Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Tennessee
Dillon Bates
LB • 6'3" • 229 lbs • Ponte Verda Beach, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dillon Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida
4★
- Committed To
- Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Dillon Bates, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee. Dillon Bates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 10
Quick Answers
Dillon Bates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 10
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
- Top game
- Florida
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Ponte Vedra · Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Ponte Vedra · 13 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 17 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · LB 1,095th (top 93%) · SEC 546th (top 85%) · National 4,899th (top 84%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 4 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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Dillon Bates played LB for Tennessee. Across 5 tracked seasons, Dillon Bates recorded 10 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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All Games0 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/27 | @ South Carolina | L 24-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Tennessee
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Postseason | Tennessee | 0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Tennessee | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Florida
Week 3 · L 20-26 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#2
@ Alabama
Week 8 · L 7-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
5.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Nebraska
Week 1 · W 38-24 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Florida
Week 4 · W 38-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Missouri
Week 11 · L 17-50 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Tennessee
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
38.3
#2
2018 Regular Season · Tennessee
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2016 Postseason · Tennessee
36.1
0 primary · 3.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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