Jabari Bates

RB • 5'7" • 179 lbs • Compton, CA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Jabari Bates leans balanced backfield option traits and 60.1 efficiency.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

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Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · San José State

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Snapshot

Career Teams: 1
Unique Seasons: 4
Program Path: San José State
Peak Game: Peak game by takeover score: Idaho

Player Story

Jabari Bates built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a running back from Compton, CA wearing No. 6, spending time with San José State. The clearest part of Jabari Bates' career was his backfield work: 479...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8528

St. John Bosco · Compton, CA

Committed To: San José State
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2022

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Latest team and position: San José State · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards: 540
Tracked sample: 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season: 2025 Regular Season · San José State
Top game: Idaho
Recruit profile: 3-star · St. John Bosco · San José State
High school pipeline: St. John Bosco · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster: No. 6 · Junior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank: 204 scrimmage yards · RB 371st (top 51%) · Mountain West 94th (top 41%) · National 1,037th (top 38%)

Jabari Bates played RB for San José State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jabari Bates recorded 479 rushing yards, 61 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San José State.

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