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Jessie Bates

Wake Forest · Safety · 2016-17

TKL
179
INT
6
PD
10

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2016 to 2017, Bates recorded 179 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss and 6 interceptions.

Bates was the No. 54 overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 83 overall, the highest safety rating at Wake Forest since 1990 and No. 21 among all safeties of the 2015-2019 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2018
    • No. 54 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Jessie Bates season-by-season statistics at Wake Forest
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20161003.545
201779661
Total1799.5106

Seasons with tracked stats at Wake Forest. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Wake Forest Teammates

  1. 80Boogie Basham2017-20EDGE
  2. 80Essang Bassey2016-19S
  3. 80Greg Dortch2017-18WR
  4. 80Marquel Lee2013-16LB
  5. 77John Wolford2014-17QB
  6. 75Amari Henderson2016-19CB
  7. 74Duke Ejiofor2013-17EDGE
  8. 72Cameron Glenn2014-18S
  9. 72Sage Surratt2018-19WR
  10. 71Jamie Newman2017-19QB

Full Wake Forest all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2015-2019 Era

  1. 91Grant DelpitLSU · 2017-19S
  2. 91Minkah FitzpatrickAlabama · 2015-17S
  3. 90Antoine Winfield Jr.Minnesota · 2016-19S
  4. 90Richie GrantUCF · 2017-20S
  5. 90DeShon ElliottTexas · 2015-17S
  6. 90Tedric ThompsonColorado · 2013-16S
  7. 90Derwin JamesFlorida State · 2016-17S
  8. 90Jabrill PeppersMichigan · 2014-16S

Best college safeties since 1990Best ACC players

Sources: Wikipedia (Jessie Bates) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.