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Jessie Bates

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Experience: 7 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 27

Weight: 210 lbs

College: Wake Forest

2024 SEASON

  • Solo
    29
  • SCK
    0
  • FF
    3
  • INT
    2
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Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Atlanta Falcons 8 47 29 18 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0
2023 Atlanta Falcons 17 121 78 43 0 0 11 6 1 95 15.8 92
2022 Cincinnati Bengals 16 66 33 33 0 0 8 4 0 28 7 16
2021 Cincinnati Bengals 15 83 62 21 0 0 4 1 0 65 65 65
2020 Cincinnati Bengals 16 108 77 31 0 0 15 3 0 12 4 12
2019 Cincinnati Bengals 16 95 66 29 0 0 9 3 0 33 11 20
2018 Cincinnati Bengals 16 109 71 38 0 0 7 3 1 42 14 21
TOTAL 104 629 416 213 0 0 58 22 2 275 12.5 92

Fumbles

YEAR TEAM G FUM LOST FF OWN FR OPP FR TD
2024 Atlanta Falcons 8 0 0 3 1 0
2023 Atlanta Falcons 17 3
2022 Cincinnati Bengals 16 1
2021 Cincinnati Bengals 15 0 0 0 1 0
2020 Cincinnati Bengals 16 1
2019 Cincinnati Bengals 16 0 0 1 1 0
2018 Cincinnati Bengals 16 0
TOTAL 104 0 0 9 0 3 0

Biography

CAREER

  • Started all 96 games, recording 609 tackles (414 solo), 54 passes defensed and 20 interceptions over six seasons for the Falcons and Bengals.
  • In 2023, he started all 17 games, recording single-season career highs in tackles (132), interceptions (six) and forced fumbles (three), while adding 11 passes defensed, three tackles for loss and one quarterback hit.
  • Led the team in tackles and became the first player in franchise history to record at least 100 tackles (132) and six interceptions in a season.
  • Started 16 games in 2022, registering 71 tackles (38 solo), eight passes defensed, four interceptions, one forced fumble and one tackle for loss.
  • In 2021, he started all 15 games, tallying 88 tackles (67 solo), four passes defensed, three tackles for loss, one interception, one quarterback hit and one fumble recovery.
  • He started all 16 games in 2020, recording 107 tackles (76 solo), a single-season career-high 15 passes defensed, three interceptions, two tackles for loss, one forced fumble and one quarterback hit.
  • 2020 marked his third consecutive season with 100-or-more total tackles.
  • Started all 16 games in 2019, posting 100 tackles (71 solo), nine passes defensed, three interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
  • In his rookie season in 2018, he registered 111 tackles (73 solo), seven passes defensed, three interceptions and one defensive touchdown, the first of his career.

HONORS

  • Pro Bowl Selection (2023)
  • NFC Defensive Player of the Week (2x - Week 1, 2023; Week 12, 2023)
  • 2x Second-team AP All-Pro (2020, 2023)
  • Players' All-Pro Team via NFLPA (2023)
  • PFWA All-NFL Team (2023)
  • PFWA All-NFC Team (2023)
  • Sporting News NFL All-Pro Team (2023)
  • PFWA All-Rookie Team (2018)

COLLEGE

  • Played three seasons (2015-17) at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, NC.
  • In 24 games at Wake Forest, he posted 179 tackles (120 solo), 9.5 tackles for losses, six interceptions, nine passes defensed and two forced fumbles.
  • Averaged 32.5 return yards on six career interceptions, and his 195 total return yards were the third-most in school history.
  • Also was a punt returner, with 26 career returns for 234 yards (9.0) and a TD.
  • In 2017, he played in 11 games, totaling 77 tackles (49 solo), six passes defensed, six tackles for loss, one interceptions and one forced fumble.
  • Had a 59-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Belk Bowl, the first punt return for a touchdown in Wake Forest bowl history.
  • In his redshirt freshman year in 2016, he recorded single-season career highs in total tackles (100), interceptions (five) and touchdowns (two), while adding four passes defensed and 3.5 tackles for loss.
  • Named a consensus Freshman All-American and earned first-team Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America, USA Today, Campus Insiders, ESPN, Athlon and Sports on Earth.
  • Runner-up for ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year after finishing second in the ACC with five interceptions.
  • Only freshman in the country to return two interceptions for touchdowns in 2016.

PERSONAL

  • Born in Fort Wayne, IN.
  • Attended Snider High School in Fort Wayne, IN.
  • Team captain as a senior.
  • A two-time first-team all-state selection by the Associated Press in 2013 and 2014.
  • Earned first-team all-state honors from USA Today in 2014.
  • As a senior in 2014, recorded nine interceptions tying the mark of NFL Hall of Famer Rod Woodson.
  • He also played point guard for the Snider basketball team.
  • Son of Theresa Ladd.
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