@ No. 2 Clemson | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-32vs Louisville | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-24vs No. 25 NC State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-31vs Duke | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 55-52@ Texas A&M | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 50 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFL79 tackles · 6 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Dave Clawson, all run-leaning offenses — 15-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 8.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
44.8%
426 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
73.1
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
79 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wake Forest, 179 tackles — drafted at #54 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals.
His career
Where he ended up · NFL
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
Cincinnati BengalsEntering 9th NFL season
