Michael Bates Player Bio | Yearly Stats | Accomplishments | Similar Players
Player Bio   Top
Michael Dion Bates Position: RB/WR Height: 5' 10''  Weight: 189 Born: 12/19/1969, in Victoria, TX, USA High School: Amphitheater (Tucson, AZ) College: University of Arizona
Yearly Regular Season Stats   Top
Click on column header to sort. Click on team for team-season page Click on league for league-season page Click on log for game log (1998 to present only) Regular Season Stats   PASSING   RUSHING   RECEIVING   FUMBLES Year AGE Team LG GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA LNG TD INT SKD SKY RAT RAT+   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG   TOT OWR OPR YDS TD   1993 23 SEA NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   2 12 6.0 0 6   1 6 6.0 0 6   1 0 2 3 0 1994 24 SEA NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   2 -4 -2.0 0 7   5 112 22.4 1 40t   3 0 0 0 0 1995 25 CLE NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 1996 26 CAR NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 0 0 0 0 1997 27 CAR NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 2 0 0 0 1998 28 CAR NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 0 0 0 0 Log 1999 29 CAR NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   3 12 4.0 0 12   1 2 2.0 0 2   1 0 0 0 0 Log 2000 30 CAR NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   5 13 2.6 0 8   5 38 7.6 0 23   4 1 0 0 0 Log 2001 31 WAS NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   4 2 0 0 0 Log 2003 33 DAL NFL 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 Log 2003 33 NYJ NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 Log 10 NFL Season Totals   145 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0     12 33 2.8 0 0   12 158 13.2 1 0   20 5 2 3 0   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Year AGE Team LG GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD   1993 23 SEA NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   30 603 20.1 46 0 1994 24 SEA NFL 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   26 508 19.5 38 0 1995 25 CLE NFL 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   9 176 19.6 38 0 1996 26 CAR NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   33 998 30.2 93t 1 1997 27 CAR NFL 16 1 8 8.0 0 8 0   47 1281 27.3 56 0 1998 28 CAR NFL 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   58 1467 25.3 99t 1 Log 1999 29 CAR NFL 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   52 1287 24.8 100t 2 Log 2000 30 CAR NFL 16 7 31 4.4 3 12 0   42 941 22.4 92t 1 Log 2001 31 WAS NFL 16 2 5 2.5 2 5 0   49 1150 23.5 41 0 Log 2003 33 DAL NFL 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   4 90 22.5 30 0 Log 2003 33 NYJ NFL 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   22 596 27.1 48 0 Log 10 NFL Season Totals   145 10 44 4.4 5 0 0   372 9097 24.5 0 5
Career Accomplishments   Top
Career Kick Ret Yds 1. Brian Mitchell 14014 2. Allen Rossum* 11077 3. Mel Gray 10250 4. Glyn Milburn 9788 5. Michael Bates 9097 Career Kick Ret Avg 1. Gale Sayers 30.560 2. Lynn Chandnois 29.565 3. Adam Walker 27.933 4. Travis Williams 27.461 5. Joe Arenas 27.324 . . . . . 75. Michael Bates 24.454 Minimum 60 Ret. Career Kick Ret TD 1. Gale Sayers 6 Travis Williams 6 Mel Gray 6 Ollie Matson 6 5. Timmy Brown 5 . . . . . 7. Michael Bates 5
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