Player Dossier

2007-2010

Michigan State

Aaron Bates

P • 6'0" • New Concord, OH, USA

Impact contributor

Aaron Bates shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

3

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Aaron Bates built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a punter from New Concord, OH wearing No. 18, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Aaron Bates' career was his field-position work:...

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Aaron Bates, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Postseason · Michigan State. Aaron Bates shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1
Passing yards
68
Rushing yards
14

Quick Answers

Aaron Bates quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · P
Career Touchdowns
1
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 8 entries · 52 games
Best season
2007 Postseason · Michigan State
Top game
Notre Dame
Latest roster
No. 18 · Class 2010
2010 Touchdowns rank
1 touchdowns · P 1st (top 34%) · Big Ten 89th (top 59%) · National 994th (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2007 PostseasonMichigan State1300100
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State1300100
2008 PostseasonMichigan State1300100
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State1300100
2009 PostseasonMichigan State1300100
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State1300100
2010 PostseasonMichigan State130151.3
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State131151.3

Related Context

Aaron Bates played P for Michigan State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Aaron Bates recorded 68 passing yards, 14 rushing yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Postseason

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2010 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2010 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2010 Postseason · Michigan State

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0.1

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

2.6

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Northern Colorado: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 0. Minnesota: 0. Purdue: 0. Penn State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.1 · Games = 11 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

— vs Alabama

Result
Sat 1/1vs AlabamaL 7-49
Sat 11/27@ Penn StateW 28-22
Sat 11/20vs PurdueW 35-31
Sat 11/6vs MinnesotaW 31-8
Sat 10/30@ IowaL 6-37
Sat 10/23@ NorthwesternW 35-271121100.000
Sat 10/16vs IllinoisW 26-6
Sat 10/9@ MichiganW 34-17
Sat 10/2vs WisconsinW 34-24
Sat 9/25vs Northern ColoradoW 45-7
Sun 9/19vs Notre DameW 34-311129100.010
Sat 9/11@ Florida AtlanticW 30-17
Sat 9/4vs Western MichiganW 38-14

Player Story

Aaron Bates story

Aaron Bates built his college career from 2007 through 2010 as a punter from New Concord, OH wearing No. 18, spending time with Michigan State. The clearest part of Aaron Bates' career was his field-position work: 260 punts and 10,907 punting yards across 52 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2008 with Michigan State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 68 passing yards and 14 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 52 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Michigan State.

The arc is straightforward: Aaron Bates moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Michigan State

    2007-2010

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072007200820082009200920102010
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 PostseasonMichigan State0
2007 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2008 PostseasonMichigan State00
2008 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2009 PostseasonMichigan State00
2009 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2010 PostseasonMichigan State11
2010 Regular SeasonMichigan State10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Notre Dame

Week 3 · W 34-31

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Boston College

Week 1 · L 21-24 · Postseason

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Penn State

Week 12 · W 35-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Purdue

Week 11 · W 48-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Michigan

Week 10 · L 24-28 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Postseason · Michigan State

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2007 Regular Season · Michigan State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2008 Postseason · Michigan State

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games