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Player Dossier
2009-2012Northwestern
Hunter Bates
S • 5'10" • Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Hunter Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.
Impact Production
0
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
50
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Hunter Bates built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Hunter Bates' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2008
Hunter Bates, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2009 Regular Season · Northwestern. Hunter Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Hunter Bates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · S
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2009 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Indiana
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Nease · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Nease · 25 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
Related Context
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Hunter Bates is listed as a S for Northwestern. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2009 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
0
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Dakota
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Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 0. South Dakota: 0
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Dakota
Best efficiency game
0 vs South Dakota
Player Story
Hunter Bates story
Hunter Bates built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a safety from Ponte Vedra Beach, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Hunter Bates' career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 79 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Hunter Bates' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2009 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 5.7 | — | 2 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Indiana
Week 9 · W 20-17 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Rice
Week 3 · W 30-13
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Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 7 · L 14-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
vs Towson
Week 1 · W 47-14
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 8 · L 27-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2009 Regular Season · Northwestern
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2012 Regular Season · Northwestern
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Northwestern
38.4
2 primary · 5.7 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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