#Jessie bates professional
He made his professional regular season debut and first career start in the Cincinnati Bengals’ season opener at the Indianapolis Colts and recorded eight solo tackles in their 34–23 victory.
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Head coach Marvin Lewis named Bates the starting free safety to start the regular season, alongside strong safety Shawn Williams and cornerbacks William Jackson III and Dre Kirkpatrick. 2018 īates with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2018īates entered training camp slated as a backup safety, but earned an opportunity to compete for the job as the starting free safety against George Iloka after quickly impressing the Bengals' coaching staff. On May 12, 2018, the Cincinnati Bengals signed Bates to a four-year, $4.94 million contract that includes $2.38 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $1.67 million. Bates was the fourth safety drafted in 2018. The Cincinnati Bengals selected Bates in the second round (54th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. He was ranked as the third best free safety prospect in the draft by, the fourth best safety in the draft by NFL analyst Mike Mayock, and was also ranked as the fifth best safety by Sports Illustrated. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Bates was projected to a second or third round pick by NFL draft experts and scouts. He attended pre-draft visits with multiple teams, including the Tennessee Titans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Detroit Lions, and Carolina Panthers.
#Jessie bates pro
On March 13, 2018, Bates participated at Wake Forest's pro day and performed the bench press and short shuttle (4.25s).
He also earned the ninth best time among his position group in the 40-yard dash and had the tenth best vertical jump. Bates performed well and finished third among safeties in the 60-yard shuttle, fourth among safeties in three-cone drill, and fifth among safeties in the short shuttle. He attended the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and completed the majority of combine drills, but opted to skip the bench press. On January 4, 2018, Bates announced his decision to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the 2018 NFL Draft. After the season, he declared for the 2018 NFL Draft. In those 11 games, he returned eight punts for 161 yards and one touchdowns along with recording 79 tackles (six for loss), five pass deflections and one forced fumble. In 2017, as a redshirt sophomore, Bates played in 11 of Wake Forest's 13 games, missing two due to injury. After the season, he was named to the USA Today Freshman All-America Team, the All-ACC Second-Team, and to the ACC All-Freshman First-Team. He returned 18 punts for 73 yards along with tallying five interceptions (two returned for touchdowns), 100 tackles (3.5 for loss), four pass deflections and one forced fumble. Īs a redshirt freshman in 2016, Bates played in all 13 of Wake Forest's games. College career īates did not play as a true freshman at Wake Forest in 2015 and chose to redshirt. Bates is the son of his single mother Theresa and has 6 siblings, his older sister Aaliyah, his younger brother Von and step-siblings Donavan, Nate, Kameron and Ariana. He originally committed to play college football for the Toledo Rockets, but he flipped his commitment to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in February 2015. Along with football, he also played basketball.
Bates attended Snider High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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