Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2022East Carolina
Chance Bates
LB • 6'1" • 241 lbs • Muscle Shoals, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chance Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
22
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Player Story
Chance Bates built his college career in 2022 as a linebacker from Muscle Shoals, AL wearing No. 40, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chance Bates' career was his defensive production: 51...
Read the storyChance Bates, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina. Chance Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Chance Bates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 14 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- BYU
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 265th (top 22%) · American Athletic 45th (top 10%) · National 530th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 51 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
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Chance Bates played LB for East Carolina. Across 1 tracked season, Chance Bates recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 3.5 primary output with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
4.4
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Campbell: 1. Navy: 0. South Florida: 1.5. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 0. UCF: 0. BYU: 1. Cincinnati: 0. Houston: 0. Temple: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 4 by 16.7. Old Dominion: 2 by 8.3. Campbell: 3 by 22.5. Navy: 11 by 45.8. South Florida: 3 by 27.5. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 3 by 12.5. UCF: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 11 by 55.8. Cincinnati: 5 by 20.8. Houston: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
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12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
BYU
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs BYU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Temple | W 49-46 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Houston | L 3-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Cincinnati | L 25-27 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ BYU10+ tackles | W 27-24 | 11 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs UCF | W 34-13 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Memphis | W 47-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Tulane | L 9-24 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ South Florida | W 48-28 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Navy10+ tackles | L 20-23 | 11 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Campbell | W 49-10 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Old Dominion | W 39-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs NC State | L 20-21 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Chance Bates story
Chance Bates built his college career in 2022 as a linebacker from Muscle Shoals, AL wearing No. 40, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Chance Bates' career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with East Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Chance Bates' production has multiple signals. With 14 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Chance 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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East Carolina
2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | East Carolina | 3.5 | 20.6 | 4.4 | — |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ BYU
Week 9 · W 27-24
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
@ South Florida
Week 5 · W 48-28 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#3
vs Campbell
Week 3 · W 49-10
1
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Navy
Week 4 · L 20-23 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
31.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 31.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Cincinnati
Week 11 · L 25-27 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
17.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · East Carolina
3.5 primary output · 20.6 efficiency · 4.4 usage
41.4
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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